The story of Malaysia Airlines Flight
370 is full of mystery. On March 8, 2014, the Boeing 777 left Kuala Lumpur for Beijing. In
the coming hours, there would be odd occurrences, deception, and the disappearance of 227 passengers
and 12 crew members. The plane would vanish with only ghost signals and incomplete data for
investigators to follow. For almost 3 years, search missions scoured the waters
and seafloor of the Indian Ocean without locating the missing plane. Now, new
evidence and theories could shed some light on what actually happened to Flight 370 and the
two hundred and thirty-nine souls on board. In order to understand what happened
and analyze new evidence, we need to go back to the beginning. Back to the
very moment that Flight 370 rose into the air and set an erratic course that
would lead to it mysteriously vanishing. March 8, 2014, 12:41 a.m., 2 hours before
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 goes missing. Flight attendants walk down the carpeted aisle
of the Boeing 777-200ER, ensuring that everyone has their seatbelts fastened in preparation
for takeoff. Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah does his final pre-flight checks and confirms the
airliner is ready to go with his First Officer, Fariq Abdul Hamid. The flight tower radios
the pilots that they are clear for take off. Captain Zaharie throttles up the engines, and the
plane lurches forward. The craft picks up speed as it cruises down the runway, pushing passengers
back into their seats. It’s extremely early in the morning, so most of the passengers are already
fast asleep. A baby coos from its mother’s lap as several individuals look out the windows at
the lights of the airport flashing by. Flight 370 lifts off from the runway and ascends
into the air. Condensation runs along the window as people close their shades and prepare
for the approximately 6-hour flight to Beijing. What no one knows is that
as night gives way to dawn, every single person aboard
Flight 370 will go missing. 1:01 a.m. 1 hour and 40 minutes before
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 goes missing. The aircraft reaches a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet or 10,700 meters. The fasten
seatbelt sign is turned off, and the flight crew begins preparing snacks, drinks, and meals
for the passengers. It’s an overnight flight, so cabin duty should be relatively light. Some
passengers stand up and stretch on their way to the bathroom. The faces of businessmen from
Beijing are illuminated by their laptop screens. The snoring of sleeping passengers can be heard,
complimenting the roar of the plane’s engines. On the ground, radar stations pick
up Flight 370’s signal. Everything is normal. In a little while, Flight
370 will leave Malaysian airspace and cross into Vietnam. The early hours of
this morning seem like any other day. 1:07 a.m. 1 hour and 33 minutes before
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 goes missing. The Malaysian flight tower receives data from
Flight 370’s Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System. This communications array
periodically transmits data about the plane and the status of several key systems on board. This
will be the last time the ACARS communicates with traffic control. The tower won’t notice it for
30 more minutes, but someone has turned off the ACAR system. Someone who knew exactly what
they were doing and had a premeditated plan to fly the aircraft off course on some
unknown route for some unknown reason. With Flight 370’s Aircraft Communication
Addressing and Reporting System turned off, the radar stations in the area no longer
receive telemetry from the plane. No one on the ground knows that the system has been
turned off at this point in time, as there is no reason to expect anything to be wrong. However,
something strange is happening aboard Flight 370, whether ground crews are aware of it or not.
