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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,417 --> 00:00:06,542 - Malaysia 370, contact Ho Chi Minh 120.9. Good night. 2 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:07,750 [suspenseful music] 3 00:00:07,875 --> 00:00:10,167 Fishburne: Tonight, one of the most 4 00:00:10,292 --> 00:00:13,250 chilling aviation mysteries in modern day. 5 00:00:13,375 --> 00:00:16,500 239 people vanish over the Indian Ocean... 6 00:00:16,667 --> 00:00:19,250 ♪ ♪ 7 00:00:19,375 --> 00:00:20,375 Without a trace. 8 00:00:20,500 --> 00:00:22,250 - With not enough oxygen feeding the brain, 9 00:00:22,375 --> 00:00:24,292 people can't do the simplest things, 10 00:00:24,375 --> 00:00:26,125 let alone something as complicated 11 00:00:26,208 --> 00:00:28,958 as piloting a commercial aircraft. 12 00:00:29,083 --> 00:00:31,083 Fishburne: Now we'll uncover the top theories 13 00:00:31,208 --> 00:00:35,042 surrounding the world's most infamous missing aircraft. 14 00:00:35,167 --> 00:00:37,208 - The officials and most of the media 15 00:00:37,375 --> 00:00:39,417 convinced themselves that the satellite data 16 00:00:39,542 --> 00:00:42,167 could only mean one thing, that the plane went south. 17 00:00:42,292 --> 00:00:44,375 But they were wrong. 18 00:00:44,500 --> 00:00:47,333 - Was it potentially a murder-suicide? 19 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:50,042 There's 227 passengers up there. 20 00:00:50,167 --> 00:00:53,000 Any of them could be responsible. 21 00:00:53,083 --> 00:00:56,292 Fishburne: Can new clues bring us closer to answers? 22 00:00:56,375 --> 00:00:58,208 - If the plane isn't flying itself, 23 00:00:58,375 --> 00:00:59,875 was it something more sinister? 24 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,583 Because planes don't just disappear. 25 00:01:02,708 --> 00:01:06,750 Fishburne: What really happened to Malaysia Flight 370? 26 00:01:06,875 --> 00:01:09,750 [dramatic music] 27 00:01:09,875 --> 00:01:16,625 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:23,125 --> 00:01:24,583 [suspenseful music] 29 00:01:24,708 --> 00:01:30,292 March 8, 2014, Kuala Lumpur International Airport. 30 00:01:30,375 --> 00:01:34,000 Malaysia Flight 370 sits on the runway 31 00:01:34,125 --> 00:01:37,042 awaiting clearance for takeoff. 32 00:01:37,208 --> 00:01:38,250 - The cabin has been secured, 33 00:01:38,375 --> 00:01:39,958 tray tables and seat backs 34 00:01:40,042 --> 00:01:42,167 are in their upright and locked position. 35 00:01:42,250 --> 00:01:43,500 And the flight attendants are ready 36 00:01:43,583 --> 00:01:46,417 for what they hope will be a routine flight. 37 00:01:46,542 --> 00:01:49,083 On board, we have 239 people, 38 00:01:49,208 --> 00:01:51,250 227 passengers. 39 00:01:51,375 --> 00:01:53,375 We have 12 crew members. 40 00:01:53,500 --> 00:01:56,167 The 12 crew members are all Malaysian citizens. 41 00:01:56,250 --> 00:01:59,208 And up front, we have Captain Shah. 42 00:01:59,375 --> 00:02:01,500 They're headed to Beijing International Airport. 43 00:02:01,583 --> 00:02:04,167 It's a routine flight. They make it twice a day. 44 00:02:04,250 --> 00:02:06,125 March 8th is no exception. 