A Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 went missing during a flight from Kuala Lampur to Beijing on March 8. There were 239 passengers missing on Flight MH370 and the search has continued to intensify and broaden each day. An hour into the flight to Beijing, flight MH370 was diverted off course and started back over Malaysia towards the Indian Ocean. The plane had up to seven hours of fuel left in its tanks. Flight MH370 was allegedly diverted through a computer system within the cockpit of the plane. Brooke Butler, a senior in social work from California, said, “I really hope they are found alive and well.” With family members anxiously awaiting news, the Malaysian Prime Minister can only continue pushing forward in the search. With hundreds of speculations from several different sources, the anticipation to know what happened to flight MH370 is in the back of the minds of students and others around the world. Hannah Doty, a freshman in elementary education from California, said, “I hope they find the plane. I’m really curious to see what happened and concerned for the relatives of the missing passengers and crew.”The last words from the pilot were, “All right, good night.” The Malaysian government is now reporting that those words came moments after the plane had changed its course west. Ben Johnson, a senior in accounting from California, said, “I think the plane landed because if it had crashed, they would have found it by now.”Thailand announced on March 18 officials have radar images that detected flight MH370 after it’s communication had been shutdown. This adds to the speculation and hope the crew and passengers are still alive and landed somewhere west of Malaysia. Several countries including the United States, Australia, and New Zealand have now joined the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight. Background checks have come up empty with terrorist connections on board flight MH370. Hishammuddin Hussien, the Malaysian Defense minister, reminded the media in a press conference the airline pilots are considered innocent until proven guilty and their families are cooperating.
Writer: Reid Crickmore ~ Multimedia Journalist
