Indeed, telecommunications expert Paul Franks disagrees with the phantom ring tone theory insisting the aircraft could not have been submerged in water.

All this shows the plane did not crash into the sea. However what caused the Boeing to divert 37 minutes remains a puzzle with most of the pieces missing.

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US Science writer Jeff Wise claimed Putin "spoofed" the plane's navigation data so it could fly unnoticed into Baikonur Cosmodrome so he could "hurt the West". French ex-airline director Marc Dugain accused the US military of shooting down the plane because they feared it had been hijacked. A book called Flight MH — The Mystery also suggested that it had been shot down accidentally by US-Thai joint jet fighters during a military exercise and covered it up.

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Malaysia police chief Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar suggested the disappearance could have been the result of a suicide. He claimed someone on board could have taken out a large life insurance package before getting on the plane, so they could treat their family or pay back the money they owed.

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