45 00:02:06,208 --> 00:02:07,333 [dramatic music] 46 00:02:07,417 --> 00:02:09,000 - This flight was a flight 47 00:02:09,167 --> 00:02:11,042 that Zaharie Shah, the captain of the flight, 48 00:02:11,167 --> 00:02:13,417 was quite familiar with. 49 00:02:13,542 --> 00:02:15,917 - Normally, the flight takes about six hours, 50 00:02:16,042 --> 00:02:17,583 flying over a handful of countries 51 00:02:17,708 --> 00:02:19,833 and international waters. 52 00:02:19,917 --> 00:02:21,833 Fishburne: At 12:40 a.m., 53 00:02:21,958 --> 00:02:26,500 MH370 is cleared for takeoff. 54 00:02:26,667 --> 00:02:33,417 ♪ ♪ 55 00:02:33,542 --> 00:02:36,500 [indistinct radio chatter] 56 00:02:36,667 --> 00:02:38,167 ♪ ♪ 57 00:02:38,292 --> 00:02:40,417 - Recordings of the radio chatter back and forth 58 00:02:40,542 --> 00:02:42,417 between the aircraft and the tower shows 59 00:02:42,542 --> 00:02:44,542 that everything is routine, 60 00:02:44,667 --> 00:02:46,333 mundane even. 61 00:02:46,458 --> 00:02:47,958 Fishburne: At 1:06, 62 00:02:48,042 --> 00:02:52,125 the plane's computer sends an automated position report. 63 00:02:52,250 --> 00:02:55,000 - The transponders are continuously communicating 64 00:02:55,167 --> 00:02:56,500 with air traffic control, 65 00:02:56,625 --> 00:02:59,375 relaying information about the flight status. 66 00:02:59,500 --> 00:03:02,667 These messages show up on what's called secondary radar. 67 00:03:02,792 --> 00:03:05,500 - At this point, Malaysia 370 is flying 68 00:03:05,667 --> 00:03:09,667 on course and has 96,000 pounds of fuel remaining. 69 00:03:09,833 --> 00:03:13,417 That's enough fuel for another six to seven hours of flight. 70 00:03:13,542 --> 00:03:14,667 ♪ ♪ 71 00:03:14,792 --> 00:03:17,333 Fishburne: A few minutes later, at 1:19, 72 00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:20,000 Captain Shah radios air traffic control 73 00:03:20,125 --> 00:03:22,333 as he transitions from Malaysian 74 00:03:22,417 --> 00:03:24,875 to Vietnamese airspace. 75 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,667 - Air traffic control in Kuala Lumpur radios MH370 76 00:03:28,792 --> 00:03:34,167 and says, "Contact Ho Chi Minh on 120.9. Good night." 77 00:03:34,250 --> 00:03:36,500 That means it's time for MH370 78 00:03:36,625 --> 00:03:38,958 to call the Vietnamese controllers 79 00:03:39,042 --> 00:03:40,833 on the frequency given. 80 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,333 - Captain Zaharie then says, "Good night, Malaysia 370." 81 00:03:44,500 --> 00:03:46,500 So everything seems fine. 82 00:03:46,625 --> 00:03:47,958 The next thing that should happen 83 00:03:48,083 --> 00:03:50,208 is that air traffic controllers in Ho Chi Minh City 84 00:03:50,375 --> 00:03:52,583 should hear from Malaysia 370. 85 00:03:52,708 --> 00:03:55,833 Fishburne: But that's not what happens. 86 00:03:55,958 --> 00:03:59,000 - The Vietnamese air traffic controller at Ho Chi Minh 87 00:03:59,125 --> 00:04:02,583 never hear from that flight at the scheduled time. 88 00:04:02,708 --> 00:04:04,458 And all of a sudden, the flight transponders 89 00:04:04,542 --> 00:04:06,750 aren't responding at all, and they disappear 90 00:04:06,875 --> 00:04:09,458 from the air traffic controller screen. 91 00:04:09,583 --> 00:04:11,667 Fishburne: Just 38 minutes into the flight, 92 00:04:11,750 --> 00:04:16,500 Malaysia 370 simply disappears from radar. 93 00:04:16,583 --> 00:04:20,042 - It's really inexplicable that this aircraft, 94 00:04:20,167 --> 00:04:21,917 which had been flying and transmitting 95 00:04:22,042 --> 00:04:23,750 the secondary data all along, 96 00:04:23,875 --> 00:04:26,958 would at this point of transition just disappear. 