Confusion?
I'm trying to imagine being involved in that search during the early days. With reported sightings from around the SCS and of wreckage, oil slicks and a life raft. Even a report from Chinese scientists of a seismic event that coincided with the last known position and timing.
Then the claim from Inmarsat that the plane likely flew on for hours ending up who knows where.
Who (or what) do you believe?