2 issues that are paramount;

Cargo - Did it cause a catastrophic fire or breach in the airplane structure?

Metal Fatigue- Did MAS undertake the multiple service repairs including to the wiring and to the aircraft skin that were subject to warnings and advisories?

If this is an issue of improper or unsafe cargo shipping or of inadequate maintenance, the airline could suffer heavily, including being pushed into bankruptcy. In the buffet of bad options, a pilot suicide or a hijacking will do less damage to the profits than the cargo and metal fatigue scenarios. Pax will accommodate a lot of things, but safety and unsafe cargo potential can destroy an airline's market position.

Well the Australian Prime Minister is sure talking like all souls where lost in the Indian Ocean. He must know more than we do.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/03/26/07/43/pm-says-plane-search-not-open-ended

2 issues that are paramount;

Cargo - Did it cause a catastrophic fire or breach in the airplane structure?

Metal Fatigue- Did MAS undertake the multiple service repairs including to the wiring and to the aircraft skin that were subject to warnings and advisories?

If this is an issue of improper or unsafe cargo shipping or of inadequate maintenance, the airline could suffer heavily, including being pushed into bankruptcy. In the buffet of bad options, a pilot suicide or a hijacking will do less damage to the profits than the cargo and metal fatigue scenarios. Pax will accommodate a lot of things, but safety and unsafe cargo potential can destroy an airline's market position.

their shares are gonna take a dive no mater what happened ........

hardly any security

fake passport guys onboard

a broken wing tip that may or may not have been repaired properly

refusing to give out the cargo manifold list to be examined

batteries that have been known to go on fire in the cargo bay

5 people checked in and didnt fly

a co pilot who smokes in the cockpit and invites female passengers in to flirt with

a possibly mentally unstable pilot due to marital problems or polictal affiliations?

the airline spokepeople giving out lies after lies and contradicting statements

none of it is sounding good for the airline ..........

Found nothing yet - all speculation !!

Found nothing yet - all speculation !!

The search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane will shift to an area 1100 kilometres north-east of the previous location, following the "most credible lead" so far.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2014/03/28/14/22/search-for-missing-mh370-flight-shifts

Well the Australian Prime Minister is sure talking like all souls where lost in the Indian Ocean. He must know more than we do.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/03/26/07/43/pm-says-plane-search-not-open-ended

But Abbott couldn't find his arse with both hands mate, so I wouldn't put too much faith in anything he says

New radar data analysis has prompted authorities to re-focus the six-nation search 1100km to the northeast of its original location, and some 1850km west of Perth, following updated advice from the international investigation team in Malaysia.

Surely the Australian over the horizon radar would have picked up this aircraft if it was only 1850km from Perth. So why are they only coming out with this information now ?

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/03/28/11/55/search-resumes-for-missing-mh370

New radar data analysis has prompted authorities to re-focus the six-nation search 1100km to the northeast of its original location, and some 1850km west of Perth, following updated advice from the international investigation team in Malaysia.

Surely the Australian over the horizon radar would have picked up this aircraft if it was only 1850km from Perth. So why are they only coming out with this information now ?

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/03/28/11/55/search-resumes-for-missing-mh370

maybe nobody secifically asked them, so they followed the thai example a couple of weeks back and said nothing

New radar data analysis has prompted authorities to re-focus the six-nation search 1100km to the northeast of its original location, and some 1850km west of Perth, following updated advice from the international investigation team in Malaysia.

Surely the Australian over the horizon radar would have picked up this aircraft if it was only 1850km from Perth. So why are they only coming out with this information now ?

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/03/28/11/55/search-resumes-for-missing-mh370

We're 3 weeks into this, with strong wind/currents. The location now conceivably is very far away from where anything started out. I'm pretty sure that they haven't moved planes and ships expecting to somehow see whatever debris is sitting on the ocean floor however many thousands of feet down. The only chance of finding the debris on the ocean floor, other than blind luck, is to find various patches of debris then try to estimate a common point where they likely originated from.

New radar data analysis has prompted authorities to re-focus the six-nation search 1100km to the northeast of its original location, and some 1850km west of Perth, following updated advice from the international investigation team in Malaysia.

Surely the Australian over the horizon radar would have picked up this aircraft if it was only 1850km from Perth. So why are they only coming out with this information now ?

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/03/28/11/55/search-resumes-for-missing-mh370

It has already been reported by Australian authorities that the Jindalee radar system was tasked for surveillance to the North of Australia at the time of the incident, not towards the West.

Post with an invalid link to attribute the quote plus too much quoted so fails fair usage copyright has been removed. Plus another OTT conspiracy theory.