Been wondering about Vietnam myself - so little has been said about the ATC hand off. Were they sleeping? Not there to receive the hand off? I have no clue but have wondered and even imagined the plane could have landed there. Now, with all the satellite pings, that's not a possibility.
My husband said he wouldn't be surprised if, in Vietnam, the radar is turned off during the night (as per comment about radar being expensive). Crazy, huh?
Yes. And it's just that, if you look at the map they are constantly showing, it goes alllll the way over Malaysia, into the ocean, and then turns west. When they could have just turned transponder off earlier, turned northwest earlier, and gone on their indented NEW route. Instead of wasting time and fuel going in such a round-a-bout way.