A plane typically weighs around 90,000 pounds. Have you ever stopped to ask yourself, how could an airplane just disappear? The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is still occurring after vanishing into the Indian Ocean along with 227 passengers and 12 board members. The disappearance of Malaysia Flight 370 has caused many conspiracy theories: Zaharie Ahmad Shad crashed the plane as a suicide/murder, he hi-jacked the plane, or there was a plane malfunction/fire, so he crashed it in a panic. Zaharie was having problems mentally, which is why his death was mainly believed to be a suicide/murder.
It was implied that the disappearance of the Malaysia Flight 370 was a suicide/murder. Zaharie Ahmad Shah was said to be “clinically depressed” (Tiplady 1). Eventually, he hit a mid-life roadblock, meaning he became more uninterested in life over time and that caused him to spiral out of control. The theory proposes that, “Zaharie intentionally suffocated the passengers at 40,000 feet in the air, causing the plane to crash into the ocean” (1). Zaharie was a top-notch pilot who was extremely smart so if he did want to overcome this suicide/murder successfully, he could. Zaharie did not have the best marriage, but he also did not care enough to save his relationship. He was extremely distracted and without thinking, he betrayed his wife by sleeping with numerous flight attendants (1). Zaharie was described as frequently ‘lonely and sad’ (1). Zaharie seemed to be very lost considering he was sleeping around, yet he was ‘lonely’ (1). Reporter and writer, Cleve Wootson, explains, “There were rumors that Zaharie's marriage was ending and that he downed the plane after learning that his wife was about to leave” (Wootson 1). Zaharie inconsiderately crashed the plane killing himself and all the passengers, all because he was mentally unstable.
Another conspiracy was that Zaharie hi-jacked the plane. Writer Cleve Wootson explains, “Another theory was that he hi-jacked the plane in protest of the jailing of Anwar Ibrahim, who was then the opposition leader in Malaysia” (Wootson 1). Zaharie was extremely careless, especially if he crashed the plane over a man going to jail that he didn’t personally know. Writer Edouard Morton explains, “A survey of air crash investigators by The Australian last year found the dominant theory to be that Captain Zaharie hijacked the aircraft and flew ‘it to the end’ (Morton 1). It is also believed that Zaharie locked the co-pilot out of the cockpit just before he depressurized the plane, killing everyone on the plane but himself (1). Professionals suggest he re-pressurized the plane so he could crash it into the Indian Ocean (1). Whether Zaharie attempted to crash the plane as a suicide/murder or a hijack, this proves he was not mentally capable of having such a huge responsibility.
The final conspiracy theory of the Malaysia Flight 370 is a malfunction/fire. Anthony Zurcher, editor of BBC News, explains that pilot Chris Goodfellow said, “He then theorizes that a fire, possibly electrical or from an overheated tire on take-off, sent smoke into the cockpit shortly after the crew signs off with Malaysian air traffic controllers” (Zurcher 1). While the Malaysia Flight 370 was in mid-air, Zaharie took a sharp left turn and turned off all electronics (1). Many believe that the sharp turn and killing the electricity was ‘isolating the problem’ (1). The theory that it was a malfunction/fire is the most reasonable theory according to most of America (1). If Zaharie did crash the plane due to a malfunction/fire, he did it in a panic, as a heroic act.
The Malaysia Flight 370 is still one of the world’s greatest mysteries today. Malaysia Flight 370 is believed to be somewhere in the Indian Ocean due to the irresponsibility of Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah. It is believed the flight went missing due to the suicide/murder of Zaharie Ahmad Shah.
Tiplady-Bishop, Lottie. “Pal of MH370 Pilot Claims He Cheated on Wife with Flight Attendants.” The Sun, The Sun, 19 June 2019, https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9322774/mh370-pilot-cheated-on-wife-pal-claims/.
Wootson, Cleve. “MH370 Experts Think They've Finally Solved the Mystery of the Doomed Malaysia Airlines Flight.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 1 June 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/05/14/mh370-experts-think-theyve-finally-solved-the-mystery-of-the-doomed-malaysia-airlines-flight/.
Zurcher, Anthony. “An MH370 Theory That Was Simple, Compelling and Wrong.” BBC News, BBC, 19 Mar. 2014, https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-26640114.
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