It’s not clear if either of the pilots is aware that the ACAR system has been turned
off or if one of them is the perpetrator, but this will be the first of many peculiar events
that will happen over the next several hours. 1:19 a.m. 1 hour and 20 minutes before
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 goes missing. Malaysian traffic controllers receive a message
from the cockpit of Flight 370. It’s believed to be First Officer Fariq Abdul Hamid on
the headset. He does not sound agitated, and he gives no indication that anything is
wrong even though the ACARS aboard the plane is off. This does not mean Fariq is the one
who tampered with the system or that he is even aware that something is wrong, but a series
of bizarre events begin after the message is sent. The voice finishes relaying a quick message and
ends with “All right, good night,” indicating that he is signing off just before entering Vietnamese
airspace. Traffic control thinks nothing of the message as “good night” is often used by pilots
to signal the handing over of communications from one airspace to another. The phrase is just
a pleasantry that traffic controllers hear hundreds of times a week as planes leave their
airspace. However, this time, “good night” are the last words anyone will ever hear from
the crew and passengers aboard Flight 370. 1:21 a.m. Just as Flight 370 crosses into Vietnamese
airspace over the South China Sea, someone in the cockpit flicks a switch. The plane’s
transponder switches off. This is much more noticeable than when the Aircraft Communication
Addressing and Reporting System was shut down, as the transponder constantly pings radar stations
with the flight number, altitude, speed, and heading of the plane. The transponder is also a
lot less complicated than turning off the ACAR system. Without the transponder on, the massive
Boeing 777 is just an unknown blip on the radar. Traffic controllers scan their radar screens
and see dozens of little dots. However, one catches their eye. It has no flight number
and isn’t sending any relevant data. They keep a close eye on the aircraft to try and figure out
what it is and why it isn’t relaying information. No one is overly concerned at this point;
they just know something odd is happening. A soldier conducting radar surveillance at a
military base in Thailand spots the blip on his screen. There is an unidentified aircraft
approaching the base. There are no covert missions scheduled for that night, so this
is a cause for concern. He informs his C.O., and they keep tabs on the unidentified aircraft. Sometime between 1:21 a.m. and 1:28 a.m. No one knows at this moment in time that the
unknown aircraft showing up on radar across Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia is Flight
370. Its transponder is still off. However, the unknown object suddenly begins to change
course. A Thai radar station in the southern Surat Thani province records that the
plane makes a U-turn and is now flying in the opposite direction that it had been
traveling in moments before. At this point, there is no reason for anyone to suspect that
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is the unknown craft on their screens or that any action
should be taken. This uncertainty will result in precious time being lost during the early
stages of the search for the missing airliner. 1:30 a.m. Suddenly, the blip from the unknown aircraft
disappears from the air traffic controllers' radar in Subang, outside of Kuala Lumpur. It has
vanished somewhere over the Gulf of Thailand. The last known coordinates of the plane are
06 55 15 N and 103 34 43 E. It’s not clear what has happened exactly, but it appears
the SATCOM system has been tampered with. 1:37 a.m. Malaysian military and civilian flight radars
start picking up the unknown aircraft again. Its course has been altered, and the plane is now
flying southwest over the Malay Peninsula before turning northwest over the Strait of Malacca.
Traffic control in Malaysia realizes that the ACARS reading from Flight 370 has not been sent
and is overdue. It was supposed to be transmitted 30 minutes after the previous communication was
sent at 1:07 a.m. Since this is an automated system, the traffic controllers know something is
wrong. It’s at this point that they realize the unknown plane they have been tracking could very
well be Flight 370, but there is no way to confirm this suspicion without reaching out to multiple
other agencies and trying to contact the plane. In hindsight, investigators divulge that if
the plane were to be hijacked or a target for terrorist activity, turning off the
ACARS would be an important part of their plans. Without ACARS data being transmitted,
no anomalies in the aircraft's systems could be detected from the ground. The transponder
being switched off is much more noticeable, but the ACARS data would have provided traffic
control or anyone tracking the plane with a lot more information on what was actually
happening to the aircraft at this time. 2:15 a.m., 25 minutes before Malaysia
Airlines Flight 370 goes missing. Even though several civilian Malaysian radar
stations are no longer tracking the unknown plane, military radar stations still have the aircraft
on their screens. As it flies over the Strait of Malacca, the plane passes over the island of
Pulau Perak. It continues in a westerly direction, hundreds of miles off course. As the plane
continues into the Indian Ocean, fewer and fewer radar stations can track it until only a handful
still have the unknown blip on their screens. 2:22 a.m., 18 minutes before Malaysia
Airlines Flight 370 goes missing. A Malaysian military radar station that has
been following the aircraft’s movements as it continued west loses contact over the
Andaman Sea. This will be the last time anyone sees the aircraft on their radar.
