merrily, happily along. did they want to see what was going on? everybody knew or should have known there was a certain amount of air traffic in the region, because it had filed a flight plan. to see something unusual like this raises the question, we will never know what it was ball but why didn't they do anything about it. >> it didn't enter thai air space or go over land. may that be a reason they didn't react? middle of the night, overnight air traffic controller. it is not heading in its way. it is not going over thailand. it is not an immediate concern to them. he never thinks, is this an airline in distress? is there something going wrong? after this, anybody who sees