Flight 370 facts
While investigating facts about Flight 370, I found out little known, but curios details like:
During the MH370 missing plane coverage, CNN anchor Don Lemon asked a panel: ‘Is It Preposterous’ to Think a Black Hole Caused Flight 370 to Go Missing?
The only large jet plane to disappear without a trace besides the Malaysian flight 370 was a cargo plane loaded with valuable art works
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 8 of the best facts about Flight 370 I managed to collect.
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The most plausible reason behind MH 370 disappearance is that it was deliberately crashed by the plane pilot Zaharie. Forensic exam of Microsoft flight simulator in Zaharie's home by FBI revealed that he experimented with a flight profile roughly matching that of MH 370.
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The Boeing 777 flying Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared mysteriously in 2014, was the 404th Boeing 777 manufactured
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The Boeing 777 was involved in only one fatality until 2013 when Asiana flight 214 crashed with 3 fatalities. The number rose to 540 when Malaysia flight 370 went missing and Malaysia flight 17 was shot down.
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The Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was the 404th Boeing 777 ever built (Registry 9M-MRO)
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Flight 370 was the deadliest aviation incident in the history of Malaysia Airlines and the deadliest involving a Boeing 777. Flight 370 was surpassed in both regards just 131 days later by the unrelated crash of another Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777—Flight 17—that was shot down over Ukraine.
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A group of 243 people disappeared without a trace off the coast of Libya, more than the 239 passengers who disappeared on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
