But you have to admit, the story gets "curious-er and curious-er" as more details are revealed. I vote that the plane was diverted to some little island in the Indian Ocean, and some or all of the passengers and crews are "re-educated" and then they are miraculously found a couple weeks from now adrift in the plane's lifeboats. Think Manchurian Candidate.
i like your theory. but i'm thinking it's straight out of james bond. ernst blofeld, dr no.....
the question not yet asked is: who or what was on that plane that someone wanted to make disappear?