MH370

In a new three-part docuseries for Netflix, filmmaker Louise Malkinson offers up increasingly conspiratorial theories about what really happened to ...

MH370: The Plane that Disappeared is therefore as much about how we process loss, and mysteries, as it is about reasonable suppositions. In the absence of conclusive truth, that vacuum is filled by all manner of make-believe designed to give comforting answers to outstanding questions. In the first, the finger is pointed at Captain Shah, the most obvious suspect since he had control of the plane and, as investigators eventually learned, had charted a course on his home flight-training simulator that was eerily similar to the southward trajectory presented by Inmarsat. Wise’s reputation took a hit in the press for this, as does his credibility here. No one could detect its final course, determine a nearby airport where it might have landed, or locate debris in the South China Sea that would indicate a fatal crash. The possible explanations it dispenses, however, don’t seem likely to bring this case to a close—and, in some instances, reveal the dangerous and depressing conspiratorial thinking that arises when concrete facts are in short supply.

The fate of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is explored in a new Netflix documentary.

Since 2015, several pieces of debris confirmed as from the aircraft have washed up on the coast of Africa and on Indian Ocean islands. I’m not going to say who said what to whom, but let me reiterate, I want to be absolutely crystal clear, it was understood at the highest levels that this was almost certainly murder-suicide by the pilot.” MH370 disappeared with 239 people on board, made up of 12 Malaysian crew members and 227 passengers from 14 different nations. On March 24, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak confirmed that investigators had concluded the aircraft crashed in the southern Indian Ocean. Speaking in a Sky News documentary, Abbott – who was PM when the aircraft disappeared – said high-ranking Malaysian officials believed veteran pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 53, deliberately downed the jet. An Australian-led search scoured 46,000 square miles of the southern Indian Ocean and cost 200m Australian dollars (£100m). The pilot’s family has long denied he was suicidal. But what exactly happened to MH370 and when did it disappear? The aircraft, presumed crashed, sparked a huge search that became the most expensive in aviation history. A private hunt by Texas-based company Ocean Infinity later searched more than 37,000 square miles of sea. Released on Wednesday (March 8) to coincide with the ninth anniversary, At 1.22am – around 40 minutes after takeoff – the Boeing 777 suddenly disappeared from Air Traffic Control radar.

On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and the 239 people on-board took off into the night's sky from Kuala Lumpur, never to be seen or heard from ...

If either pilot wanted to crash the plane, why turn it around? It was not known whether Malaysia Airlines had carried out the change. Some believe the mystery cargo to be the remains of a drone downed in Pakistan, or military equipment captured by the Taliban. She didn't know about the search that had been started for MH370. Debris has been found across the Indian Ocean since the crash Two Russians and a Ukrainian were found guilty in November last year of murdering all 298 people on board by shooting it down. Of the 49 people on board, just 39 were returned two months later. The most expensive search in the history of aviation was launched. Shah pressed a button above his head to turn off the cabin's pressurisation system forcing it into a rapid decompression. Investigating the cargo, de Changy writes that it had not undergone the proper security screening. She says on the Being-777's cargo was 2.5 tonnes of 'poorly documented Motorola electronics equipment,' she says. On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and the 239 people on-board took off into the night's sky from Kuala Lumpur, never to be seen or heard from again.

Netflix documentary MH370: The Disappeared Plane is ripe material for conspiracy theorists, with its three episodes dedicated entirely to laying out the ...

Immediately after this moment in the docu-series, we were shown footage from the official press conference which announced that the search of the South China sea would be coming to an end. Cyndi described how she compared her findings to schematics of a B77, and said that she believed she was looking at plane debris. As was explored in the documentary, debris appearing to be from a commercial airliner were found washed up along the coast of Africa and islands along the Indian Ocean. Inmarsat satellite communication data is said to have placed the plane somewhere over the southern Indian Ocean, although a precise location could never be calculated. It was said that the pieces were "almost certainly" from the missing plane (via [BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26716572), the airline communicated to the families of the 239 people on board that it was assumed "beyond reasonable doubt" that there were no survivors.

How does a plane vanish? Netflix's new doc, "MH370: The Plane that Disappeared,” investigates the aviation mystery that remains unsolved to this day.

“After six hours of flight, the engines stop running, he pushes the nose down, and he starts to slide into a dive.” He suggests that after ending contact with air traffic controllers in Kuala Lumpur, but before establishing contact with Vietnam, Shah thinks of a reason to get his co-pilot out of the cockpit and then locks the door. Shah then disables the electronics that make the plane visible on radar. Wise presents a timeline of supposed events in “MH370” that even he doubts. investigators can't determine if a human shut down the transmissions or if it was an "act of piracy," meaning a takeover. Both acknowledge these are far-fetched, and the theories are written off by aviation expert Mike Exner. The last signal on radar from the plane was received as it transferred into Vietnamese airspace above Cau Mau province. The plane remains on course. It was set to arrive in Beijing on the morning of March 8, 2014, after departing from Kuala Lumpur. The plane carried 239 passengers and crew members. – The transponder that transmits location and altitude shuts down. – The plane's data reporting system shuts down.

