If you want to ask what is the biggest mystery of the 21st century
Probably many people will think of an airplane, Malaysia Airlines 370
Malaysia Airlines 370 is a scheduled flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China
The incident began at 42 a.m. on March 8, 2014, when there were 227 passengers on the flight
Among them, 154 Chinese passengers, accounting for more than half
The captain, Zahari, has a lot of flying experience
Even, he has his own flight simulator
He is a veteran pilot with a passion for flying
And the co-pilot Farrick, although the flight experience is only 2763 hours
But also one, a qualified pilot with the qualification of a 777 pilot
At 12:40 a.m., Malaysia Airlines 370 started on time and was ready to take off
It is expected to arrive in Beijing in five and a half hours
Malaysia Airlines 370 airliner, flying northeastward, over Peninsular Malaysia
As it was late at night, most of the passengers had already fallen asleep
At 1:21 a.m. 40 minutes later, the plane reached the edge of Malaysian airspace
Air traffic control was handed over by Kuala Lumpur and taken over by Vietnam
These are the last words left by Malaysia Airlines 370
After that, Malaysia Airlines 370 lost contact and disappeared into the night sky
It has become the biggest aviation mystery of the 21st century
In the 21st century, we live in a digital age
Surveillance cameras, satellites, and countless other technologies track our every move
Therefore, for such a huge plane to go missing, people can use various methods to find out the cause
Whether it's due to pilot error, mechanical failure, or bad weather
However, the Malaysia Airlines incident has kept the investigation in a bottleneck
On the morning of the second day of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines 370, a search operation was launched in many countries
64 aircraft and 69 ships, searching the sea for wreckage
People have spent millions of dollars and thousands of hours of manpower
Never found to disappear and so on Malaysia Airlines 370
Malaysia Airlines 370 is a Boeing 777 aircraft, which is currently the world's largest twin-engine wide-body airliner
With an impressive safety record, more than 1,200 are in active service worldwide
Prior to this, there had never been an incident of an aircraft disappearing
For a time, all kinds of strange rumors spread wildly
For example, the plane was hijacked to a mysterious base, and the plane was shot down by a mysterious military weapon
Stop on some remote desert island and so on
And in 2018 a documentary broke these rumors
The documentary attempts to solve the mystery of Malaysia Airlines' disappearance
To this end, they compiled a lot of information and did a lot of interviews
The first target of the investigators was a man named David Lee
Speculation one Fire
This is the cargo hold of the same aircraft as the Malaysia Airlines 370, and the white-haired elder named David Lee Lemon
is an aviation expert who has been trying to solve the mystery of Malaysia Airlines' disappearance
Wrote extensively about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines 370
According to their understanding, disappeared on Malaysia Airlines 370
In addition to carrying 239 employees, and staff
Also carrying 11 tons of cargo
Including textbooks, electronic components, computer chips, fresh fruits, and much more
And among these 11 tons of cargo, there is a cargo that has a high probability of causing an aircraft accident
That's lithium-ion batteries
Lithium-ion batteries are a kind of secondary batteries, which are rechargeable batteries in layman's terms
Although it is only a rechargeable battery, it is lightweight, high in energy, and has a very wide range of applications
From smartphones to game consoles, it's indispensable for almost every electronic device
At the same time, the battery also has a certain degree of danger
For example, when the battery is damaged by heat or overcharged or over-discharged, it can catch fire
What we see now is a lithium-ion battery with a similar level of power as the one on the Malaysia Airlines 370
If you put five such people lithium-ion batteries, tie them together
After that, between the two of the batteries, a heating device is added
This heats up the two lithium-ion batteries
battery
By observing, we can find that when the temperature is higher than 93 degrees Celsius
A chemical reaction occurs within the battery, causing the battery to short circuit
