Since MH370 disappeared just over one year ago, the mystery has generated a deluge of possible theories, unqualified claims, spoof scenarios and self nominated experts claiming to have found the plane simply because a wave on a satellite picture was shaped like one.
Quite simply, nobody knows where the plane is or why it is there.
Reading the recently released transcript of the Kuala Lumpur Air Traffic Control operator and learning that his supervisor was asleep on duty the night the plane went missing it seemed obvious to me that the Malaysian Authorities have been playing catch up ever since. Were they reluctant to give full details of the incompetence of those under the under the authority of Government, of course. However, I doubt they know where the plane is and are covering it up as some suggest.
Some of the theories, even the spoof ones, have been quite plausible, especially those written by those with the knowledge of Boeing planes such as pilots, air accident investigators or the maths skills that involve words I can’t even pronounce! However, they do not have access to the full information the official investigation team do such as the full raw Inmarsat data so are all working with one arm tied behind their backs.
Others have no experience, they just mean well, they have their pet theory, argue with experts who try to explain the realities of their claim and then start a conspiracy theory of their own in the vain hope that if lots of folks believe and support them they must be right and their theory is justified. Twitter is of course a ripe breeding ground for such things.
I totally support the right to free speech, I also admire those who have been so diligent in their work to find MH370 such as the members of the Independent Group.
If the search in the Southern Indian Ocean is abandoned in May as predicted, I truly hope that the authorities will revisit the witness accounts of Kate Tee (who was sailing in the area north of Aceh on the night), a cafe owner Hasbi from Aceh and Mike McKay (who was on an oil rig in the South China Sea) will be taken seriously and all other information that is not related to the Inmarsat data will be reviewed and those locations flagged by this are searched with the same resource and effort afforded to the Southern Indian Ocean.
As a fan of CSI and NCIS I have learned the correct approach is to follow the evidence, if the evidence does not fit, no wild speculation is going to make it a fact.
I continue to pray for the families.
Ponderings of a Hippy Girl 