[ekianjo]

We dont know about that one at all.

[bdangubic]

we do here on HN :)

[lanna]

Hence the question mark

[lazystar]

please. pilot puts everyone to sleep but himself, turns everything off, then does a flyby of his hometown and then puts himself to sleep? the only one more obvious is the german one.

[ekianjo]

without a black box all of this is supposition.

[throwaway48476]

We know the transponder was manually turned off because of the intermediate mode. The only reason for this is intentional disappearance.