Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappearance theories

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on 8 March 2014, after departing from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing, with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board.^[1] Malaysia's then Prime Minister, Najib Razak, stated that the aircraft's flight ended somewhere in the Indian Ocean, but no further explanation was given at the time.^[2] Despite searches finding debris considered with strong certainty to originate from the crash,^[3]^[4]^[5] official announcements were questioned by many critics, and several theories about the disappearance were proposed.^[6] Some of these were described as conspiracy theories.^[7]^[8]

^ "The Search for MH370". University of Southern California. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
^ "Missing Malaysia Airline plane wreckage not in identified area". Malaysia Sun. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
^ "ATSB Transport Safety Report, External Aviation Investigation, AE-2014-054: The Operational Search for MH370" (PDF). Australian Transport Safety Bureau. 3 October 2017. p. 106. Archived from the original (Final report) on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
^ "Le débris d'avion retrouvé fin juillet à La Réunion appartient "avec certitude" au vol MH370, annonce le parquet de Paris" (in French). Francetvinfo. 3 September 2015.
^ "MH370 search: Mozambique debris 'almost certainly' from missing plane". BBC News.
^ "Grief, anger and more questions after Malaysia declares Flight 370 crashed". CBS News. Associated Press. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
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[1] "The Search for MH370". University of Southern California. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

[UnsuccessfulSearch-2] "Missing Malaysia Airline plane wreckage not in identified area". Malaysia Sun. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

[ATSB_Final_Report_AE-2014-054-3] "ATSB Transport Safety Report, External Aviation Investigation, AE-2014-054: The Operational Search for MH370" (PDF). Australian Transport Safety Bureau. 3 October 2017. p. 106. Archived from the original (Final report) on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2017.

[francetvinfo_3_Sept_2015-4] "Le débris d'avion retrouvé fin juillet à La Réunion appartient "avec certitude" au vol MH370, annonce le parquet de Paris" (in French). Francetvinfo. 3 September 2015.

[bbc2-5] "MH370 search: Mozambique debris 'almost certainly' from missing plane". BBC News.

[6] "Grief, anger and more questions after Malaysia declares Flight 370 crashed". CBS News. Associated Press. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

[Brotherton2014-7] Cite error: The named reference Brotherton2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[suntimes2014-8] Cite error: The named reference suntimes2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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