However, it will still be 18 more minutes before Malaysia Airlines acknowledges that
Flight 370 is missing. It’s not clear what the airline does during the realization that
Flight 370’s ACARS failed to send data, the loss of telemetry with the aircraft, and
the eventual disappearance of it from radar, but it’s likely traffic controllers, and their
superiors had been going into damage control mode to try and keep things quiet until
they had a better handle on the situation. March 8, 2014, 2:40 a.m. Air traffic controllers officially tell
Malaysia Airlines that Flight 370 has disappeared. The airline scrambles all of
its resources to try and locate the plane. They reach out to agencies and organizations
across the region and contact the Malaysian military for help finding their missing
plane. The Malaysian military hands over all raw radar data they have to U.S. and British
officials to help aid in the search and recovery of the lost plane. The race to figure out
where the Boeing 777 has gone is on. Ships and aircraft are sent to the last known
location of Flight 370 in the Andaman Sea. For the next hour, the preliminary search
for Flight 370 begins. Military analysts and traffic controllers send messages on every
possible communication channel to try and reach the missing aircraft. Malaysia Airlines
calls upon traffic controllers in Vietnam, Thailand, and other parts of Malaysia to try
and make sense of the situation. Information is gathered that paints an unusual
picture of events. Nothing makes sense, and no one can figure out what has
happened to the missing aircraft. The rest of the world has yet to be informed
that Flight 370 and its 239 passengers and crew will not be landing on time. After just over
an hour has passed, and it is clear that the plane won’t be located using conventional means,
Malaysia Airlines takes things to the next level. 3:45 a.m., 1 hour and 5 minutes after
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 goes missing. A “code red” is issued by Malaysia
Airlines to every agency that might be able to help locate the missing plane.
Emergency response plans are enacted, and search missions are launched. When the
airline is pushed to explain why they waited over an hour to issue such an order, they
tell authorities that they were still trying to locate the plane and ensure it was actually
missing. It’s unclear if Malaysia Airlines had ulterior motives or if it was just incompetence
that led to the slow sharing of information with other organizations, but either way,
an emergency is eventually declared. For the next several hours, search and
rescue missions are launched. Multiple organizations sift through the data
to extrapolate where the plane may have gone. Salvage teams prepare for the worst. 6:30 a.m., 3 hours and 50 minutes after
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 goes missing. Passengers in Beijing wait for their plane
to reach the gate. Flight 370 is displayed on the arrival sign, but the plane has yet
to arrive. Disgruntled travelers wait for an announcement as to where their plane
is and what is causing the delay. So far, Malaysia Airlines has not updated anyone
about the loss of the aircraft except for agencies and organizations that are
directly involved in locating the plane. 7:24 a.m. There is still no sign of Flight 370 or any
indication of what went wrong. Families are worried about their loved ones who should have
landed and checked in an hour ago. The airline has received inquiries but remained silent
until now. A public announcement is posted on the Malaysia Airlines Facebook page. When
this happens, there is mass panic and confusion amongst friends and family members who had
people onboard the flight. The international community becomes aware of the search for the
missing plane. Everyone waits with bated breath to learn more about the tragedy and mysterious
circumstances under which Flight 370 disappeared. 8:11 a.m. 5 hours and 31 minutes after
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 goes missing. Something very strange happens. A satellite
orbiting the Earth attempts a handshake or electronic connection with a plane passing
below it. This satellite logs the attempted connection to the plane and relays the
information to a computer database. The handshake isn’t completed due to
the fact that the communications systems aboard Flight 370 are offline.
However, once this data comes to light, it provides a vital clue to the search and
rescue parties trying to locate the aircraft. The aircraft is still in flight. Based on where
the satellite is located and a number of other factors, the location of Flight 370 can be
narrowed down to two different locations. However, since the plane is clearly still
operational, the final destination of where the aircraft will touch down will need to be
extrapolated. The raw satellite data is enough to confirm that the plane the satellite
attempted to connect with was Flight 370, which is then corroborated by the United
States National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration, and
Britain’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch. With the little information that was available at
the beginning of the emergency, the initial search for Flight 370 had begun in the South China Sea.
As more information comes to light, such as where the transponder had been switched off and the
resulting discovery that the unidentified plane that radar stations had been tracking all morning
was, in fact, Flight 370, the search teams are sent to the Strait of Malacca and the Andaman Sea.
