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Originally Posted by Skybird
They already were almost above the coast of Vietnam when contact disappeared. If they turned back there (south) because there was a technical problem, this would have meant to cross all that open ocean again in search for that emergency landing site. Makes little sense.
Possible maybe that what appears to be a turn, was an involuntary turn already, with any kind of a problem present and having taken out comms and rudder already before.
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My thoughts also...that 'turn' could have been the start of an uncontrolled steep dive.