At the same time, the electrolyte in the battery will also release high-temperature gases
And then "jump"
As we can see, after the explosion of the first battery
This triggers a domino-like chain reaction, and the batteries burn one after another
The smoke from these explosions also contains toxic fluorine
battery
In September 2010, United Nations Parcel took off flight 6 from Dubai to Cologne
After 15 minutes, there was a sudden fire in the cabin, and the pilot tried to turn around and return to the airfield to land
But because there was too much smoke from the cockpit, the console could not be seen clearly
Coupled with the spread of the fire, various electronic instruments were burned, causing the plane to completely lose control
Although, the pilot managed to drive the plane back to the airport, but it crashed on the runway
According to the post-mortem investigation, the cause of the accident was a fire caused by aircraft cargo
According to the FAA, since 1991, there have been 160 aviation accidents related to lithium-ion batteries
According to the records, Malaysia Airlines often ships lithium-ion batteries
From January to May 2014, a total of 99 trips were made
The vanished Malaysia Airlines 370 carried 227 kilograms of lithium-ion batteries
Therefore, David Lee Lemon believes that Malaysia Airlines lost contact due to a plane fire
Although a fire in the cargo hold could lead to a plane crash
But after the incident, a new clue found by military radar broke the inference that the plane caught fire
At the same time, this clue also makes the whole incident even more confusing
Lei-hsien
Speculation 2: Suicide
Malaysia Airlines 370, why did it disappear from the radar
After a civil aircraft takes off, the radar tracks the aircraft's position
and provide air traffic control information, including the aircraft's call sign, altitude and speed, and more
And the plane disappeared on the radar, and this was on international flights
In fact, it is a relatively common phenomenon, because the detection range of radar is very limited
Once the plane crosses the horizon, it cannot be detected by radar
The disappearance of the plane on the radar does not mean that the plane has lost contact
The aircraft can respond to radar inquiries through the transponder in the aircraft's communication system
And if the plane's transponder stops working, the plane loses contact with the ground
One of the reasons for Malaysia Airlines' disappearance was because the transponder stopped working
The transponder certainly doesn't turn off automatically, but someone does it on purpose
This makes the 53-year-old captain Zahari the main suspect
On the one hand, the captain has the highest control over the aircraft
On the other hand, investigators found a lot of suspicious routes in the flight simulator of Captain Zahari
In addition, in the past 25 years, at least 3 civil aviation pilots have deliberately committed suicide in plane crashes
The pilot of St. Ann's Airlines No. 185, who was in huge debt due to gambling addiction, finally chose to commit suicide in a plane crash
An EgyptAir pilot, in retaliation for an airline executive, flew a plane and committed suicide by crashing into the sea
The German pilot, who had long been plagued by mental illness, chose to commit suicide by flying a plane into the French Alps
Thus, the investigators first had a chilling inference
Captain Zahari stunned the co-pilot and drove the plane out of the radar monitoring altitude
Turn off the transponder and start lowering the air pressure in the cabin, which will cause all passengers
After about ten minutes, he will fall into a coma due to lack of oxygen, and the captain will fly the plane and commit suicide by falling into the sea
But this speculation was quickly overturned, partly because the investigation team discovered it while investigating Zahari's background
Zahari, 53, has been with Malaysia Airlines for more than 30 years
Married, with three children, financially stress-free, and mentally stressed
I have never had any conflicts with anyone, nor have any suicidal tendencies, so I can't find a reason to commit suicide at all
Zahari
On the other hand, no wreckage of the plane has ever been found
If a civil aircraft crashes into the sea at high speed, hundreds of pieces of debris will float on the surface of the sea for a long time
As for Malaysia Airlines 370, no matter how much people searched, they never found any fragments
Where did the plane go? Could it be that someone hijacked it somewhere in a mysterious place?
