The theory has a lot of holes, but in the absence of the plane and much other hard evidence, it becomes really attractive to believe in it. What were the Russians doing in Malaysia? In fact Russians make up an increasing number of tourists in south east asia. I ran into many when I was in Phuket a couple of years back.
> In fact Russians make up an increasing number of tourists in south east asia
True, but not in Malaysia. It is a muslim country with high alcohol tax which could be two reasons that Russians, like many other Westerners, holiday in Thailand and not Malaysia.
Surely it would be easier to kidnap a passenger at their hotel, or to hijack their taxi, then to steal an entire airplane, take control of hundreds of passengers, make it disappear from radar, spoof the location, fly it across national borders, land it in Kazakhstan, and hide it underground.
It's completely absurd. If the president of the United States was on that flight, I'd give it more credibility. However, which passenger on that flight was so valuable, and surrounded by so much security, that hijacking the flight made sense?
The same goes for cargo, it must be easier to make friends in the right places, or pay people off to have that cargo "misplaced".
