We must accept the possibility that the plane flew on, loaded with corpses. Here is one item that I didn't see in the postings: Malaysian Airlines had on board a type of Lithium battery which were classified as being prone to catching fire, and they did not take precautions. I don't believe they were supposed to be on a passenger plane at all. Anyone heard this?
In general, I have flown Malaysian, and they are widely known to be incompetent and dangerous. If you need to catch a flight to India at the last minute, and all seats on Lufthansa or Singapore are filled, then you go to Malaysian, because they have plenty of empty seats and prices are 40% lower. There's a reason for that.
Oh, and your luggage may get stolen, so carry on anything you don't want to lose. At least my luggage got stolen both ways, 100% performance. I went to their offices in Kuala Lumpur to see about missing luggage. the official said to me, "I want to show you something." We went to a basketball gymnasium-sized room filled with missing luggage. He seemed proud of his collection.
jb
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