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<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMalaysian plane mystery is like trying to solve a crime without a body, witness, motive,\u201d <\/b>read the title of article carried by the Associated Press on March 19, 2014, with regard to the befuddling disappearance of Malaysian Air Flight 370 on March 8, 2014.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n We all know the story:\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>The aircraft, a\u00a0Boeing 777-200ER, was <\/span>en route from Kuala Lumpur International Airport\u00a0to\u00a0Beijing Capital International Airport, when it lost contact <\/span>with\u00a0air traffic control\u00a0less than an hour after take-off and seemed to vanish into thin air. Furthermore, its last contact with ground control indicated no problems or untoward incidents.\u00a0 <\/span>T<\/span>he aircraft carried 12 crew members and 227 passengers from 15 nations, the majority of passengers being Chinese citizens.\u00a0 <\/span>Satellite imagery which picked up the craft\u2019s blips later on led experts to conclude that that the plane made a \u201csharp left, in a seeming effort to turn around, and was flying for another 6 hours after losing contact.\u00a0 <\/span>Where the plane was headed, or what became of it and the passengers, remains unsolved.<\/p>\n The plot has, unfortunately, neither thickened nor developed since then; with leads resulting in dead ends and a massive search \u2013 with the aid of countries from around the globe \u2013 across oceans turning up nothing, thus far.\u00a0 <\/span>Meantime, families and friends of those on board remain in anguish over the uncertain and perplexing conditions surrounding the whereabouts of their loved ones.\u00a0 <\/span>Anguish has turned into anger over what has been criticized as a lack of efficiency and transparency in dealing with the crisis on the part airline and of the Malaysian government.<\/p>\n As can be expected, several theories have emerged, as the world waits with bated breath for the outcome of the strange turn of events.\u00a0 <\/span>Experts, common folk, and crazies alike have all shared their two-cent\u2019s worth.\u00a0 <\/span>The thought of something so large, disappearing as though by some magician\u2019s final act (in the presence of seemingly slight-of-hand-proof modern hi-tech gadgetry and equipment, at that) presents a conundrum that many have tried to explain away.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n Majority of these theories center on very believable scenarios: a crash due to mechanical failure or pilot suicide; an electrical fire resulting in failure of all communications gadgets, and causing all on board to pass out from smoke inhalation, thereby leaving the plane on auto pilot until it eventually crashed;\u00a0 <\/span>a terrorist bombing, piracy, and\/or a hijacking. \u00a0<\/span>The piracy or hijacking theory could also mean that the plane and those on board could have been flown to a yet unknown destination.<\/p>\n Then there are those theories that are far out there; pushing the limits of credence and reason:<\/p>\n Indeed, there is a plethora of theories making the rounds of media, both social and mainstream. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>In the absence of solid answers, it is difficult to say beyond a shadow of a doubt which holds water, and which is simply hogwash.<\/p>\n Two weeks into the disappearance, however, many are coming face-to-face with the possibility that this may very possibly go down as one of history\u2019s greatest mysteries.\u00a0 <\/span>And hopefully, it does not remain unsolved; a possibility with which few want to contend, but a possibility nonetheless.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n This is not the first time, however, that a plane has flown off the radar, leaving a trail of questions where blips used to be.\u00a0 <\/span>Historical records reveal other mysterious aviation disappearances (from most to least recent):<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n
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