...hopefully the NTSB / AAIB / Malaysian / French investigators retain open minds; for example that all comms and pilots could have been wiped out by an event as yet unknown and it flew itself to its final resting point.
Originally Posted by
GlueBall
...but magically only the autopilot kept working?
Well it was suggested way back on this thread by those who know about the busses for the comms systems (VHF, xpdr, ACARS,...), that they're separate to those for the autopilot? But your scepticism may well be justified.