97 00:04:27,042 --> 00:04:28,833 The transponder was turned off, 98 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,333 and the power was in some way stopped to the transponder. 99 00:04:32,458 --> 00:04:34,917 We don't know why it happened. 100 00:04:35,042 --> 00:04:37,542 - In modern aviation, air traffic controllers know 101 00:04:37,667 --> 00:04:40,833 exactly where their airplanes are through secondary radars 102 00:04:40,958 --> 00:04:44,167 and precisely scheduled communications. 103 00:04:44,292 --> 00:04:46,417 - So this is something that doesn't happen. 104 00:04:46,542 --> 00:04:48,500 Planes don't just vanish. 105 00:04:48,625 --> 00:04:50,833 Fishburne: Alarm bells immediately ring, 106 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,167 and Vietnamese air controllers desperately attempt 107 00:04:54,250 --> 00:04:56,292 to contact the aircraft. 108 00:04:56,375 --> 00:04:57,833 - It's just not the case that an airliner 109 00:04:57,917 --> 00:05:00,250 would be flying through some nation's airspace 110 00:05:00,375 --> 00:05:02,917 without the controllers knowing who it is, 111 00:05:03,042 --> 00:05:04,833 where it is, and why it's there. 112 00:05:04,958 --> 00:05:06,375 That's the way it works. 113 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:08,083 Doesn't happen otherwise. 114 00:05:08,208 --> 00:05:11,083 - They tried to contact the cockpit 115 00:05:11,208 --> 00:05:13,958 through the satellite phone several times, 116 00:05:14,042 --> 00:05:16,500 but there was no answer. 117 00:05:16,625 --> 00:05:18,708 Then it was clear to them that the aircraft 118 00:05:18,875 --> 00:05:20,250 crashed into the sea. 119 00:05:20,375 --> 00:05:23,167 [intense music] 120 00:05:23,333 --> 00:05:25,833 ♪ ♪ 121 00:05:25,958 --> 00:05:27,583 - How could this happen so suddenly? 122 00:05:27,708 --> 00:05:29,375 Why was there no warning from the pilot? 123 00:05:29,500 --> 00:05:31,500 No Mayday, nothing. 124 00:05:31,625 --> 00:05:34,667 This kicks off what will eventually become 125 00:05:34,792 --> 00:05:38,167 the most expensive search in aviation history. 126 00:05:38,292 --> 00:05:40,417 Everyone, dozens of governments, 127 00:05:40,542 --> 00:05:41,750 hundreds of families, 128 00:05:41,875 --> 00:05:45,750 all want to know what happened to MH370. 129 00:05:45,875 --> 00:05:52,167 ♪ ♪ 130 00:05:52,333 --> 00:05:54,292 Fishburne: By 5:30 a.m., 131 00:05:54,417 --> 00:05:58,000 a massive search and rescue mission is underway. 132 00:05:58,125 --> 00:06:01,875 - They gathered 26 countries to help with the search 133 00:06:02,042 --> 00:06:04,417 by sending 50 ships 134 00:06:04,542 --> 00:06:06,833 and about 60 aircraft. 135 00:06:06,958 --> 00:06:09,500 They're looking for anything on the water, 136 00:06:09,625 --> 00:06:12,167 wreckage, oil slick. 137 00:06:12,292 --> 00:06:14,917 The search starts naturally 138 00:06:15,042 --> 00:06:17,792 where the last transmission from the aircraft occurred, 139 00:06:17,917 --> 00:06:21,750 and last radar trace was found. 140 00:06:21,875 --> 00:06:24,250 It was right on the border between the Gulf of Thailand 141 00:06:24,375 --> 00:06:26,667 and South China Sea. 142 00:06:26,750 --> 00:06:29,167 - So they do find some oil slick. 