However, it isn’t until the satellite data from the attempted handshake is discovered that search
efforts are deployed to more promising areas. March 15, 2014, 7 days after
Flight 370 goes missing. The data collected by the satellite on the morning
of the disappearance has finally been analyzed. All relevant organizations are notified, and the
search for Flight 370 shifts to new locations. No one can be exactly sure of the location of the
plane when the satellite attempted its handshake, but analysts now believe that Flight 370 could
only have been on two possible trajectories. A series of search missions are launched into
the Indian Ocean to the southwest of Australia, following the southern route the plane might have
taken. Another group searches Southeast Asia, western China, and Central Asia following
the northern arc. Locating a downed plane on land can be difficult, but is much easier than
locating an aircraft on the bottom of the ocean. After days of searching, no trace of any downed
aircraft can be found along the northern arc. March 24, 2014, 16 days after
Flight 370 goes missing. After further analysis of the satellite data by
the satellites parent company Inmarsat and the U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch, it’s
determined that the southern arc is the most likely path that Flight 370 took and that the
plane must have crashed in a remote part of the Indian Ocean. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak
announces that it’s highly unlikely that anyone who was aboard the plane could still be alive.
The hopes of hundreds of families and friends are shattered. However, the crusade to figure out what
happened and to provide answers is not yet over. April 6, 2014, 30 days after
Flight 370 went missing. An Australian ship cruises
through the waters of the Indian Ocean. They have been searching for any
sign of Flight 370 for weeks. Suddenly, the equipment on the vessel detects several
acoustic pings that could possibly be from the “black box” or flight recorder aboard the
missing Boeing 777. These signals are coming from below the waters around 1,200 miles or
2,000 kilometers northwest of Perth, Australia. It’s impossible to tell exactly
where the signals are coming from, but it allows the search teams to narrow down the
locations they are looking in. Around this time, new data from Inmarsat comes out that
a satellite initiated another handshake with Flight 370 around 8:19 AM on March 8. This
second handshake is consistent with the location where the acoustic pings are being picked
up by the Australian vessel. Unfortunately, by this point, the batteries within the
black box are likely on their last legs. It will only be a matter of time before the
batteries go dead and the signal is lost. Even after the signal is gone, robotic submarines
are deployed in the region to scour the ocean floor for any signs of wreckage. Unfortunately,
the pings had been identified over a large area, and there is no way to pinpoint their
exact location. The subs continue to search underwater even though the search area
is vast. The search yields no results. The disappointment is exacerbated by the fact
that tests run after the fact find that a faulty wire in the acoustic equipment aboard the
ship may have been what was producing the pings. July 29, 2015, 1 year and 5 months
after Flight 370 goes missing.
A man walks along the beach on the French
island of Réunion. He spots debris washed up on the shore. This is not unusual as
the currents running through the Indian Ocean often bring garbage adrift in the ocean
to the island. However, this is different. It looks like a piece of an airplane. The man
calls to others in the area, and they bring the salvaged debris to the local authorities.
It’s identified as the right-wing flaperon of a Boeing 777. Upon further inspection by experts,
it’s identified as being a piece of Flight 370. The debris washed up 2,300 miles or about
3,700 kilometers from where the search for the missing aircraft is being conducted
in the Indian Ocean. Over the next year, 26 more pieces of debris are discovered on beaches
in Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar, and Mauritius. The finders all claim that
they are a part of Flight 370. However, only 3 can be positively identified as belonging
to the missing aircraft, while 17 are thought to be from Flight 370. Two pieces seemed
to have come from the cabin interior, suggesting that the aircraft broke apart either
before or when the plane crashed into the ocean. When experts further examine the flap
found in Réunion, they determine it does not appear that the plane was guided into the
ocean using a controlled descent. Therefore, the only other option is that Flight 370
slammed into the dark waters of the ocean and sunk to the bottom. The information
gathered from confirmed debris of the aircraft allows the search area to be
narrowed down even further as some parts of the Indian Ocean do not have the currents
to carry wreckage all the way to Africa. January 2017, 2 years and 10 months
after Flight 370 goes missing. The Malaysian, Australian, and Chinese governments
announce they will be calling off the search for Flight 370. After almost three years of hunting,
they have come up with no tangible evidence as to where the aircraft could be. The Indian Ocean
is vast. The seafloor can reach depths exceeding 5,000 meters or 16,404 feet. An American
company called Ocean Infinity receives the go-ahead from the Malaysian government to
continue the search. But in May of 2017, the Malaysian Transport Ministry officially
decides it is time to end all search efforts. July 2018, 3 years and 4 months
after Flight 370 goes missing. The Malaysian government releases its final
