Crazy Conspiracies
There were tons of people getting creative with the theories of what happened. There was a huge rumor that the pilot was responsible for a murder-suicide that caused the plane to crash. Many thought it was nuts, but it was plausible. He could have easily lost connection on purpose, but why bring all of the innocent people involved with it? In 2016, two years after the disappearance, authorities found a flight simulator in Zaharie’s home. New York magazine claimed that the simulator had a similar route to the journey the fated plane took. It was interesting and nearly incriminating, but just not enough info to really make a cause.
Was It Shot Down?
Did this flight face a similar fate to the Ukraine incident? No one thought that could be the case, but Rush Limbaugh was adamant that that is what happened. He speculated that the flight was most likely shot down and covered up. This was a crazy accusation, especially from someone so far removed from the situation. Scott Mayerowitz of the Associated Press claimed that there was, “no evidence that Flight 370 was brought down by a government entity.”