Where Is the Plane? 16 Possible Scenarios

We will continue updating this list as more information about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight becomes available.

After countless false leads and nearly a week of searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, all we know of its fate is that we don't know much at all. The White House jumped into the already crowded fray on Thursday when it said the search area may extend to the Indian Ocean based on "new information that's not necessarily conclusive."

For days now an ever-expanding gap in information has been filled with theories echoing across Facebook, Reddit and aviation forums for speculating pilots — the Professional Pilots Rumour Network is a good one in particular. They range from the most likely (a catastrophic event), to the possible (a hijacking) to the insane (think LOST), and everyone is playing detective in the hunt for the vanished jet. Read more...