In the case of fire if they had enough time and wherewithall and
control to turn the plane around and fly it up and down to that extent
then it seems equally likely they would have been able to make a
mayday and should have done.

The absence of a mayday suggests sudden and catastrophic failure which
does not appear to have happended in this case if the information
being given is to be believed.

I think until the aircraft is found this one will remain an enigma.





On Tue, 18 Mar 2014 17:40:12 -0400, "Robert Green"
wrote:

"Kurt Ullman" wrote in message

If Shah rose that high to extinguish a bad fire, I don't think he intended
to stay there long and that's bolstered by the fact the plane did drop down
to an altitude where the passengers and crew wouldn't die from lack of
oxygen in the air.