Late post prior bread:
Getting on here late, what if the plane were a deliberate attempt by bad guys to fly a plane into Russian or Chinese territory so that it would get shot down and start a war (tying 1846 & 1847 Q posts together). When Q says "think missile", the same kind of missile defense tech aboard the fighter jets that shot down the missile earlier in the year also thwarted this attempt. The clips from air traffic control were pre-recorded and played for just an event such as this, which explains why they, unlike any time I have ever heard, were almost immediately released to the public so that questions wouldn't be asked and the public wouldn't be alarmed.