Originally Posted by
luckypierre
I wouldn't think so, but this flight is one of aviation's great mysteries. As an aside, I currently subscribe to the flight crew being overwhelmed by some event, trying to return to Penang, succumbing to circumstances and the flight becoming a ghost ship until the fuel ran out in the southern Indian Ocean.
I thought turning off the two transponder devices (sorry I forgot the specifics) was deemed impossible without manual action.