Sorry, did't mean that you were the one-star bandit. Just that someone was.

As for speculating on what is not, don't you see that "what is not" is the biggest clue of all? That's what makes this story so strange - it simply doesn't add up. It's impossible not to find crash debris in 200 feet of water. It's impossible to "fly under the radar," especially with such a huge plane. It's impossible that Vietnam didn't receive the ATC handoff from Malaysia. It's impossible to fly long distances without being picked up by loads of radars. It's impossible for a plane to explode for any reason and not be picked up by satellites that do nothing but look for explosions.

So the biggest clue is all the things that did NOT happen.

Any logical answer has to explain that.

And that means any logical answer cannot include "normal" explanations, because "normal" situations would have revealed the plane by now.