Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight - Hijacking...but...

[sp1814]

According to the latest reports, investigators are theorising that the airline was hijacked, and flew for another seven hours after communications were disabled.*

Okay, if that's the case, surely someone out of all the plane's passengers could have called or texted someone at home?

(*I assume by 'communications' they mean the plane's communications lines).

Thoughts?

[jomifl]

sp, I don't think they have had navigators since Satnavs were invented. It wouldn't be difficult for one pilot to disable the other if necessary, either with drugs or worse.

[Khandro]

Isn't the bulkhead door lockable from the inside to prevent terrorists entering, - wouldn't it work equally well to keep the good guys OUT?

[jomifl]

Apparently so..Since these modern planes can fly and land themselves I have wondered why they can't be commanded to land at a suitable airfield by the airline (from the ground) when dodgy things happen.