Applying expert insight to understand the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370
Curated by: Jeff Wise (59 videos)
In the previous two episodes I talked about how search officials became convinced that the plane had to have gone into the southern Indian Ocean because they didn’t think that debris could be planted, and they didn’t think that Inmarsat data could be tampered with. Today I’m going to talk about a third belief: that the plane had to have been hijacked by the captain because that’s who was in the cockpit, and the plane can only be flown from there. It was a reasonable-sounding assumption, but it turns out to be wrong. There is a relatively simple way to fly the plane from the electronics bay, and I was able to figure it out in detail by looking at publicly available documents and talking to professors at aeronautical universities and retired control system engineers. To help me explain it all, I’m honored to be joined today by John Waters, a former US Air Force fighter pilot who now flies 777s for a living, and is also the host of the excellent Afterburn Podcast. https://www.youtube.com/@AfterburnDefense As for this podcast, if you want to get a free newsletter that goes out with every new episode, you can sign up at the showpage, FindingMH370.com. Check out the Audio Podcast at Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/finding-mh370/id1750281366 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6JyFlxPVfImPQj3vr4gOAj?si=a444540bb7154d41 Another way you can support the show is by signing up for a membership to the YouTube channel, which provides a small subscription fee and is hugely appreciated, more here: https://www.youtube.com/@Jeff_Wise/join For a concise account of the MH370 mystery check, and an explanation of what might have happened to it, check out my book "The Taking of MH370,” availalble on Amazon: https://a.co/d/3DePduu Don’t forget to Like, Comment, and Subscribe! Contact me: jeff@jeffwise.net Deep Dive: MH370: About Us: https://www.deepdivemh370.com/about Finding MH370 audio podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6JyFlxPVfImPQj3vr4gOAj Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deep-dive-mh370-season-2/id1750281366 YouTube Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcH7WtY363fExOddSHsd1LY6QGf_oDt2B Pocketcasts: https://pca.st/kvko6qnr Jeff’s Blog: https://www.JeffWise.net Jeff on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jeffwise.bsky.social