MH370: The Plane That Disappeared offers three hours of conspiracy theories, and little else.

De Changy posits that the AWACS ordered Shah to land the plane, and when he refused to alter his route, the United States took drastic measures “to stop the plane and its precious cargo from arriving in Beijing,” either through a “missile strike, or a midair collision.” Blaine Gibson, who has found various plane parts confirmed to have come from MH370, insists de Changy’s claim “denies all the evidence that there is,” like the Inmarsat data and the U-turn discovered by the Malaysian military, and would require a half-dozen countries to collaborate on a massive conspiracy. But by far the most outlandish, far-reaching conspiracy theory comes in Episode 3, “The Intercept,” in which French journalist (again, be wary of that term) Florence de Changy details a global cover-up orchestrated by the U.S. Episode 2, “The Hijack,” calls into question Inmarsat satellite data — the only data set to offer a somewhat-clear picture of the plane’s trajectory after its communications went down — that found MH370 headed south into the Indian Ocean after turning back over the Malay Peninsula. Furthermore, says Sharuji, “It is impossible to fly the aircraft from the avionics compartment,” a statement that invalidates Wise’s entire theory. Hendry claims to have found satellite images of debris in the South China Sea, but when she compares them to photos of the plane, the images are far too blurry to show anything conclusive. Between his Inmarsat doubts and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down by Russian forces on July 17, 2014, Wise came to conclude that the Russians were involved in MH370’s disappearance, as well. Wise claims “the overwhelming body of evidence pointed strongly to [this] theory,” but offers no actual data beyond a claim that the pilot’s decades of experience meant he “would know all the angles” and therefore “be able to conceive of something as complicated as this.” In perhaps its lone moment of thoughtfulness, The Plane That Disappeared ultimately backs away from this theory and exonerates Shah. Even more irresponsibly, the docuseries offers a lengthy reenactment of this theory, which Wise describes as “a final, decisive picture of what happened that night.” A dramatization shows Shah locking his co-pilot out of the cockpit, cutting the plane’s communication systems, and depressurizing the cabin, killing the 227 passengers and 11 other crew members on board. Six hours later, when the plane runs out of fuel, Wise posits, “He pushes the nose down, and he starts to slide into a dive.” It’s unlikely that we’ll ever know exactly what happened aboard MH370, but without any evidence, this scenario is pure fantasy. [“just asking questions”](https://minnesotareformer.com/2020/12/17/no-youre-not-just-asking-questions-youre-spreading-disinformation/) pervades Netflix’s MH370: The Plane That Disappeared, a three-part documentary series about Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

Carrying mainly Chinese passengers, the Boeing 777's destination was Beijing. 38 minutes after takeoff, the plane stopped communicating with Air Traffic Control ...

Sally Leivesley, a former scientific advisor to the British government, suggested that the plane may have been downed by a cyberattack. A rumour on social media suggested that the plane had been hijacked and flown to North Korea, as had happened to Korean Airlines YS-11 in 1969. Others say that the plane was deliberately brought down as it was feared it was going to be used as a weapon in a 9/11-style attack on the Diego Garcia military base. Russian media, meanwhile, floated the idea that terrorists had flown the plane to Afghanistan and were holding its passengers and crew hostage. When parts of Flight MH370 began washing up a year after the plane vanished, the idea that it had been hijacked and flown to an unknown location became highly unlikely. Hijacking was suggested as a possible cause almost immediately after the plane disappeared.

Netflix's MH370: The Plane That Disappeared recalls the tragedy of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

Pieces of the plane’s interior – including a stowage closet door – were also found, as well as several items that were unidentifiable. The first item to be confirmed as originating from the plane was the right flaperon – a part of the aircraft’s wing. After analysing the debris in Australia, officials identified it as “almost certainly” a piece of the right horizontal stabiliser panel from MH370. Another piece of debris had previously been found washed up 190 miles away on a beach in southern Mozambique the previous December, but it was not initially reported. But has MH370 or any debris from the plane ever been found? The wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has never been found, despite a lengthy and costly search involving governments and private contractors.

Cyndi Hendry, a volunteer for now-defunct satellite imagery company Tomnod, found what looked like plane debris in the South China Sea only days after the ...

Something that looked like the tail. I feel certain that this is where MH370 ended up, off of Vietnam. Something that looked like the fuselage. And I was able to identify a piece as the nose cone. There's the airplane'. There's a piece of debris.

EERIE satellite images show how MH370 might have crashed in the South China Sea - thousands of miles from the main search area.Satellite sleuth Cyndi.

"I knew I had evidence in the South China Sea. "The Cathay pilots said they saw a large debris field. Cyndi said: "I told her what I had. "I already had notified Tomnod that this debris existed. Because I knew that was part of the plane. "At that point, I already had contacted Malaysia Airlines. I feel certain that this is where MH370 ended up, off of Vietnam. It was just the blackness of the sea. I feel certain that this is where MH370 ended up, off of VietnamCyndi Hendry Something that looked like the tail. Something that looked like the fuselage. She said: "The satellite images were empty.

