[ventus45]

"Bugsy"

That is another possibility that no one would want to own up to.

Early on, I and others considered the possibility of a collision with a drone.
If that were the case, what happened, in terms of damage to each aircraft, would depend on "the geometry" of the collision.

As the collision between the Legacy and GOL737 in Brazil clearly attests, damage may be fatal to one, minor to the other.

It is possible the drone flew on, the same as MH370 did.

In that regard, a damaged drone, initially heading west, but now with it's on board autopilot trying to control it, is more likely to have suffered "flight path excursions" that produced the alleged radar hits, than an airliner would.

Meanwhile, what happened to MH370 ? I still think it went via Medan / Uprob.

The Orion on Cocos (on a Saturday mind) is even more suspicious.

I would be willing to bet it had jut landed, ie, just flown in, from either RAAF Pearce near Perth, or RAAF Edinburgh near Adelaide, when that sat photo was taken.

Judging by the minimal building shadows, it was around late morning to near mid-day, local time, so about 6 hours after MH370 would have crashed.

If the RAAF controlled IADS in Malaysia had have tracked the flight, and had known early that it went to the SIO, there was plenty of time (at least 10 hours) for them to scramble an Orion out of either Pearce or Edinburgh and get it to Cocos for the sat photo.