143 00:06:29,292 --> 00:06:31,958 They test it to see if it's aviation fuel, 144 00:06:32,042 --> 00:06:33,917 but it's not. 145 00:06:34,042 --> 00:06:35,667 - They look at satellite imagery, 146 00:06:35,833 --> 00:06:37,625 they see what they think is debris, 147 00:06:37,708 --> 00:06:39,417 but they physically go out there, 148 00:06:39,542 --> 00:06:41,208 and there's nothing there. 149 00:06:41,333 --> 00:06:45,292 - If the aircraft had crashed in that area initially, 150 00:06:45,417 --> 00:06:49,583 there'd be debris and oil slick and plastic 151 00:06:49,708 --> 00:06:52,250 and stuff all over the China Sea. 152 00:06:52,375 --> 00:06:56,583 Makes no sense that there's no sign of this airplane anywhere. 153 00:06:56,708 --> 00:06:58,708 Fishburne: After two days of searching, 154 00:06:58,833 --> 00:07:01,667 investigators turn to military radar records. 155 00:07:01,833 --> 00:07:03,125 ♪ ♪ 156 00:07:03,208 --> 00:07:06,333 - Radar on military bases are constantly tracking 157 00:07:06,458 --> 00:07:08,958 to see if there's anything in range. 158 00:07:09,042 --> 00:07:12,708 Malaysia Flight 370 would have been in radar range 159 00:07:12,833 --> 00:07:16,542 for bases in Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam, 160 00:07:16,667 --> 00:07:19,500 so their radar records track the plane as well. 161 00:07:19,583 --> 00:07:21,667 And they do it slightly differently. 162 00:07:21,750 --> 00:07:24,708 Fishburne: Civilians rely on secondary radar, 163 00:07:24,833 --> 00:07:27,708 which requires a signal from the airplane's transponder. 164 00:07:27,875 --> 00:07:29,333 - And that's what they've been using 165 00:07:29,458 --> 00:07:32,167 to search for MH370 so far. 166 00:07:32,333 --> 00:07:35,917 But the military uses what's called primary radar. 167 00:07:36,042 --> 00:07:39,167 Primary radar doesn't require a special signal 168 00:07:39,250 --> 00:07:40,458 from an airplane. 169 00:07:40,542 --> 00:07:42,833 It sends out radio waves 170 00:07:42,958 --> 00:07:44,583 where it bounces off any objects 171 00:07:44,708 --> 00:07:46,375 that might be in the sky, 172 00:07:46,500 --> 00:07:48,500 and it reflects that radio signal back. 173 00:07:48,625 --> 00:07:50,667 - It's kind of like echolocation, 174 00:07:50,792 --> 00:07:53,833 like a bat would use, but on a large scale. 175 00:07:53,958 --> 00:07:56,750 A Boeing 777 has two transponders, 176 00:07:56,875 --> 00:07:59,375 specifically in case one fails, 177 00:07:59,542 --> 00:08:01,958 the other one is still gonna be fine. 178 00:08:02,042 --> 00:08:05,667 So when MH370 vanishes from all the radar, 179 00:08:05,792 --> 00:08:09,500 that means both transponders are dead at the same time. 180 00:08:09,667 --> 00:08:11,750 - After the transponder is turned off, 181 00:08:11,875 --> 00:08:15,500 the secondary radar can't see the airplane anymore. 182 00:08:15,583 --> 00:08:18,292 But guess what, the primary radar can still 183 00:08:18,375 --> 00:08:20,833 see the airplane and continues to track it. 184 00:08:20,958 --> 00:08:23,417 It shows the airplane keeps flying. 185 00:08:23,542 --> 00:08:25,417 - Not only does it keep flying, 186 00:08:25,542 --> 00:08:27,625 it makes drastic course changes 187 00:08:27,708 --> 00:08:31,000 just as it's supposed to cross into Vietnamese airspace. 188 00:08:31,167 --> 00:08:32,917 ♪ ♪ 189 00:08:33,042 --> 00:08:36,208 So MH370 turns a little bit to the east, 190 00:08:36,375 --> 00:08:38,292 then kind of loops back around. 191 00:08:38,417 --> 00:08:40,125 It's almost like it's turning back-- 192 00:08:40,208 --> 00:08:41,792 back towards Malaysia. 