Missing Malaysia Airlines flight is an 'unprecedented aviation mystery'

Flickr CC By: Aereo Icarus

Missing Malaysia Airlines flight is an 'unprecedented aviation mystery'
(Image credit: Flickr CC By: Aereo Icarus)

After 34 planes and 40 ships spent over two days searching, there is still no trace of Malaysia Airlines flight 370. It's an "unprecedented aviation mystery," Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, the head of Malaysia's Civil Aviation Authority, said at a press conference Monday morning.

Rahman also noted that all theories — including hijacking or a bombing — were still being investigated. "Unfortunately we have not found anything that appears to be objects from the aircraft, let alone the aircraft," he said.

Over the weekend, possible signs of the airplane's wreckage, like a "rectangular object" that resembled a door, were spotted floating in the South China Sea, but searchers couldn't locate or confirm them. U.S. Navy officials stationed in the area said they haven't seen any debris either, and over the weekend, a life raft spotted out to sea turned out to be a "moss-covered cap of a cable reel."

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up

The focus of the investigation has now turned to stolen passports that were used by two passengers. Ronald Noble, an official from Interpol, said it was "too soon" to speculate on whether there is a connection between the theft and the plane's disappearance, saying it was "clearly of great concern that any passenger was able to board an international flight using a stolen passport listed in Interpol databases."

To continue reading this article...
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us

Jordan Valinsky is the lead writer for Speed Reads. Before joining The Week, he wrote for New York Observer's tech blog, Betabeat, and tracked the intersection between popular culture and the internet for The Daily Dot. He graduated with a degree in online journalism from Ohio University.