And when the police investigated the list of passengers, they found two suspicious people
Speculation three hijackings
The two people in the photo are the disappeared Malaysia Airlines 370
The only two passengers, who boarded the plane with fake passports
As a result, they have also become the main suspects in the Malaysia Airlines incident
Although Malaysia Airlines turned off the aircraft's transponder system after disappearing from the radar, disconnecting it from the radar
But three days after Malaysia Airlines disappeared, the plane was spotted on data displayed by the Malaysian Air Force's military radar
But bizarrely, Malaysia Airlines 370 is out of radar range
Instead of following its route to Beijing, it changed its route significantly
It flew over Peninsular Malaysia, then turned northwest, crossed the Andeman Sea, and reached off the coast of Thailand
At 2:22 a.m., the plane disappeared from military radar
Through such a flight path, it is completely certain that the plane must have been piloted by humans
And in addition to, the just-mentioned inference that the captain deliberately committed suicide
Another possibility is the hijacking of aircraft by terrorists
In 1996, Isopia Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked
The plane was forced to hover in the air until it ran out of fuel and crashed into the sea, killing 125 people
When a terrorist hijacks an aircraft, it is usually the first to turn off the aircraft's transponder system, preventing the people on board from contacting the ground
The 911 hijackers were shut down, and they hijacked the transponders on the three planes
This is very similar to the situation of Malaysia Airlines, with the exception of radar tracking and transponders
There is also a device that connects with the ground, ACARS
ACARS is a digital data link system that transmits short messages via radio or satellite between aircraft and ground stations
Although, the official explanation of this system is complicated, it can be turned off just like the transponder
But it's a little harder to close because it's not in the cab, it's underneath the cabin
To turn it off, you have to go to the electronic cabin under the cabin and unplug it from the bulkhead
After investigation, it was found that after Malaysia Airlines disappeared, ACARS was also closed
This greatly increases the possibility that the Malaysia Airlines incident was man-made
And on the whole plane, the most suspicious are the two illegal boarders
The investigation team immediately launched an investigation into the two suspicious persons
It turned out that the two passengers were Iranians
They don't have any background as terrorists and they don't have any ties to terrorists
They are just two illegal immigrants who want to travel to Europe
In addition, terrorists carry out terrorist acts
It is nothing more than trying to create panic in order to achieve some kind of demand
In the case of Malaysia Airlines, no terrorist organization has made demands on the world or used this incident to create panic
This is completely inconsistent with the terrorists' style of doing things
The investigation of the incident is again at an impasse
It wasn't until 16 days after the plane disappeared that there was a new breakthrough in the case
Speculation four hackers
The man who strode forward was called Chris Roberts
He is an expert in cyber defense and a hacker at the same time
He is now trying to hack into the Malaysia Airlines 370's aircraft system
Investigators found it 16 days after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines 370
After the plane's receivers and ACARS were both turned off, Malaysia Airlines continued at an hourly rate
Signals were sent to a satellite used to monitor the plane's movements, seven times in total
Although these signals cannot locate the specific route and altitude of the aircraft
However, it can be concluded that the plane continued to fly for a long time after it disappeared
Malaysia Airlines took the entire flight time, more than five hours
This greatly expands the range of locations where the aircraft is likely to arrive
This also gives rumor-mongers more material
Some say the plane was sent to Afghanistan and is currently parked in the desert near Kandahar
Some say the plane was hijacked by Russian special services and sent to the Bikini cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
Of course, these inferences are groundless
But this latest discovery has made the whole Malaysia Airlines incident even more confusing
If it is the captain who commits suicide, take revenge on society
Why didn't he choose to let the plane crash into a more densely populated area?