193 00:08:41,875 --> 00:08:45,458 Then MH370 approaches the Isle of Penang 194 00:08:45,542 --> 00:08:48,000 and flies near the Strait of Malacca. 195 00:08:48,125 --> 00:08:50,667 Fishburne: Military radar tracks MH370 196 00:08:50,750 --> 00:08:54,667 for another 230 miles into the Andaman Sea 197 00:08:54,792 --> 00:08:58,500 until the aircraft finally goes out of range. 198 00:08:58,625 --> 00:08:59,750 - So in other words, 199 00:08:59,875 --> 00:09:01,792 they're looking in the wrong place. 200 00:09:01,875 --> 00:09:04,875 The searchers move their search to the Andaman Sea. 201 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,000 But once again, there's nothing there. 202 00:09:07,125 --> 00:09:08,875 So the investigators are closer, 203 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,708 but they're clearly not close enough. 204 00:09:10,833 --> 00:09:12,250 ♪ ♪ 205 00:09:12,375 --> 00:09:15,083 Keep in mind, military radar doesn't pinpoint 206 00:09:15,208 --> 00:09:16,958 where this airplane stops flying. 207 00:09:17,083 --> 00:09:19,292 As far as we know, it's still in the air 208 00:09:19,417 --> 00:09:22,250 all the way until it goes out of range. 209 00:09:22,375 --> 00:09:23,375 - After that, it could have gone 210 00:09:23,500 --> 00:09:25,958 in a lot of different directions. 211 00:09:26,042 --> 00:09:29,375 Fishburne: The radar records raise an important question, 212 00:09:29,500 --> 00:09:32,917 why does the plane fly off course? 213 00:09:36,708 --> 00:09:38,875 [indistinct radio chatter] 214 00:09:39,042 --> 00:09:41,583 Fishburne: Before Malaysia Flight 370 vanishes 215 00:09:41,708 --> 00:09:45,708 on March 8, 2014, investigators are shocked 216 00:09:45,833 --> 00:09:49,833 to learn that the plane deviated from its route. 217 00:09:49,917 --> 00:09:53,000 - The MH370 planned flight path would have had it flying 218 00:09:53,167 --> 00:09:56,208 over the South China Sea towards Beijing. 219 00:09:56,333 --> 00:09:59,250 But the radar tracking shows it made a series of turns 220 00:09:59,375 --> 00:10:01,417 going towards the west. 221 00:10:01,542 --> 00:10:04,583 And it just keeps flying until it goes out of radar range. 222 00:10:04,708 --> 00:10:06,208 [dramatic music] 223 00:10:06,375 --> 00:10:09,792 - Once investigators realized the airplane kept flying, 224 00:10:09,917 --> 00:10:12,333 every possible theory was out there. 225 00:10:12,458 --> 00:10:15,500 Was it a bomb? Was it terrorism? 226 00:10:15,583 --> 00:10:17,333 Was it a crime? 227 00:10:17,458 --> 00:10:18,792 Was it something more sinister? 228 00:10:18,917 --> 00:10:21,167 Because planes don't just disappear. 229 00:10:21,250 --> 00:10:22,667 ♪ ♪ 230 00:10:22,750 --> 00:10:24,125 The Internet went crazy, 231 00:10:24,208 --> 00:10:27,375 and so did every global government agency. 232 00:10:27,500 --> 00:10:30,875 Fishburne: To some, there's an obvious explanation. 233 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,667 - But right away, we know that the aircraft continues flying 234 00:10:34,792 --> 00:10:36,750 after the transponders go offline. 235 00:10:36,875 --> 00:10:39,458 The aircraft continues on its path 236 00:10:39,542 --> 00:10:41,583 and drops off of military radar. 237 00:10:41,708 --> 00:10:43,500 We know that because it's recorded 238 00:10:43,583 --> 00:10:47,167 on the military radar until 2:22 a.m. 239 00:10:47,292 --> 00:10:50,667 Take this radar information and combine it with the fact 240 00:10:50,792 --> 00:10:53,917 that the transponder was cut off just prior 241 00:10:54,042 --> 00:10:57,333 to the aircraft veering off course. 