Originally Posted by
Propduffer
The Vietnamese have indicated that they saw the plane turn around but they didn't give any details as to whether this occurred before or after the transponder was turned off, but if we assume that it occurred after the transponder was turned off we will know that Vietnamese primary radar tracked the flight as early as 1:22 local time. The Thai government has stated that they first picked up the flight at 1:28 'flying in the direction opposite from the MH370 plane, 'back toward Kuala Lumpur' (paraphrased.) The Malaysians have remained vague and the Indonesians have left it up to the reader to read between the lines to know that they tracked the flight at all. (see my post above)
It is probably this report from Ho Chi Minh that they had seen the aircraft turn back (presumably on PSR) that was why the Malaysians took on the RCC role rather than the Vietnamese who were meant to be the control authority, or the Singaporians whose airspace the loss of contact occurred in. It is another reason that the loss of contact appears too well timed to be coincidental with an in flight emergency. The subsequent track and profile of the aircraft was also not what one would expect from an aircraft with a severe emergency. This is no doubt why the Malaysians seem to think this was a criminal act.