The 27 year old pilot would have been about 15 in 2001. He was at an impressionable age, and could have been brainwashed and used a sleeper. Remember, those hijackers had trained limitedly to fly a plane. But, landing a plane takes alot of skill. Find a zealot, 15 year old Islamist who wants to fly planes. Gear him towards flying planes, working for an airline, and taking a big bird to the desert.
Those planes have too many fail safe backup systems. And, the reports were that passenger's cell phones were still on, days afterwards. How can that be? I am always calling people who are traveling, and their phones don't ring.
Had to be foul play. I just hope it is in the ocean. I feel so bad for those people on the plane. But, I just hope it's in the ocean.
Either way, China is going to kick some Islamic arses. China is not going to be sensitive to radical Islamists. They run tanks over their own young dissidents, and have supported North Korea for years.