Military Commander: Passengers dead long before plane took off The bodies were dead for days before the flight, and smelling of rot, according to a top military commander at the scene -- which would be expected if they were actually from Flight 370. They would have been loaded on the plane dead to make sure no one could speak about what went on. www.abeldanger.net/2014/07/mh17-all-but-completely-proven-to-be.html