Someones is in trouble :P

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The point was the maneuvers were necessary for ATC to determine if the original PIC was still in control. Everyone keeps saying that this
occured to slowly, the plane was at what, 35k-37k feet and never once descended, if they were planning on hitting something they would've started a
descent at some point.

If they had been hijacked and wanted to hit something, they could have descended from 37000 ft very quickly, much sooner that it would take to
intercept the airplane.

If you have to intercept an airplane, you don't fool around trying to communicate with it and making it do unnecessary maneuvers, and THEN get the
fighters in the air. You intercept the airplane first, and then find out what you need to do with it.

Or are they just trying to save fuel?

And you don't wait to contact the FAA.

Isn't the airport expecting this airplane? The communication should start way before the flight is overdue. If the airplane is approaching and you
can't communicate with it, you have a problem right there and then, not an hour later.

And no one on the airplane was asking questions? I expect to start descending half an hour before arrival. If we are still going and I don't hear
anything from the captain, I don't think I would wait an hour to ask what's going on.