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Just a guess here, but the course shown would have taken it across and near some sensitive border areas of India, e.g. China and Pakistan. I would think these areas would be well covered by Indian Air Defense radars, and a big plane like a 777 would gain some attention.


Yes, that is a mystery just as with the Royal Malaysian Air force didn't scramble a fighter jet to confirm the bogie's identity on its military prime RADAR as it passed into the Malacca Straits. A fighter like the SU30 is able to visually confirm by IR an aircraft type the size of a 777 from 60-100 miles away.

Even allies (USA and UK) have threatened to shoot down each others unidentified aircraft in the Persian Gulf. The UK Navy was detecting B2 Stealth aircraft from 150+ miles away and the USAF refused to confirm the aircraft identity until the UK RN threatened to shoot it down with Sea Dart missile.

This information released by the Malaysian authorities today should have been established within the first 24hrs. There still appears to be some deliberate obfuscation going on here.