242 00:10:57,417 --> 00:10:59,000 Combine that with the fact 243 00:10:59,125 --> 00:11:01,917 that there is no emergency distress call made, 244 00:11:02,042 --> 00:11:05,875 and it creates a truly terrifying possibility. 245 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,042 - Was it potentially a murder-suicide? 246 00:11:09,167 --> 00:11:12,292 ♪ ♪ 247 00:11:12,417 --> 00:11:14,167 Early in the investigation, 248 00:11:14,292 --> 00:11:16,375 they thought they should look very deep 249 00:11:16,542 --> 00:11:19,125 into the two men in the cockpit, 250 00:11:19,250 --> 00:11:21,958 which is natural with this type of investigation. 251 00:11:22,083 --> 00:11:24,708 The question is, would anything motivate 252 00:11:24,875 --> 00:11:27,792 these two men to bring that aircraft down? 253 00:11:27,875 --> 00:11:31,958 - In the cockpit, we have Captain Zaharie Shah 254 00:11:32,083 --> 00:11:36,000 and First Officer Fariq Abdul Hamid. 255 00:11:36,125 --> 00:11:39,792 Fariq is not fully qualified yet on the 777. 256 00:11:39,917 --> 00:11:44,667 However, this is his last flight to qualify on the 777. 257 00:11:44,792 --> 00:11:46,083 This is a big deal, 258 00:11:46,208 --> 00:11:49,667 the realization of a lot of hard work. 259 00:11:49,750 --> 00:11:51,667 He's been with the airline for seven years. 260 00:11:51,792 --> 00:11:53,458 He's 27 years old. 261 00:11:53,583 --> 00:11:55,000 He's getting married soon. 262 00:11:55,125 --> 00:11:57,792 He has a long career in front of him. 263 00:11:57,917 --> 00:11:59,833 And as a result of that, 264 00:11:59,917 --> 00:12:02,500 the investigative bodies rule him out pretty quickly. 265 00:12:02,625 --> 00:12:04,167 They don't think he did it. 266 00:12:04,250 --> 00:12:08,000 Fishburne: Leaving only one other suspect in the cockpit. 267 00:12:08,083 --> 00:12:09,500 ♪ ♪ 268 00:12:09,583 --> 00:12:13,667 - People who subscribe to the murder-suicide theory 269 00:12:13,792 --> 00:12:16,875 believe that the captain, Zaharie Shah, 270 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,500 deviated from the flight plan and intentionally crashed 271 00:12:20,667 --> 00:12:22,875 that airplane into the Indian Ocean, 272 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,042 sadly taking everyone with him. 273 00:12:25,208 --> 00:12:28,333 Fishburne: Investigators dig deeper into Captain Shah. 274 00:12:28,458 --> 00:12:32,250 And a search of his home turns up a disturbing clue. 275 00:12:32,375 --> 00:12:35,667 - Zaharie Shah had a very sophisticated simulator, 276 00:12:35,792 --> 00:12:39,167 a actual 777 simulator in his house. 277 00:12:39,292 --> 00:12:42,875 - When the investigative bodies pull the data from it, 278 00:12:43,042 --> 00:12:46,167 it shows a variety of flight paths. 279 00:12:46,333 --> 00:12:49,583 We see that they run out over the Indian Ocean, 280 00:12:49,708 --> 00:12:51,458 they just stop. 281 00:12:51,542 --> 00:12:53,417 And ultimately, 282 00:12:53,542 --> 00:12:56,833 this is the path that MH370 takes. 283 00:12:56,958 --> 00:13:01,000 It seems as though Captain Shah had rehearsed this. 284 00:13:01,125 --> 00:13:04,208 So the flight path is somewhat telling in itself. 285 00:13:04,375 --> 00:13:07,000 Captain Shah is from the Island of Penang. 