Originally Posted by
abelenky
This theory doesn't readily support the plane flying on its own for several more hours.
The problem so far with *any* theory is that they all match some facts, and are totally contradicted by other facts.
I suspect one of two things will eventually happen:
The truth will be totally surprising and unexpected, or some of the "facts" we think we know will turn out to be dead wrong.
I agree 100% with your last statement. However in regards to your first. Why couldn't it continue to fly along with a dead crew? Whatever did happen is so far into the margin of almost impossible statistical probability. I am not discounting anything even remotely plausible.
As has been mentioned we won't know until we have an airframe,VCR and for. Until then it's all swag.