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MH370 changed course immediately after it left airspace where it was closely monitored, followed by several more minor corrections and then there's evidence the someone was controlling the final descent after one of the engines ran out of fuel.

All of that, combined with the fact the pilot had depression and tested the same flight path in a simulator, is pretty compelling evidence that someone was in control for the entire flight and yet didn't activate a distress beacon.

That makes it pretty hard to believe any kind of technical failure was involved.

A lot of the people who refuse to say it might be suicide are just following standard and deep rooted ethical journalism rules to avoid discussion suicide, based on an assumption it will encourage more pilots to do the same thing which could land the person who called it suicide liable for those future deaths.

Even if the TV journalist thinks it's suicide and is willing to say that, their employer's legal team will often order them not to.