Episode 281: The Disappearance of Flight MH370 – Part 1
A routine red-eye flight between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing turned into a nightmare for hundreds of families. An enormous Boeing triple-7 wide-bodied jet went missing with over 200 souls on board. The lack of transparency from authorities only added insult to the incalculable injury of loved ones vanishing without a trace. Ten years since it went missing, families are still searching for answers, combing through what happened in those early days with the singular goal of finding their lost loved ones. This week’s episode is The Disappearance of Flight MH370 – Part 1.
SOURCES
The Vanishing of Flight MH370: The True Story of the Hunt for the Missing Malaysian Plane by Richard Quest (CNN Aviation Correspondent): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318827/the-vanishing-of-flight-mh370-by-richard-quest/
The Hunt for MH370: The Mystery, The Cover-Up, The Truth by Ean Higgins: https://www.qabookco.com/book/9781760783068
Conspiracy Theories: A Compendium of History's Greatest Mysteries and More Recent Cover-Ups by Jamie King: https://summersdale.com/titles/jamie-king/conspiracy-theories/9781787839403/
MH370: The Plane That Disappeared (2023 Netflix Docuseries): https://www.netflix.com/watch/81307167
Written Analysis of the trajectory of Flight MH370 by Captain Patrick Blelly (r) and Jean-Luc Marchand, MSc, Royal Aeronautics Institute: https://www.mh370-caption.net/wp-content/uploads/3-known-trajectory-and-recalculated-trajectory.pdf
‘Black box signals’ raise hope of finding MH370 in days – Malaysian minister, The Guardian: https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/07/black-box-signals-mh370-malaysian-minister-hishammuddin-hussein
'Retreated into a Shell' MH370 pilot’s wife told how he spent all his time on his flight simulator and stopped talking to her in the weeks before crash, The Sun: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9334710/mh370-pilot-wife-simulator-crash-lonely/
Daughter of MH370 pilot raised alarming questions about his state of mind weeks before the plane’s disappearance, The Sun: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9331959/daughter-mh370-pilot-state-mind-planes-disappearance/
The Malaysia Airlines Pilot’s Politics, Slate: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/03/pilot-zaharie-ahmad-shah-supported-anwar-ibrahim-was-he-a-terrorist.html
New report explores the pilot of MH370 troubled personal life, likely scenario of what happened on flight, New Zealand Herald: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/new-report-explores-the-pilot-of-mh370-troubled-personal-life-likely-scenario-of-what-happened-on-flight/TOQ557EGUHWQDXG5DU47E7JOVE/
Was a sordid love affair between pilot and his mistress the real reason behind MH370's disappearance? Senior airline source claims lovers could have eloped after parachute leap, The Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6754377/Was-sordid-love-affair-pilot-mistress-real-reason-MH370s-disappearance.html
What Really Happened to Malaysia's Missing Airplane?, The Atlantic (2019): https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/mh370-malaysia-airlines/590653/
Malaysian Officials Update Last Words Spoken From MH370, The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/04/malaysian-officials-update-last-words-spoken-from-mh370/359948/
FINDING MH370: New breakthrough could finally solve missing flight mystery, 60 Minutes Australia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq-d4Kl8Xh4
Malaysia Airlines (Full Episode), Drain the Oceans on National Geographic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myBmq87fJeQ
Exclusive access to MH370 wreckage the world has never seen, 60 Minutes Australia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IooUYvy5h0o
The 2014 Disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 – A Refined Trajectory, Presentation by Captain Patrick Blelly and Jean-Luc Marchand for the Royal Aeronautical Society (September 2023): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjjySxoo_AQ
MH370: The Situation Room - What really happened to the missing Boeing 777, 60 Minutes Australia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm1j1fpldkc
MH370: A Decade On, CNA Insider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xupa82AkXoE
MH370: Captain’s home simulator had Indian Ocean course plotted, CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/28/asia/mh370-pilot-flight-simulator/index.html
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6283824/what-happened-malaysia-airlines-flight-370-conspiracy-theory/
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240308-the-10-year-mystery-of-missing-flight-mh370
