Flight 370 Research Paper

September 11, 2001 American airlines flight 77 was in the process of boarding passengers. This flight was scheduled to leave Washington Dulles airport, in the process of boarding two of the five men were considered suspicious by a CAPPS (Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening System) agent. The reasons that Nawaf al Hazmi and Salem al Hazmi were subjected to extra attention by the CAPPS agent is because one of the brothers did not have any identification and he could also not speak any english. The kicker here is that the agent on duty for CAPPS found the two men to be very suspicious. Unfortunately the only consequences of the actions taken were minute because there checked bags were held off the plane until it was confirmed that the two

Disappearances of ships and planes have occurred in thin air or deep water with 50 ships and 20 planes that have disappeared and 1000 people have died in the past century in the Bermuda Triangle area.

Thesis: Pan Am flight 103 was one of the first commercial aircraft to be taken down by terrorist with an improvised explosive device (IED) containing Semtex, a high explosive, and a timing device hidden in checked luggage. The flight was delayed on takeoff time, which resulted in the aircraft exploding over land leaving evidence for forensic investigators. FAA regulations of screening checked bags with X-ray technology was ignored, allowing the (IED) device on board with checked luggage in the cargo hold. Theories of motive lead investigators to believe this was an act of retaliation.

It was a huge US military owned aircraft which was one of the most successful models of all time. On the day that it disappeared it had 42 passengers aboard all naval officers and their families. It was only 400 miles from the coast inside the Bermuda Triangle when it just vanished becoming one of the most mysterious disappearances on my list. An investigation occurred that included the plane, weather and pilot capabilities but nothing was found that could answer why the plane had suddenly disappeared into thin air so to speak. The planes cargo had life rafts which if and when the plane crashed should have floated. The rafts would have been fairly noticeable and quite easy to find but they were never found as well as the rest of the plane or bodies. There was not even an SOS sent out.

On September 11th, 2001, or better known as “9/11”, several men who were supposedly linked to the terrorist group of al-Qaeda, hijacked 4 commercial jetliners with destined targets aimed at several buildings associating with our country’s government and economy. These attacks were all located in New York, and the most notable, most remembered, was the World Trade Center. Both towers that fell resulted in over 2,600 deaths from in and around the buildings. Along with this were the planes that struck the buildings which resulted in 147 additional deaths. To add up the numbers even more, nearly 60 more people were in the plane that hit the Pentagon, another target of the attacks, which held 125 deaths inside the building itself. The fourth plane, Flight 93, contained 40 more brave souls which defended a fourth target located in Washington.

One notable event on Riker's Island was Northeast Airlines Flight 823. According to Correction History, “On February 1, 1957, at around 6:00 p.m. a plane of the Northeast Airlines to Miami from LaGuardia Airport crash-arrived on the penitentiary grounds on Riker's Island, a couple of minutes in the wake of taking off from the field”. In addition, “there were ninety-one travelers on the plane, of whom twenty were murdered as a result of the crash and blast” (Correction History). As indicated by Gabrielle Fonrouge (2017), According to Gabrielle Fonrouge (2017), “the Miami-bound plane crashed into a patch of trees on Rikers Island, ripping off its wings and bursting into flames less than a minute after take-off”. Detainees dashed to the plane crash to help survivors. As agreed by Lion Calandra (2017), “Rikers Assistant Deputy Warden James Harrison made the unprecedented decision to release prisoners to aid in the rescue”. (1) “Harrison gave the order to release more than 50 inmates known as “trusties” prisoners whose good behavior had earned the guards’ trust. (2) “They raced to the scene to help stunned passengers and crew” (Lion Calandra, 2017).

Experts have identified it as part of the plane that went missing March 8, 2014. Flight 370 carried 239 people and vanished without a trace during its path from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing, China. The discovery of the wing flap proves that the plane crashed somewhere in the Indian Ocean. However, it was found more that 2,000 miles from where authorities originally thought the plane crashed. Authorities are searching to find more plane debris on Reunion.

