Millions of people around the world have been impacted by the blunder of Malaysia Flight 370, but what actually happened? A normal Boeing 777 aircraft does not just disappear every day, and Malaysia Flight 370 seemed to do just that. Many wonder how an ordinary Boeing 777 carrying 227 international passengers can go missing in a blink of an eye (“Malaysia Flight 370”). Some think it was a contretemps, yet some think it was an intricate terrorist attack. Malaysia Flight 370 made a huge impact on the plane industry, and affected millions of people throughout the United States. Malaysia Flight 370 was one of the biggest blunders in the history of the plane industry. It seemed that a huge Boeing 777 disappeared mysteriously in the blink of an …show more content…
The dramatic mystery furiously spread through various media sources, which caused people to panic and wonder what would come next. The media went crazy with different hypotheses that could have caused the mysterious blunder. In the article “Missing Malaysia plane: Co-pilot 'spoke last words'”, it talks about the conspiracies that people thought caused the disappearance immediately after they heard about the missing plane, and even recently, about a year after the crisis. The article says that the most popular conspiracy of the flight’s disappearance, besides crashing into the vast Indian Ocean, was that the flight was hijacked by terrorists. With the recent threat of Isis on the world, terrorism was a real possibility. Some believe that this could have been a failed “9/11” type terror attack. Stated in the article “MH370 'hijacked and in Afghanistan'” by Chris Richards, a Russian newspaper claimed that “Flight MH370 was hijacked by "unknown terrorists’” and forced to a remote land near Kandahar, Russia. While this hypothesis was not proven to be true, it was not proven to be false either, until the pings from the black box seemed to come from the Indian ocean (Richards). However, even with this evidence, the true explanation for Malaysia Flight 370’s disappearance remains a …show more content…
Everyone’s goal was to find the black box, which would lead to all of the answers. However, they believed that the black box’s batteries would eventually run out, making every second significant. As stated in the article “The search for flight MH370”, the immediate search was useless, for the people who were searching in the ocean were not searching it in the right spot. A week after the plane disappeared, they discovered satellites which determined that the plane was traveling for more hours than what was speculated at first. Before the recognition of the flight’s true travel path, the search area covered a surface area of 4,600,000 square kilometers in the vast and complex southern Indian Ocean. After the recognition of the flight’s path, the search became more refined. The refined search was in a completely different spot than what was originally searched. As stated in the article “Malaysian jet MH370: Refined analysis drives new search area” by Jonathan Amos, the refined search area covered a surface of 60,000 square kilometers, which is incomparably smaller than the original space. In this area, about 1,800 km from Perth, Australia, specialists from numerous countries were scanning the ocean floor vigorously in search for the black box (Amos). Even with the constant hunt for the black box, it still has not been found, giving up most hope for finding
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Show MoreOne of the disappearances involves Flight 19. “Five Avenger torpedo bombers lifted into the air from the Naval Air Station at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at 2:10 in the afternoon” (“The Mystery”). The goal of the flight was to practice bomb runs and did not seem to be unusual. The pilots consisted of all students except for one commander whose name was Lt. Charles Taylor. However, the Charles Taylor was not familiar with the area around which they were flying. Taylor then became frustrated and confused which caused them to end up miles of course (“The Mystery”). Pilot experience when flying is important and could be the reason why a flight makes it to its destination or does not. Another disappearance involves the loss of NC16002. “NC16002 was a DC-3 passenger plane that vanished on the night of December 28, 1948, during a flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Miami, Florida” (“The Mystery”). “Investigators focused on the fact that Huber wasn’t licensed to fly in the dark, using only instruments, and that the plane had taken off from the Bahamas before sunrise” (MacGregor 38). Pilot experience and training can be seen as the reason why these flights never made it to where they were supposed to go which is explanation as to why the planes
On March 8th 2014, worldwide news occurred making international history. This day marks the day that the Malaysian Airlines (MAS) lost contact with one of their planes. It has been missing since. According the CNN news, the flight that went missing, also known as Flight 370, was carrying two hundred and thirty-nine passengers including crewmembers. It left from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia airport and was intended to arrive in Beijing, China. An hour after take-off, the plane lost communication connection with air traffic control. After the plan...
It has been widely accepted from media depiction of terrorist attacks, that they normally occur in the streets of some Middle Eastern town, within a war-torn over ran village seized by a drug cartel, on a train or discotheque in Europe, or somewhere other than in the sky. As stated within The National Counterterrorism Center: Report on Terrorism (2011), traditional or well know tactics account for some 80% of all attacks, terrorist attacks directed toward airlines or air vehicles are less than 2%. For this reason many such threats are discounted or its relevance to put resources toward investigating. Prior to the attack on Pan Am Flight 103, intelligence data received was disseminated however, no high level officials were directly involved in the security measures required to thwart the event. December 21, 1988 was a day when the consequences of complacency would be felt by the nation.
September 11, 2001, marked a tragic event in U.S. history. An American Airlines Boeing 767 carrying thousands of gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact left a burning hole near the 80th floor of the skyscraper, instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more in higher floors. As the evacuation of both towers got underway, live news feed streamed in images and videos to the public of what initially appeared to be a freak accident. Then, 18 minutes after the first plane hit, a second Boeing 767–United Airlines Flight 175–appeared out of the sky, turned sharply toward the World Trade Center and sliced into the south tower near the 60th floor. The collision caused a massive explosion that showered burning debris over surrounding buildings and all over the streets. As millions watched the events unfolding in New York City, American Airlines Flight 77 circled over downtown Washington, D.C., and crashed into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters. America was under attack!
