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It’s been 9 years since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 with 239 people mysteriously disappeared. Many theories have emerged regarding the greatest aviation mystery of all time. Photo/REUTERS/Olivia Harris
KUALA LUMPUR – Flight MH370 owned by Malaysia Airlines along with 239 people on board mysteriously disappeared after taking off from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014. Tomorrow (8/3/2023), will be 9 years from the tragedy that was recorded as the biggest aviation mystery of all time.
What really happened to flight MH370? There is no definite answer other than various theories from aviation experts.
The mystery started when the red eye flight took off from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. About 42 minutes after midnight on March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight 370, a Boeing 777 jet designated MH370, ascended into the moonlit night and turned northeast, towards the South China Sea.
Fariq Abdul Hamid (27), co-pilot in the flight. While the pilot in command, Zaharie Ahmad Shah (53), is one of the most senior and respected pilots in Malaysia Airlines.
They carried a crew of 10 flight attendants, all Malaysians, and carried 227 passengers. The majority of the passengers were Chinese, along with 38 Malaysians and Indonesian, Australian, Indian, French, US, Iranian, Ukrainian, Canadian, New Zealand, Dutch, Russian and Taiwanese citizens.
Early Start of Missing Flight MH370
The first 40 minutes or so of the flight were mediocre. At 01:19, MH370 approached the edge of Malaysian airspace. Malaysian air traffic control radioed the flight to Ho Chi Minh.
Zaharie replied, “Good night. Malaysian three-seven-zero”—he doesn’t repeat himself, but that’s not unusual. That was the last news heard from the flight.
Zaharie never contacted the Vietnamese air controllers. Seconds after crossing Vietnamese airspace, MH370 disappeared from radar. All subsequent attempts to contact him were unsuccessful.
The commercial aircraft should have been reachable at all times, identified and traced, but MH370 has mysteriously disappeared to this day.