Netflix's latest true-crime docuseries MH370: The Plane That Disappeared investigates what director Louise Malkinson calls “the greatest aviation mystery of ...

“Some of the next of kin that we have spoken to do believe that there are people or that there’s information out there that they don’t have. “But the next of kin that we speak to are desperate for them to search again. “It’s interesting, because we also have in the series Fuad Sharuji, who was the former crisis director [at Malaysia Airlines], and Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, who was the head of the Civil Aviation [Authority] at the time, and the task that they had was enormous. Fuad would say that they had — from the moment that plane went missing, because it was all across the internet — they were getting reports that it landed in the jungles of Java, or that it had been sighted over Cambodia,” Malkinson said. There are so many people that got involved that genuinely just wanted to help, and Cyndi had seen these images of these poor families on the screens and was just wanting to try and help find the plane. “We know where people are because of their phones, we know where people are because of satellites and radar.

It's been nine years since the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The flight, which went off radar on March 8, 2014, had 12 Malaysian crew ...

(Barely a minute in the episode) why isn’t anyone talking about the girl who received a call from her dad? [#MH370] [pic.twitter.com/CTxAWjuQtZ] [March 8, 2023] [March 8, 2023] [pic.twitter.com/ksNWdatcxg] [March 8, 2023] [#MH370] [March 8, 2023] I lost a friend and colleague on that flight. [March 9, 2023] [@netflix]’s [#MH370]documentary makes me sick to my stomach. [#MH370]on netflix, all i can say the theory is ridiculous. Someone who I regularly went to lunch with and chatted about stuff. The defamation toward the pilot is unfair [March 8, 2023]

Theories of what happened to flight MH370: The Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared. Did it crash, was the pilot was involved, hijaking, fire?

In the documentary on Netflix, the incident is referred to as an “unsolved mass-murder” and it’s questioned if it could have been an act of war. [could have been because of a cyber attack](https://www.ibtimes.com/new-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-cyber-hijack-theory-emerges-after-vulnerabilities-found-inflight). There are theories surrounding the crew of MH370, too. Claims of domestic problems have always been denied by the family. The “phantom cellphone theory” states family members of the passengers recalled being able to hear ringing when they tried to phone their relatives, after the disappearance. Shortly after the plane disappeared, it was claimed it may have been an act of terrorism, possibly a jihadist attack. It’s also been considered hijackers may have taken the plane to a remote island. Conspiracy theorists have suggested MH370 was captured by the United States and then flown to the United States’ military base. This has raised questions as to whether this could have been a suicide or hijack attempt, carried out by a crew member. According to reports, there was a lot going on in the private life of Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah in the weeks prior to the plane going missing. All crew and passengers have been presumed dead, and never in history have 239 people been declared dead on the basis of mathematics alone. Initially, it was simply thought the plane crashed.

Exactly nine years after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 went missing, a Netflix documentary on the bizarre incident has rehashed theories on its.

company will likely end in June, as families of ... After the MH370 flight disappeared from civilian air traffic control radar, it continued to appear on military radar. “Ocean Infinity, over the last 12 months have made real progress working with many people to further understand... [Malaysia ready to back firms in finding missing flight MH370](https://english.alarabiya.net/variety/2019/03/03/Malaysia-ready-to-back-firms-in-finding-missing-flight-MH370) [MH370, 4 years on: Malaysia says search to end in June](https://english.alarabiya.net/variety/2018/03/03/MH370-4-years-on-Malaysia-says-search-to-end-in-June) [Report on MH370 finds ‘initially similar’ route on pilot’s flight simulator](https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2017/10/03/Report-on-MH370-finds-initially-similar-route-on-pilot-s-flight-simulator) local time, and was expected to enter Vietnamese airspace moments later. MH370, 4 years on: Malaysia says search to end in JuneA Malaysian official said Saturday that the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 by a U.S. [ended its final search](https://english.alarabiya.net/variety/2018/03/03/MH370-4-years-on-Malaysia-says-search-to-end-in-June) for the missing plane in 2017 after the $135.36 million underwater hunt was unfruitful. Malaysia ready to back firms in finding missing flight MH370Malaysia will consider resuming the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 if companies interested in the hunt come forward with viable ... On March 5, 2023, the families of those on board the Malaysia Airlines flight called on the Malaysian government to allow US seabed exploration firm Ocean Infinity to launch a new search for the missing plane. [Zaharie’s home flight simulator](https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2017/10/03/Report-on-MH370-finds-initially-similar-route-on-pilot-s-flight-simulator) had mapped a similar path over the Indian Ocean that satellite data indicated the MH370 took the night it disappeared. [Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370](https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2016/07/26/MH370-As-search-suspended-cold-case-file-awaits) went missing, a Netflix documentary on the bizarre incident has rehashed theories on its disappearance. However, the Netflix documentary goes on to say that Zaharie never left a note or message to explain a possible motive.