Dear Editor:

Aviation experts the world over are utterly baffled as to why Malaysian flight 370 would set course for the empty reaches of the Indian Ocean, with no place to land or refuel.

Well, here's one more theory: Al-Qaeda was behind it all.

They yearn to be back on the front pages of the world newspapers by hijacking the Boeing 777 jumbo jet, killing the cockpit crew, disabling communication equipment, and setting course for the Indian Ocean (where Osama bin Laden was buried at sea by the U.S. Navy) to become an indestructible shrine for his followers.

Do the math and it will all add up. It is just pure evil.

John VanOrsdell
Boothbay