report on Flight 370 and its disappearance. Investigations find that what happened likely
wasn’t the result of a mechanical failure as both the ACARS and transponder systems wouldn’t have
gone down. Then there is the fact that the erratic flight path almost certainly needed to be carried
out through manual inputs by a pilot. However, no clear reason is given as to why Flight 370
disappeared or where the aircraft is located. Throughout the official investigation, ideas
as to what actually happened to Flight 370 spread across the globe. Conspiracy theories
popped up on the internet. Entire books were written about the disappearance of the Malaysia
Airlines plane. Experts weighed in on what the data said and if it was reliable. What most
official reports conclude is that there just isn't enough evidence to come to a definitive
conclusion on what happened to Flight 370. However, a lot has happened since the plane
disappeared, and there are several theories that have made it to 2023 that could shed
some light on this mystery. There are still a lot of missing facts, but sometimes it’s
the lack of facts that can be one of the strongest pieces of evidence in a case. Let’s
go down the rabbit hole and examine some of the leading theories of 2023 as to what actually
happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 307. There is one thing that time has helped with
in the case of Flight 370. When news first emerged about the mysterious circumstance
under which the aircraft disappeared, there were conspiracies galore. The internet
was flooded with theories of alien abduction, sabotage, and military intervention. There was
even some discussion and doctored footage of Flight 370 ending up in the Bermuda Triangle. And
even though these theories might seem harmless, the last one included a video and website
that allowed hackers to steal people’s money and identities. So, this particular
conspiracy ended up being very harmful. However, now that it is 2023, some
of the more outlandish theories have died away. People who are still serious
about finding the aircraft and bringing closure to the families and friends of
those on board are still hard at work. This has allowed much more convincing and
somewhat plausible explanations to emerge. One of the leading theories, and possibly the most
plausible with the information we currently have, is that one of the pilots took control of
the plane, disabled all communications, and somehow was able to maintain control
without the passengers, flight crew, or his co-pilot getting involved. Let’s
take a look at why many believe this was the case and what needed to be done
for this individual to be successful. For this theory, most think Captain Zaharie
somehow locked his First Officer out of the cockpit and turned off the systems that
would allow traffic control to identify the plane. He then put on an oxygen mask and
depressurized the aircraft at a height of 35,000 feet resulting in the asphyxiation of everyone
else in the plane. In this scenario, whoever was in control of the plane changed its course to fly
along the borders of Malaysia and Thailand to stay clear of any military bases that an unidentified
aircraft might have triggered a response from. After making it to the ocean, the pilot changed
course again to a southwesterly direction and flew into the ocean, where the aircraft would
never be found. But why would Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah or First Officer Fariq Abdul Hamid
do this? Some believe it was to take their own life in a way that would also claim the lives
of hundreds of others. Using Occam's razor, which at a basic level states the simplest
answer with the least amount of variables is normally the correct one, would suggest
that either Zaharie or Fariq took control of the plane and flew it into the Indian
Ocean as being the most likely scenario. This is because it fits the evidence and
data without bringing in outside variables. However, when examining the profiles of both
men, this theory runs into problems. The official reports say that Captain Zaharie had “no known
history of apathy, anxiety, or irritability. There were no significant changes in his lifestyle,
interpersonal conflict, or family stresses.” So, what would his motivation have been? Investigators
also concluded that First Officer Fariq’s “ability and professional approach to work was reported to
be good.” However, mental health and depression can be complicated. Someone might not always
show obvious signs that something is wrong. And a pilot taking his own life by crashing
a plane is not unheard of. On March 24, 2015, the co-pilot of Germanwings flight 9525 from
Barcelona to Dusseldorf intentionally crashed the Airbus A320-211 he was in control of, killing
the 150 people who were on board. In this case, however, the pilot had been showing signs
of mental distress and had been declared unfit to work by a doctor. Both pilots of
Flight 370 were given clean bills of health, and there were no warning signs to
suggest that they were mentally unstable. There is some evidence that Captain Zaharie
had practiced flying a plane into the Indian Ocean on his home flight simulator.
But this is tentative at best and could very likely just have been a
coincidence. What is almost certainly true, though, is that there was a person in control of
Flight 370 who shut off its communication systems and manually changed the plane’s course
throughout the morning of March 8, 2014. Other than one of the pilots taking
control and then crashing the plane, there are several hijacking theories that
could shed some light on the odd events leading up to the disappearance of Flight 370.