On this day in the month of December, the Pan Am flight 103 was bombed mid flight, during its trip from London to New York. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation, this act would become “the worst single act of terrorism ever witnessed in the UK” (BBC,1). Prior to the Pan Am leaving London's Heathrow airport, someone had sent a bag containing a hand held radio to the plane. Unfortunately, for the 270 people that died that day in the air and on the ground in the Lockerbie, Scotland, this was no regular radio. This Toshiba radio had been rigged with an explosive inside of it that took down the Pan Am flight 103 Boeing 747. As stated in an article by Donna E. Artz and Bruce J. Evensen, “The Pan Am was destroyed by a plastic explosive hidden inside a Toshiba radio cassette player that was inside an unaccompanied suit case apparently transferred from another airline” (1). By working together, the United States and Scotland sought justice for the 270 deceased. Initially, the leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, refused to release the prime suspects in the bombing to be tried in court. However, in 1991, after much negotiation and UN sanctions, Artz and Evensen write, “the United States and Scotland indicted two libyans, Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah, for th...
The investigation was also one of the largest international law enforcement endeavors of its time (Birkland, 2004). This tragedy, like most devastating events, changed the course of history and is a directly affected aviation safety as we know it today. The forensic findings during the investigation also helped change aviation safety policy and procedures. The result was improvement in training for airport security personnel, examination of quality control issues and heightened aviation security regulations (Birkland,
According, to the History website composed by A&E, the airplanes were hijacked by 19 militants who were associated with al-Qaeda. These individuals hijacked four planes. Two of the four planes were crashed into the Twin Towers. A third plane was crashed into the Pentagon and the last plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The tragedies of September11, 2001 led to the creation of many acts, security systems and groups of anti-terrorism.
There were several conspiracies about the planes that attacked the Twin Towers. One of the planes left Boston's Logan Airport at 7:59 a.m. The hijackers zoomed the plane into the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. The other plane left Logan Airport at 8:14 a.m. The hijackers flew the plane into the South Tower of the World Trade Center at 9:03 a.m. America had stated that 10 planes were suppose to be hijacked on that day. “Providing new details on the planning of the plot, the commission staff said that al-Qaida planner Khalid Shaihk Mohammed initially proposed a Sept. 11 attack involving 10 planes that would be used to attack CIA and FBI headquarters, unidentified nuclear plants and tall buildings in California and Washington state,” (Brunker). Both planes that flew into the Twin Towers were Boeing 767. The plane was 159 feet long. Another thing that seemed odd was that 9,700 gallons when it should usually have nothing less than 14,000 gallons. The engine was found on Murray Street when it should have been right around the Tower. Things were said about the plane being like a missile since the engine was dropped so far from the Towers. According to German TV footage, the planes front nozzle was caught on fire before going through the building. Conspiracy theories state that there were three things attached to the plan that were likely to explode. After the plane went into the building the plan some how exploded making it look like a missile went into the building or some how it was some sort of bomb. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, drew out the plane and the way the plane was flown into the Towers and it did not seem right. The plane propellers of the Boeing 757 were smaller than the hole it actuall...
Flight 19 was not only Missing, but it was also found. Although they did not find any bodies, the mission was a success. Jon Myre has earned his fame in finding Flight 19 with hard work. Myre also stated that “finding flight 19 was easy, getting it out is a whole different story” (257). When the steel cable got severed Jon thought it was over, but his luck changed. Now, Flight 19 will no longer be a
Flight 93, the flight that crashed near some fields in the outskirts of Pennsylvania. But what was it doing there? What caused the plane to miss its target and crash? These answers may soon be revealed when detectives can finally examine the planes black box, found just recently. Many answers however can be found through other pieces of info that have come up along the way during the investigations.
When the attacks of September 11th occurred, the federal government had to completely close down some airports in the US. This created a negative effect on the industry as it was a shock to their entire organization. Planes in the US and around the world were canceled due to this attack as well. Planes were not flying anywhere, as the plan was to prevent any other attack. Each plane that was cancelled had to be paid by the airline company directly. According to the International Air Transport Association there was a drastic change in the amount of flights between the date before and after the event. Around 37,600 less flights flew the day after the attack had occurred. The number of flights dramatically decreased in those three days; in addition every...
This video addresses the (1) topic on the description of the movement of the event. The video New Documentary: MH370 The Plane That Vanished ~ Air Crash Investigation talks about what might of happened in the case of the Malaysian flight 370. Flight 370 with 239 passengers and crew, which was supposed to head to Beijing, but the flight went off track and went missing on March 8, 2014. In the video, they show that there was no call for help and that the transporter was turned off. The video also talks about theories that led to disappearances such as hijacking and terrorism.
Malaysia airlines Flight 370 was scheduled to fly from Kuala Lumpur International, To Beijing capital airport in china. The airplane operated by Malaysia airlines, the last communication they had was around 1:19 on march 8th, it was over the south china sea a little less than one whole hour after take off. The airplane disappeared from air gps tracker radars at about 1:22 that day. But flight 370 was still being seen on military radar as it went off track from its flight track, and crossed to the Malaysian peninsula. It left all range about 2:22 over the Andaman Sea. 200 miles north-west of Penang, and north west Malaysia. The airplane carried 12 Malaysians crew, 227 passengers from atlas 15 different nations.
The Malaysia Airline System (MAS) reported a loss of over RM1.3 billion for the Financial Year 2005. It was unacceptable to many parties such as the stakeholders and the government especially the announcement was made at the same time as some of MAS regional competitors reported strong profits in the same year.
The puzzling disappearances of the Malaysia Airline flight MH370 issue are shaking today’s world. Days are gone just like that, but still we don’t know what really happen to the plane. Recently there was an announcement by our Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Sri Najib Tun Razak that the missing plane is ending their journey in the Southern Indian Ocean. This conclusion was made based on an analysis of satellite data by a British company and aviation investigation agency. Our Prime Minister also said that because there is no doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived.