Dec 9, 2024 06:09 PM
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https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-tech...70-mystery
INTRO: Planes shouldn’t just vanish. But that’s exactly what happened to a Boeing 777 on 8 March 2014. The true fate of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to Beijing, which left radar coverage less than two hours after take-off from Kuala Lumpur, is unknown.
No main wreckage has ever been found and neither have the bodies of the 239 passengers on the flight, despite the most expensive search in the history of aviation.
Theories about the plane’s disappearance abound, from a hijacking to a loss of oxygen in the cabin to a pilot gone rogue – yet no evidence of any technical failure, distress call or ransom demand has emerged in the years since MH370 disappeared.
Australian, Chinese and Malaysian authorities spent an estimated $130 million (£102m) trying to find MH370 before calling off the search in 2017. The world is still grappling with many unanswered questions about the ill-fated aircraft and the families of passengers travelling on it have had no closure.
But scientists haven’t given up. A decade on, some experts believe their research could shed new light on aviation’s biggest mystery and potentially reveal MH370’s final resting place.
One reason that such an extensive search has failed to turn up clues is that nobody knows exactly where to look for MH370, says Dr Usama Kadri, a mathematician at Cardiff University... (MORE - details)
COVERED: Sound signatures ..... Explosive investigations ..... Radio tripwires ..... A natural solution ..... The hunt resumes
INTRO: Planes shouldn’t just vanish. But that’s exactly what happened to a Boeing 777 on 8 March 2014. The true fate of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to Beijing, which left radar coverage less than two hours after take-off from Kuala Lumpur, is unknown.
No main wreckage has ever been found and neither have the bodies of the 239 passengers on the flight, despite the most expensive search in the history of aviation.
Theories about the plane’s disappearance abound, from a hijacking to a loss of oxygen in the cabin to a pilot gone rogue – yet no evidence of any technical failure, distress call or ransom demand has emerged in the years since MH370 disappeared.
Australian, Chinese and Malaysian authorities spent an estimated $130 million (£102m) trying to find MH370 before calling off the search in 2017. The world is still grappling with many unanswered questions about the ill-fated aircraft and the families of passengers travelling on it have had no closure.
But scientists haven’t given up. A decade on, some experts believe their research could shed new light on aviation’s biggest mystery and potentially reveal MH370’s final resting place.
One reason that such an extensive search has failed to turn up clues is that nobody knows exactly where to look for MH370, says Dr Usama Kadri, a mathematician at Cardiff University... (MORE - details)
COVERED: Sound signatures ..... Explosive investigations ..... Radio tripwires ..... A natural solution ..... The hunt resumes