Originally Posted by
gmorton
From the French paper 'Libération' 31/07/2015:
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L’enquête dépend de la justice française, plus particulièrement du pôle antiterroriste, et non du Bureau d’enquêtes et d’analyses (BEA)(...) C’est la présence de quatre ressortissants français à bord du vol MH370 et «la présomption de destruction intentionnelle de l’avion» qui impliquent le pôle antiterroriste."
In other words... not only are the French handling this part of the investigation , it's the terrorist squad, not the BEA, who will be in charge- because of the presence of four French passengers and the presumption that the destruction of the plane was intentional.
Well, given that we now know the aircraft turned around, skirted around radar, and flew 7 hours into the Indian Ocean, it's not unreasonable to assume that this was a deliberate act.