Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
WHAT HAPPENED TO MH370? It’s one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time; a Malaysian Airlines plane took off from Kuala Lumpur International airport on 8 March 2014 heading for Beijing, but it never arrived and none of its passengers and crew ever came home. A huge search operation was launched, but over the coming days an already disturbing story only got stranger. The plane had deviated from its assigned flight path. Someone had deactivated its transponder to make it invisible to secondary radar. It had been manually flown back over Malaysia, including over the island of Penang and after it dropped off military radar it couldn’t be tracked at all, except by a series of handshakes between its onboard computer system and a satellite belonging to the British company Inmarsat. These handshakes suggested two arcs of travel, the most likely one being south, deep into the Indian ocean where it flew until it presumably ran out fuel and either crashed or was ditched around seven hours after its final contact with air traffic control. The later recovery of some small pieces of wreckage from places including Reunion Island supported this theory. Search efforts by the Malaysian authorities, Australia’s ATSB and the private company, Ocean Infinity, lasted for years, but nothing of significance was found. For this flight MH370 documentary from History Calling I have used official reports into the mystery and listened to MH370’s final messages and to interviews with those involved in the search to reconstruct the strange tale of this famous missing aircraft. I will lay out its last known movements, tell you what we know about the passengers and crew of MH370, explain why suspicion has fallen on Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, reveal why we haven’t found MH370 and consider the likelihood of it ever being located.
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HISTORICAL MYSTERIES PLAYLIST
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSjVq5Qtb0H723r8TXWbRIoTnpAX1CGk
FIRST FLIGHT EVER
youtu.be/XNdE-xJoH4M
TITANIC
youtu.be/ZuOeu4NrtfA
GEAR USED
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LEARN MORE:
2017 ATSB report
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2014/aair/ae-2014-054
2018 report by the Malaysian International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 13 safety investigation team
reports.aviation-safety.net/2014/20140308-0_B772_9M-MRO.pdf
Analyst explains why passengers cell phones are ringing [2014 interview on CNN]
youtube.com/watch?v=QYHQ7GB4SVA
Megyn Kelly interview with William Langewiesche (2023)
youtube.com/watch?v=v_y0A2cheo4
MH370: The Situation Room - What really happened to the missing Boeing 777 | 60 Minutes Australia
youtube.com/watch?v=Cm1j1fpldkc
MH370 The Untold Story Episode 2 | Sky News Australia [includes interview with former Australian PM Tony Abbott]
youtube.com/watch?v=MQk40pXDIU0
THUMBNAIL: Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER (9M-MRO), 2011, Wikimedia Commons, Laurent ERRERA, Soerfm, CC BY-SA 2.0 (detail)
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WHAT HAPPENED TO MH370? It’s one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time; a Malaysian Airlines plane took off from Kuala Lumpur International airport on 8 March 2014 heading for Beijing, but it never arrived and none of its passengers and crew ever came home. A huge search operation was launched, but over the coming days an already disturbing story only got stranger. The plane had deviated from its assigned flight path. Someone had deactivated its transponder to make it invisible to secondary radar. It had been manually flown back over Malaysia, including over the island of Penang and after it dropped off military radar it couldn’t be tracked at all, except by a series of handshakes between its onboard computer system and a satellite belonging to the British company Inmarsat. These handshakes suggested two arcs of travel, the most likely one being south, deep into the Indian ocean where it flew until it presumably ran out fuel and either crashed or was ditched around seven hours after its final contact with air traffic control. The later recovery of some small pieces of wreckage from places including Reunion Island supported this theory. Search efforts by the Malaysian authorities, Australia’s ATSB and the private company, Ocean Infinity, lasted for years, but nothing of significance was found. For this flight MH370 documentary from History Calling I have used official reports into the mystery and listened to MH370’s final messages and to interviews with those involved in the search to reconstruct the strange tale of this famous missing aircraft. I will lay out its last known movements, tell you what we know about the passengers and crew of MH370, explain why suspicion has fallen on Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, reveal why we haven’t found MH370 and consider the likelihood of it ever being located.
BUY MY BOOK (Find Your Irish Ancestors Online): amzn.to/3Z2ChnG
Website (with 2 FREE DOWNLOADS): historycallingofficial.com
Patreon: patreon.com/historycalling
Amazon storefront: amazon.com/shop/historycalling
Instagram: instagram.com/historycalling
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE:
HISTORICAL MYSTERIES PLAYLIST
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSjVq5Qtb0H723r8TXWbRIoTnpAX1CGk
FIRST FLIGHT EVER
youtu.be/XNdE-xJoH4M
TITANIC
youtu.be/ZuOeu4NrtfA
GEAR USED
DJI Drone: amzn.to/38h1vXr (UK LINK) OR amzn.to/39hROZm (US LINK)
Go-Pro Hero 10 camera: amzn.to/3EPIK9U (UK LINK) OR amzn.to/3rTWScL (US LINK)
GoPro 3-Way 2.0 (Tripod/Grip/Arm): amzn.to/37CdC1r (UK LINK) OR amzn.to/3vaVxjU (US LINK)
Memory Card: amzn.to/36QvcOQ (UK LINK) OR amzn.to/3KeLZZs (US LINK)
Microphone: amzn.to/3MFtoaK (UK LINK) OR amzn.to/3rYtjH8 (US LINK)
LEARN MORE:
2017 ATSB report
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2014/aair/ae-2014-054
2018 report by the Malaysian International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 13 safety investigation team
reports.aviation-safety.net/2014/20140308-0_B772_9M-MRO.pdf
Analyst explains why passengers cell phones are ringing [2014 interview on CNN]
youtube.com/watch?v=QYHQ7GB4SVA
Megyn Kelly interview with William Langewiesche (2023)
youtube.com/watch?v=v_y0A2cheo4
MH370: The Situation Room - What really happened to the missing Boeing 777 | 60 Minutes Australia
youtube.com/watch?v=Cm1j1fpldkc
MH370 The Untold Story Episode 2 | Sky News Australia [includes interview with former Australian PM Tony Abbott]
youtube.com/watch?v=MQk40pXDIU0
THUMBNAIL: Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER (9M-MRO), 2011, Wikimedia Commons, Laurent ERRERA, Soerfm, CC BY-SA 2.0 (detail)
Creative Commons licenses used see creativecommons.org/licenses
Open Street Map copyright information
openstreetmap.org/copyright
NB: Links above may be affiliate links. This means if you make a purchase through one of these links, I earn a small commission. It in no way affects the price you pay.
