Flight MH370: The Vanishing Aircraft That Became Aviation's Biggest Mystery

By Kelly Cho

In an age of technological advances that seem to connect the entire world, it should be impossible for 239 people to simply vanish into thin air. Yet, on March 8, 2014, that's exactly what happened to the passengers and crew of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. More than five years later, the plane's final destination — and how it got there — has never been discovered.

Throughout the course of several ongoing investigations, new evidence has emerged that suggests a shocking portrait of the flight's final moments, but how do you separate fact from fiction? Here’s what we really know about Flight MH370, the vanishing aircraft that became aviation’s biggest mystery

Aviation's Most Impossible Mystery

Using a device small enough to fit into your pocket, it's now possible to access GPS navigation to pinpoint your exact location, browse centuries of knowledge with the tap of a button and have a conversation with someone on another continent. So, is it really possible that a Boeing 777 managed to simply vanish without a trace? Well, not exactly.

Although many have given up hope of ever recovering the wreckage of flight MH370, researchers have continued to piece together clues about what happened on the plane's last fateful flight. The evidence continues to suggest new theories for how and why the aircraft vanished, but the scenarios it seems to point to are far from comforting.

The Last Known Photo of Passengers Waiting to Board Flight 370

It all began in the dead of night when flight MH370 departed from Kuala Lumpur at 12:41 a.m. As 227 men, women and children settled into their seats, they had no way of knowing they would never touch down in Beijing. The flight was scheduled to land at 6:30 a.m. the following morning, but not a single person who boarded the ill-fated aircraft would ever leave its cabin.

The passengers included citizens from a range of countries across the globe. Many came from China, with smaller numbers from Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, India, France, the U.S., Iran, Ukraine, Canada, Russia, Taiwan, The Netherlands and New Zealand. All 10 flight attendants were from Malaysia, and the manifest included five children.

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