One possibility for this scenario is that either one or both of the pilots decided to hijack
the plane and hold it for ransom. However, when they tried to land the
craft, something went wrong. You can already see all the holes in this
theory, such as no one radioed flight control or contracted Malaysia Airlines to ask for a ransom.
Also, investigators determined neither of the pilots were under any financial stress or showed
any changes in their behaviors. And when they went over the voice recordings and conversations of
the men, it was determined both pilots showed “no evidence of anxiety or stress.” One conclusion
that came out of the investigator's report was that “It is not possible to deactivate automatic
deployment of the masks from the cockpit.” What this means is that if the plane was hijacked,
the people on board would have had ample time to try and take back the aircraft. Yet, there is no
indication that any type of struggle happened as far as the data is concerned. This may suggest a
different type of hijacking. Perhaps someone other than the pilots took control of the plane and were
responsible for the disappearance of Flight 370. There were 227 passengers and 10 cabin crew
aboard Flight 370. Could one of them have somehow managed to take control of the plane? This seems
highly unlikely as any individual or group of bad actors would have to somehow bypass all of the
precautions and safety features implemented on major aircraft after 9/11, such as the internally
locking cockpit door. Then there is the fact that there would have been hundreds of other
passengers they would have to somehow subdue. Some people point the finger at two Iranian
men traveling on Flight 370 with stolen Italian and Australian passports as being
the culprits, but upon further investigation, it was determined these men were illegal migrants
and not terrorists. Then there is the cabin crew, but again, this seems improbable as all of them
were married with families and wouldn’t have the technical expertise to turn off all of the
communications systems and then pilot the plane. This leads us to a more fantastical theory
around hijacking, but one that could explain the erratic path of Flight 370. Some suggest
that perhaps there was a stowaway or multiple stowaways aboard the aircraft. Supposedly there
is an underfloor area just outside the cockpit door that someone could hide in. This would
mean the perpetrator needed to sneak aboard the plane before the crew got there and hide
until the plane was in the air. Interestingly, from this location, it would have been possible to
turn off the transponder, which we know happened. Perhaps a disgruntled employee held a
long-lasting and deadly grudge against Malaysia Airlines and wanted to hold the plane
for ransom or just cause some chaos. But the same inconsistencies as one of the pilots hijacking
the plane for ransom arises with this scenario as well. But what if more than one stowaway or
a heavily armed individual somehow managed to sneak aboard the plane? What if there was
a larger and more sinister plan in place? Flight 370 being seized by terrorists is normally
discredited as no organization came forward and claimed responsibility. But what if the hijacking
of Flight 370 wasn’t an act of terror but one of misdirection? At the same time, Flight 370
disappeared, Russia was busy annexing Crimea. Many major powers were threatening sanctions
and actions against Russia during this time, and the world seemed to be rallying against
Putin’s decision to steal Crimea from Ukraine. However, when news broke about the
mysterious disappearance of Flight 370, the public outrage around Russia annexing Crimea
died down a little bit. News cycles were now covering the search for the missing plane 24/7,
and aviation experts instead of military experts were the ones being interviewed. Some have
hypothesized that a covert mission, either by Russian agents or hired mercenaries, was carried
out to seize Flight 370 and create a narrative that would distract the rest of the world
from what was happening in Crimea at the time. Some have even suggested that the SATCOM aboard
the plane was tampered with and instead of the plane flying into the Indian Ocean, it
was piloted along the Northwestern arc and landed somewhere in Kazakhstan. Proponents
of this theory claim that the fact the plane has never been found in the Indian Ocean
suggests that it actually isn’t there. But let’s be very clear. The Oceans are
massive. Over 80 percent of the ocean has never been mapped, explored, or even seen
by humans. If we strip away all of the more extreme theories and stick with what we know
in 2023, the most likely scenario is that one of the pilots of Flight 370 took control of
the plane and flew it into the Indian Ocean, where the aircraft broke up and sank
to the depths of the sea. Finding the fuselage of the plane would be like
trying to find a needle in a haystack. Until we have more evidence or something more
tangible to go off of, what actually happened aboard Flight 370 will remain a mystery. Many
believe the search to locate the remains of the aircraft should continue to offer some closure to
those who lost someone in the tragedy. However, as of right now, no one is seriously looking
for the missing Boeing 777 except dedicated researchers who have devoted their lives
to figuring out the truth about Flight 370. Now watch “Weirdest Unsolved Mysteries.” Or check
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