And if you look at terrorism it has other motives. The pilot is reported as not being OK with his govt a good way to impact the country is good ole money. MAL is a state airline, already in financial trouble, and look at the costs they have incurred thus far .
The airline stock has plummeted since MH went down. All the resouves of the govt since Friday .
So if he did it, and his only motive was to impact a govt he did not like success thus far.
Other motives:
a clear strategic objective: to compel modern democracies to withdraw military forces from the territory that the terrorists view as their homeland."
Conventional wisdom holds that terrorists also hold the power to inflict grave harm upon modern economies.
-Reducing consumers and firms expectations for the future
Forcing governments and the private sector to invest in security measures, which reduce efficiency in vulnerable industries (such as transportation and trade) and redirect investment away from more productive economic uses
Altering behavior by inducing economic actors (consumers, investors, businesses) to avoid areas of perceived risk (either sectors, such as aviation or tourism, or geo¬graphic areas affected by terrorism)
.- Triggering wider geopolitical conflict (This certainly has not helped China/MAL relationship.
(After 9-11 )The world airline industry was similarly affected. After earning $10.7 billion in profits in 2000, world airlines lost $11.8 billion in 2001.
http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_10991-544-2-30.pdf?131022171614
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mi...financial-woes-2014-03-10?link=MW_latest_news