redtail
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Amazing that Malaysia did not search the Captain's house until a few hours ago. No word yet on what they found there. He seems to be the one on board who would best know how to turn off the ACARS and transponder, and then navigate in a peculiar way to evade radar.
That flight simulator in his home might be one of the best chances of figuring out if the captain was the culprit.
If he saved a file with a record of practicing diverting this flight as it approached Vietnamese ATC airspace, then he was the culprit for sure, and maybe the file will show where he practiced taking the plane after the initial diversion.
I have a whole bunch of saved .sit (situation) files in X-Plane. Engine out, Icing, control failures, thunderstorms, impossible turn, etc.
Sorry but I fail to see why a 30year veteran with 18000 hours would need to practice such a diversion on MSFS/X-Plane and then save such a devious plan on his home simulator.