Blake777
A straight path would indicate a deliberate diversion. Since investigators are labelling the route deviation a deliberate diversion, it would be reasonable on this basis to rule out a ghost plane
I totally agree with the conclusion, that once established whether the flight path was a path of constant magnetic heading or was a great circle, then it can be inferred if it was deliberate action.
Captain Kremin visualized that very well.
I don't agree that we can conjecture yet, that the investigators have already established whether the flight path was constant heading or great circle.
I was always wondering why only the last section of the tracks in the AMSA maps are depicted. I think those paths are only symbolic because a path of constant heading would appear to come out of direction of Diego Garcia. NTSB doesn't want to complicate the matter to the public by explaining magnetic deviation and rhumb lines and that's the reason for only displaying symbolic tracks.