It appears that you're mistaken, John, at least according to the folks who are in a position to know how much fuel the plane had.
Judy, It doesn't appear the plane has enough fuel to reach Kyrgyzstan or Iran for that matter, unless it landed and refueled in India or western China. Nonetheless, it appears likely that the plane was hijacked and diverted into a new destination by people on board, perhaps including a passenger and a crew member. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote : Latest from Malaysian officials is the assumption that the plane was deliberately diverted by people on board. And then there's this: "Early this morning BBC reporter Jonah Fisher tweeted, 'Being briefed by Malaysia officials they believe most likely location for MH370 is on land somewhere near Chinese/Kyrgyz border.'...A violent Uyghur separatist movement is active in [the eastern portion of Kyrgyzstan].” http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/15/flight_370_disappearance_missing_airliner_apparently_flew_to_central_asia.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/15/flight_370_disappearance_missing_airliner_apparently_flew_to_central_asia.html
