MH370: The Plane That Disappeared - all you need to know about the new Netflix doc

Virgin Radio

20 Feb 2023, 07:39

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will be explored in a new series.

In 2014, a passenger plane went missing mid-flight with more than 200 people on board.

If you've forgotten the details, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 suddenly disappeared from radar around 40 minutes after takeoff on March 8th, 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia to Beijing Capital International Airport in China. 

The search for the missing flight became most expensive in aviation history. It focused initially on the South China Sea and Andaman Sea – in the northeastern Indian Ocean – before analysis of the plane’s automated communications indicated a potential crash site somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean.

MH370 was never found, and its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.

On this year's anniversary of the missing flight, a new Netflix series lands to tell its story.

Some have speculated that MH370 was hijacked, shot down, or - more implausibly - that its passengers and crew were abducted by aliens.

The series official synopsis reads:  "Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 was supposed to be a routine trip: A redeye from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 passengers and crew on board. But shortly after takeoff on a calm 2014 night, MH370 vanished from radar screens for good. The shocking disappearance of a commercial airliner made headlines, sparked riots, plunged the passengers’ next of kin into a nightmare, and generated a global search for answers that never came."

It continues, "Set across seven countries, this gripping documentary series from RAW uses powerful archives to reconstruct the night of the disappearance, giving viewers the chance to explore three of the most contentious theories about the plane’s disappearance."

"It also features interviews with family members, scientists, journalists, and the ordinary people around the world who, after nine years, refuse to give up hope of an explanation," read the synopsis. "It’s a story full of conspiracies and rabbit holes, shadowy figures and official silence – but most of all, it’s an opportunity to keep alive the memory of those who were lost in one of the great unsolved mysteries of our time and to keep pushing for answers."

Prepare to be hooked, and puzzled, by this one.