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Naturally the focus at this point is going to be on the pilot and co-pilot as they are the ones responsible for the aircraft while they are in command. There are events which took place during the flight which cannot be explained as being the result of anyone else, such as the transponder being shut off, the ACARS system being disabled, the flight trajectory being changed. However the ascent to 45,000 ft. with a rapid descent and erratic flight patterns seem to indicate a possible fight for control of the aircraft, as in someone in the cockpit attempting to overtake the controls. That part would appear to be done by someone other than the flight crew, however, it is after the other systems were turned off which is part of the mystery. In addition, other than the pilot's political interests, there does not appear to be a reason for him to have either flown the plane way off course in order to crash it in the Indian Ocean hours later, or take it to some unknown country.
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The transponder and ACARS could have been disabled by someone other than the pilot/co-pilot though, right? I'm just trying to think of a scenario that doesn't involve the pilot. If it was pilot suicide, why go through all the trouble of disabling everything and flying miles off course to crash into the Indian Ocean? It would have been easier to have just crashed into the South China Sea after take-off.