I think aircraft is still in Malaysia / Indonsia ........easier to organise and hide where as everybody suggests 5-6 hours away.
Thanks for so aptly making my point. TBC...I have an open mind and rule nothing out, but lets unpack your sentence...
Easy to organise and hide a full 777?? Not hole up on some deserted strip and issue ransom demands, but HIDE a 777 and CONTROL 250+ passengers/crew away from the searching world's eyes.
How many players do you think this would take...several hundred, several thousand? I doubt such an enterprise could be ventured without some degree of state input, so you appear to be suggesting/implying the collusion of the state where you think the bird is? At Entebbe the hijackers were given state support, and that wasn't even remotely covert.
I'm not saying it's impossible...I'm saying it is massive mind stretch to get there, when there are several mundane, ordinary (tragic) explanations.