Amelia Earhart was flying when her plane went down she suddenly disappeared. An expedition found in certain objects like a shoe or a metal plate that could have been left by Earhart or Noonan. The expedition was found on the small atoll in Nikumaroro south of Howland in 1992. In conclusion, No one knows how Amelia Earhart’s plane went down or where she disappeared to. To this day researchers are still trying to figure out her

Tuesday, September 11, 2001, was an unusually sunny days for the early fall. After I walked my kids to school, I came back and I called Comcast because they had raised my bill. I turned on the news, and hung up with Comcast right away. A plane had hit the North World Trade Center. I couldn't keep my eyes off the news, and then a plane hit the South World Trade Center, and then the Pentagon, and then a plane crashed into a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. I couldn’t believe what was happening. When I saw the first crash, I thought it was a mistake; and then it happened three more times. The passengers and flight attendants on Flight 93 are some of the bravest people out there. After I saw everything I didn’t know what do, except cry. At about 11 am, I went into my bedroom and told my husband, “You’re never going to believe what’s happening in this world: two planes crashed into both of the World Trade Centers and everything is on fire.” Fortunately, I did not know anyone who had their life taken away in this horrible event, but my brother-in-law, was in Boston, and was supposed to fly back home, leaving from Logan International Airport. Since all United States airports and flight had been grounded, the best he could do was rent a rental car and drive back to Crozet, Virginia. For the second time that I

Flight 370 had been missing since March 2014 without a trace of indication. This event has left many families devastated and the world with questions. However,

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was a scheduled international passenger flight with 239 passengers and crew members on board on 8 March 2014. While flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, the aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER, disappeared mid flight. Afterwards, Malaysia's Prime Minister, Najib Razak, announced that the Flight 370 ended somewhere in the Indian Ocean, however no further explanation has been given. This mysterious event gives rise to several theories about the disappearance including hijacking, Terrorist attack, military shoot down, Phantom cellphone hypothesis, etc. Amount these theories; one popular possibility was that the flight MH370 was kidnapped

On July 19, 1989 United flight 232, a DC-10 aircraft took off from Denver’s Stapleton International Airport on route to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The DC-10 aircraft was manufactured by McDonnell Douglas. It has three General Electric CF6-6 engines, two that were wing mounted and one that was tail mounted. The number two engine, located on the tail, had a pre-existing defect introduced when it was manufactured. It was known as a hard alpha inclusion which causes cracks to form early in the lifetime of the fan disks. However, the cracks were too small to detect by the naked eye and overtime grew to a size large enough to bring the plane down on that fatal day.

Days of travel can be tedious. You park your car, grab your bags, and lug them through security only to be harassed by a TSA officer for having a bottle of water. After quarreling for what seems like an eternity, the now agitated TSA officer directs you to the full body x-ray scanners and gives you another pat down. Although you arrived 3 hours early to the airport, you get past security with just 15 minutes to boarding. You look up at the departures screen and right then, the PA sounds with a message no traveler would want to hear. “Attention passengers. United Airlines Flight 478 to New York LaGuardia has been cancelled due to inclement weather. Thank you for your cooperation.” As you are about to cry, you suddenly realize something. This could go 2 ways. You can either complain and get rebooked a hours later or you could game the system and make it all worthwhile.

On June 1st, 1999 American Airlines flight 1420 experienced a tragic accident that claimed many lives and made an impact on aviation worldwide. The event and it subsequent investigation shed

I have chosen Malaysian flight 370 that was a scheduled air carrier flight on March 8, 2014 from Kuala Lumpur International Airport near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China. Some of the theories for the aircraft going missing are hijacking, mechanical, pilot error or etc.… Conspiracy theories vary from the aircraft being hijacked and taken to a remote location and that the aircraft never crashed there are also theirs that the Malaysian flight 17 that was shot down a few month later has a connection that they were disposing of the aircraft when they shot down flight 370 and it had nothing to do with flight 17. There are theories that the aircraft just vanished that it had nothing to do with a ground to air missile, that the plane just vanished. A few that I think are possible are that the plane was hijacked and then crashed into the Ocean or that the aircraft was shot down by someone possibly on accident and that is why no one has taken responsibility. It is very difficult to say what happened to the aircraft due to their being very little evidence of the aircraft to research. Another theory is that the Captain of the Aircraft committed suicide and 238 lives with him. This would not be an unheard of thing it has happened in the past and was done by someone in the Asian Culture.