MH370 disappearance story, 2014

The story that can be told from radar, satellite paper and debris is a missed handoff, a reconstructed southern arc and a flaperon on Réunion.

The story English-language television prefers is a completed cockpit plot. This page keeps the 2018 report’s open cause.

Beats

1. A night departure for Beijing

   9M-MRO left Kuala Lumpur at 00:41 MYT on 8 March 2014 as a routine scheduled service. The passenger list was international; the largest national group was Chinese.

2. Silence after IGARI

   After the last polite handoff, secondary radar and ATC voice ended. Vietnam and Malaysia spent hours establishing that the aircraft was not on the next frequency.

3. A hidden turn, then a public ocean

   Military primary radar, once reconstructed, showed a westbound crossing. Inmarsat analysis then moved the world’s attention to the southern Indian Ocean on 24 March.

4. Years of seabed and a beach find

   The ATSB box found no wreck. The Réunion flaperon proved that part of 9M-MRO had entered the western Indian Ocean.

5. A report without a cause

   Malaysia’s 2018 safety report closed the official narrative without locating the recorders or naming a reason for the diversion.

The story that remains honest is unsolved. The flight number is a headline, not a wreck site.

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