preface
On March 8, 2014, Malaysian flight MH370 had an accident. The plane went missing shortly after takeoff in the early hours of the morning, and all 239 people on board were missing. After the plane went missing, a number of countries launched a search in the relevant waters, but after more than a decade of searching, we still have not been able to find any trace of Malaysia Airlines.
On February 25, CCTV reported that the salvage company planned to conduct a search about 1,500 kilometers off the west coast of Australia. For this search, the company seems to be full of confidence, and has signed a contract that will not be charged if it is not found.
So why did Malaysia Airlines disappear back then? Why can't we find any trace of Malaysia Airlines after all these years? Will this search have any different results?
Looking back at the loss of contact with Malaysia Airlines
In the early hours of March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur and was originally scheduled to fly to Beijing. However, there was an accident shortly after the plane took off, and at about 2 a.m., Malaysia Airlines suddenly lost its signal, the communication equipment on the plane stopped working, and the control department could not capture the location of Malaysia Airlines.
There were more than 200 lives on the plane, and if it was gone, it would not be a joke, not to mention that there were 154 Chinese passengers on the plane, and the pressure from China Malaysia could not be underestimated. Since civilian radars can't detect the signals of aircraft, let's use military radars to find them.
After the military radar was activated, the position of Malaysia Airlines MH370 could scare the people in the control room, and the position of Malaysia Airlines MH370 at an altitude of 13,000 meters at this time, you must know that the maximum lifting altitude designed by Malaysia Airlines was not to this position, and it was very dangerous for the aircraft to be pulled to such a height.
What exactly is the captain of the plane going to do? What the hell happened to the plane? With these questions, the people in the control room continued to monitor the whereabouts of the plane, only to see that Malaysia Airlines MH370 abandoned its original course and began to turn around and fly to the vicinity of the Strait of Malacca, and then flew straight to the Andaman Sea, and soon Malaysia Airlines MH370 disappeared in the trajectory of the military radar.
About Malaysia Airlines' search and rescue
After realizing that Malaysia Airlines had an accident, Malaysia immediately organized manpower and began to search and rescue the passengers on board Malaysia Airlines MH370 on the sea. However, after searching and rescuing for a long time, there was still no trace at all, and the Malay expanded the scope of the search to the Strait of Malacca.
At first, the search and rescue of various countries was aimed at the border between Malaysia and Vietnam, but later when the Malay Air Force announced that an unknown plane had crossed the Malay Peninsula, the countries realized that the search was in the wrong direction.
However, searches in the waters around the Strait of Malacca, the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal have not been able to find any traces. Based on new leads, we searched the southern Indian Ocean again, but found nothing. Such a big plane fell into the sea, but there was no clue at all, no matter how you think about it.
After the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370, we have not given up searching for Malaysia Airlines' traces, but Malaysia has gradually become unbearable because of the huge amount of money invested and intends to give up the search work, the victim's family members have expressed disagreement, they want a truth, and want their families to come back as soon as possible.
On August 5, 2015, a fragment of an aircraft was found on the French island of Reunion, and after being identified by experts, it was found to be the flap of Malaysia Airlines MH370; This discovery is of great significance to the search of Malaysia Airlines, which has been searching for Malaysia Airlines for so long, and everyone has finally found a trace.
In 2016, during a Malaysia Airlines search campaign, we found fragments of the plane's horizontal stabilizer plate, wreckage near the engine, and the flap on the right wing, but nothing was found about the plane's black box. In 2018, Malaysia's prime minister announced that the search for Malaysia Airlines would be halted.
While we regret this outcome, we cannot ask the Malaysian government too much to continue the search and rescue operation. However, the families of the victims did not agree to the incident, and in November 2023, the families of the Malaysia Airlines victims filed a lawsuit against the incident, asking Malaysia to continue the search for Malaysia Airlines MH370.
In March 2024, Malaysia's top brass said they would resume the search for flight MH370 as soon as possible. Although it is already a small probability that the survivors will be found, the families of these victims still hope to know the truth, and they do not want their families to die in an unknown way.
On December 13, 2024, Malaysian executives said they had discussed with an underwater exploration company that would continue the search in an ocean in the South Pacific Ocean on a "no discovery, no fee" basis. This time, the search range is more accurate than before, and the unmanned surface fleet is also larger than before, so I hope they can find new clues this time.
Why did Malaysia Airlines lose contact
After the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines, various speculations about the loss of contact with Malaysia Airlines were frequent, and some people thought that the plane was hijacked, but then they began to have doubts again. If the plane was hijacked, then why didn't the captain on MH370 call the police.
There are four ways to alarm the plane, even if it is hijacked, it is impossible to send one of them, and if the plane is really hijacked, why no country receives a blackmail call, and what is the purpose of the plane pick-up? After confirming that there was no reason for the hijacking, the speculation was ruled out.
Some people also wonder if the plane was on fire? But this speculation was quickly ruled out. Because the plane will carry out strict safety checks before take-off to eliminate potential safety hazards that may be encountered after the flight. And if there is a fire in the aircraft, it will definitely trigger the automatic alarm system.
Later, according to the official military radar, the search for the flight path found that the plane had been flying until the fuel ran out, so the possibility of fire was also ruled out. So could it be that the captain hijacked the plane himself? Or did someone use a laser weapon to wreck the plane?
epilogue
There were many speculations about Malaysia's disappearance, but many were eventually overturned. Since we didn't find the black box of Malaysia Airlines MH370, we couldn't figure out what really happened. The whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines have always been a mystery, and everyone hopes that the traces of Malaysia Airlines can be found as soon as possible.
It is rumored that many of the Chinese passengers on Malaysia Airlines are talents in China's communications IT industry, and a few are talents who study chips. Some netizens speculated that this was a deliberate attempt to crack down on China's high-tech development, and it is impossible to confirm whether it is true or not.
Now that the search for Malaysia Airlines MH370 has resumed, I hope we can find some clues this time.
(Source: Red Star News 2025-02-25 - MH370 search restarts!) The boat is in place, the drone is launched to start scanning, and these areas will be searched first)
(Source: Observer.com 2014-03-10 - Malaysia Airlines Missing Flight News: At Least 29 Chinese Telecom IT Professionals Fly MH370)
(Source: Aviation Knowledge 2024-03-08 - On the 10th anniversary of MH370's disappearance, what wreckage has been found?) ）
(Source: Shangguan News December 20, 2024 - After 10 years of missing contact, the latest news from Malaysia Airlines MH370!) The family of the missing passenger speaks out)
(Source: Luzhong Morning Post December 22, 2024 - Restart Malaysia Airlines MH370 search, revealing how 6 groups of experts around the world identified 15,000 square kilometers of high-probability search area)