Originally Posted by CBreezy

Asking questions is one thing. Jumping to conclusions is another. There are so few facts in this case that any conclusions beyond, "it didn't land where it was supposed to" and "something happened to the transponders" is irresponsible. It was only recently confirmed that AN airplane flew west over the islands that many believe most likely is MH370. Beyond that, not a single person on this board is qualified to speculate on intent, motive, or responsible parties since there is literally zero information from what happened during the flight. I would prefer we all stick to the facts because the "tin-foil hat" people are making this counter-productive.

For those that think Pakistan or Iran is responsible, wouldn't it just make more sense for a national actor to just buy an old widebody (i.e. DC-10) to turn into a bomb rather than going through an elaborate hijacking?