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Hello, friends! 8th March 2014. At 12:42 in the morning, Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, took off from Kuala Lumpur. This flight was headed to Beijing. There were 227 passengers on this flight, 10 flight attendants, and 2 pilots flying this plane. Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 53 years old, one of the seniormost captains in Malaysian Airlines. Highly experienced. And First Officer Fariq Hamid, 27 years old, it was a training flight for him. After completing this training flight, he would have been fully certified to become a pilot.
Overview of MH370 Flight
This flight flies in the correct direction for about 20 minutes. But at 01:08 in the morning, this flight crossed the Malaysian coastline and reached above the South China Sea. In the direction of Vietnam. Zaharie reported that the plane was at 35,000 feet. Everything was running normally. About 11 minutes later, the airplane entered the jurisdiction of the Vietnamese Air Traffic. That’s why the Air Traffic Control of Kuala Lumpur, radios the airplane saying, “Malaysian 370, Contact Ho Chi Minh. 120.9. Goodnight.”
Captain Zaharie answered by saying, “Good night. MAS 370.” Everything sounds normal. And it was normal till this point in time. But these words by Captain Zaharie, were the last words from this airplane. After this, there was no news from this flight. The Malaysian Airlines flight disappeared suddenly. And this became the biggest aviation mystery in the world. “Breaking news tonight, a Malaysian Airlines flight, MH 370, disappeared on route to Beijing.” “Flight MH370 entered in the Southern Indian Ocean.” Merely 30 seconds after entering the Vietnamese Airspace.
Disappearance of MH370 Flight
This plane disappeared from the radar suddenly. It was 01:21 AM in the morning. The Air Traffic Control in Kuala Lumpur didn’t notice this, and when they do, they think that the plane had flown out of the range of their radar, and had entered Vietnam’s airspace. So there’s nothing unusual. On the other hand, the Air Traffic Control in Vietnam, saw that the MH370 entered their airspace, but disappeared from their radar suddenly. They tried to communicate with the plane, but there was no response from the other side.
After repeatedly trying for 18 minutes, Vietnamese controllers informed Kuala Lumpur, that MH 370 had disappeared suddenly. Generally, in such situations, Kuala Lumpur’s Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre, should have been notified, within 1 hour, about the disappearance of the plane. But it was only after 4 hours had passed, that an emergency response began. It was 06:32 in the morning. This was the time by when the airplane should have landed in Beijing. But it did not land. A search operation was called immediately.
Theories surrounding the disappearance
the theories and assumptions one by one. First, they started with how could the plane disappear from the radar. Either there’d be any electrical failure in the plane. Or there’d be an accident, Or there might be some technical failure in the plane, because of which, the equipment stopped working. Or perhaps any passenger or pilot switched off the transponder manually. Doing this intentionally. In the first theory, Captain Zaharie Shah is being accused.
It is being said that the captain intentionally disabled communication and took the plane and crashed it into the ocean. But what could be the reason for him to do this? Some people say that he may have not been in the right mental state. The airplane’s pilot must have done this manually and intentionally. The second point is that, the airplane was flown directly above the border between Thailand and Malaysia. It is said that it was deliberately done.Hearing this, you may think this must’ve been the case. But the official in charge of this search operation completely denied this theory.
Media coverage and public response
Media coverage and public response is we would be able to see whether the plane is here or not. In Richard’s opinion, the plane would be found here, obviously. A Drift Analysis was also conducted, looking at the ocean current. So that if the plane had indeed crashed in that area, the location of the various pieces of the plane, that would’ve flowed with the ocean current to reach various places. And according to this drift analysis, some pieces would have reached Madagascar and the islands around it, and those have indeed been recovered. Till date, 27 pieces of the plane have already been found.
On several islands across the world. This drift analysis fits properly with Richard’s analysis too. So perhaps, in the near future, we may get to uncover the mystery about what might have happened. But I hope that you found this video informative. Thank you very much!Readmore….