It's about flying planes and flying for so long
And if someone hijacked the plane, then how did they control the passengers
Let the passengers drive for more than five hours without resistance
And how they shut down ACARS, and Chris Roberts' point is
It is very likely that someone used a computer to hack into the aircraft's piloting system
In 2015, hackers breached 75 U.S. airports
and shut down the passport detection system at Istanbul Airport
Also in 2015, hackers hacked into the computers of Polish Airlines, grounding ten planes
Today's aircraft systems are becoming more and more complex, like an electric machine with wings
And the more complex the system, the more vulnerable it is to cyber attacks
Roberts is now in the cabin of the aircraft
Through the entertainment system on the plane, hacked into the plane's system
This seems to indicate that there are indeed some hackers who can hack into aircraft systems
Eyewitness testimonies from the Maldives have opened up a new possibility
Witnesses in the Maldives claimed that they had seen a jumbo jet flying unusually low in the air
If the plane was really a Malaysia Airlines 370, then he was here
The most likely destination is the island of Diego Garcia
Diego Garcia Island is an important secret military base of the United States
It was once an important asset of the U.S. intelligence community
In the military operation in Iraq, a key role was played
As a result, many people speculate that terrorists hacked into the plane's piloting system
It is then operated by a computer, leaving the plane unnoticed by everyone
Crashed into the Diego Garcia Island military base
But soon professionals pointed out that even hackers can hack into aircraft systems
It is also not possible to fly an airplane from a computer
At the same time, the experts, having carefully examined the satellite data, also determined the final position of the aircraft
It was impossible to fly to the vicinity of Diego Garcia
How did this series of bizarre behaviors come about? Where did the plane go?
Although Malaysia Airlines' 370 investigation team was disbanded in 2018, there is one person who is still being searched
Speculation five fragments
The man on the video, Bran Gibson, is a lawyer and an explorer
He has been working to solve the biggest aviation mystery of the 21st century, Malaysia Airlines 370
Believing that the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines would be found, Gibson tried to think outside the box
Using scientific models, it was predicted that ocean currents would carry debris across the Indian Ocean to the coast of East Africa
It's more than 3,000 miles from the official search area
Gibson has collected the beaches of Madagascar and Mozambique
And now, he seems to have made a major discovery
He found a number of pieces of wreckage suspected to be Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on a beach 4,828 kilometers west of the Indian Ocean
After testing, official investigators believe that some of them almost certainly came from Malaysia Airlines 370
These fragments have become important clues to solve the case
The man on the video is Larry Vents, who has been a senior aviation accident investigator for 25 years
More than 200 surveys were completed for the Canadian Aviation Safety Board
This fragment is the aileron of the aircraft, which Larry Wentz deduces from the damage to this aileron
The plane did not crash into the sea at high speed due to an accident, but slowly forced to land at sea
Because the rear of the entire aileron has been severely eroded, it means that the aileron is falling into the sea facing down
Therefore, it will be affected by the impact of sea water
Ailerons are devices used by aircraft to increase lift during takeoff and landing
When the plane is cruising, it will be parallel to the wings, and when landing, it will reach downward
Therefore, it is very likely that the plane was forced to land at sea
And if the above assumptions are true, it must have been someone in the cockpit who did this
This discovery has once again deepened the mystery of the Malaysia Airlines incident
What happened to the 239 passengers and staff on the flight?
What secrets are hidden behind this series of strange aircraft operations?
Malaysia Airlines 370 search and rescue work, which lasted for 4 years
A variety of cutting-edge technologies have been used, and unmanned search and rescue vehicles have even been dispatched to map the seabed
So far, however, only 32 fragments have been found
And after careful research and analysis
Of these, 18 are likely to come from Malaysia Airlines 370
The 3 pieces are almost certainly from Malaysia Airlines 370
The rest are 11 pieces, and it is not possible to determine whether it is from Malaysia Airlines 370
On May 29, 2018, the U.S. Marine Wireless Exploration Company halted its search for Malaysia Airlines 370
It was also the last large-scale search operation so far
The whereabouts of the Malaysia Airlines plane remain a mystery to this day
It was a fire in the cockpit, which caused the pilot to lose control of the aircraft
Or was the plane hijacked, or the captain Zahari deliberately committed suicide
Until Malaysia Airlines 370 is found, these inferences will ultimately be speculation
Maybe one day the mystery of Malaysia Airlines will be solved, and I hope that day will not be too far away
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