> His route took him through populated airspace for no apparent reason. If numerous authorities in multiple countries hadn't been asleep at the switch, there would have been no mystery at all about what happened.
We might know what happened in that case... but what, exactly, do you think they could have done to change the outcome?
Say that he was "caught", jets were dispatched, and MH370 was intercepted. There's absolutely nothing that they could have done to change how the flight ends.
Only so far, no fighter planes are going to be able to match the range of a 777, without a prepared dedicated fleet of in-flight refueling, and in that region only really japan practices in-flight refueling - Indonesia has since (last year) expressed interest in buying some tankers, but still not committed to it.
We might know what happened in that case... but what, exactly, do you think they could have done to change the outcome?
Say that he was "caught", jets were dispatched, and MH370 was intercepted. There's absolutely nothing that they could have done to change how the flight ends.