286 00:13:07,125 --> 00:13:11,708 - The final maneuver recorded by the military radar 287 00:13:11,833 --> 00:13:14,833 was northwest of Penang, very close to it. 288 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,917 It was a clear night, perfect visibility. 289 00:13:18,042 --> 00:13:21,833 And this turn gives him a perfect view, 290 00:13:21,917 --> 00:13:24,708 a final view of his home in Penang. 291 00:13:24,833 --> 00:13:27,000 ♪ ♪ 292 00:13:27,125 --> 00:13:30,500 Some people believe that when you finally decide 293 00:13:30,625 --> 00:13:32,625 to commit suicide, 294 00:13:32,708 --> 00:13:35,833 that person has a level of serenity. 295 00:13:35,958 --> 00:13:40,250 So some people believe that this final turn 296 00:13:40,375 --> 00:13:43,833 towards Penang was him 297 00:13:43,958 --> 00:13:46,333 waving goodbye to his home. 298 00:13:46,458 --> 00:13:48,917 ♪ ♪ 299 00:13:49,042 --> 00:13:50,667 Fishburne: While all of this evidence paints 300 00:13:50,750 --> 00:13:52,917 a damning picture for the pilot, 301 00:13:53,042 --> 00:13:55,333 it is not enough to close the case. 302 00:13:55,500 --> 00:13:56,958 ♪ ♪ 303 00:13:57,042 --> 00:14:01,708 - So officially, MH370 is not ruled suicide by pilot, 304 00:14:01,875 --> 00:14:04,333 because there's no suicide note, 305 00:14:04,458 --> 00:14:06,500 and they determined it's impossible 306 00:14:06,625 --> 00:14:08,792 to know what's in his mind. 307 00:14:08,917 --> 00:14:10,583 Fishburne: If the plane wasn't brought down 308 00:14:10,708 --> 00:14:12,708 by the pilot or copilot, 309 00:14:12,833 --> 00:14:16,042 could it be someone else on the inside? 310 00:14:16,208 --> 00:14:19,667 Investigators turn their attention to the crew. 311 00:14:19,792 --> 00:14:21,250 ♪ ♪ 312 00:14:21,375 --> 00:14:24,458 - There's always another possibility 313 00:14:24,542 --> 00:14:26,875 that one of the cabin crew 314 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,708 was trained and familiar with the aircraft 315 00:14:30,833 --> 00:14:33,000 and how to get into the cockpit. 316 00:14:33,125 --> 00:14:36,708 So the investigators looked into 317 00:14:36,833 --> 00:14:39,125 every one of these crew members. 318 00:14:39,208 --> 00:14:43,875 170 interviews, looked into their bank accounts, 319 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,917 social media accounts, their love life, 320 00:14:48,042 --> 00:14:50,875 everything that they could possibly look into, 321 00:14:51,042 --> 00:14:53,708 and they didn't find anything. 322 00:14:53,833 --> 00:14:57,417 Fishburne: Ultimately, there is no substantial evidence 323 00:14:57,542 --> 00:15:01,833 to tie the pilot or crew members to any wrongdoing. 324 00:15:01,958 --> 00:15:03,958 - There's absolutely no proof 325 00:15:04,042 --> 00:15:06,292 that this was a murder-suicide. 326 00:15:06,375 --> 00:15:10,833 But authorities have this nagging problem. 327 00:15:10,958 --> 00:15:13,000 Why is there no distress call? 328 00:15:13,167 --> 00:15:14,125 What could have happened? 329 00:15:18,375 --> 00:15:20,333 Fishburne: Months after disappearing, 330 00:15:20,500 --> 00:15:22,458 the public is desperate for investigators 331 00:15:22,542 --> 00:15:24,750 to find Flight 370. 332 00:15:24,875 --> 00:15:26,417 But with so little evidence, 333 00:15:26,542 --> 00:15:28,625 they had their work cut out for them. 334 00:15:28,750 --> 00:15:30,500 [dramatic music] 335 00:15:30,625 --> 00:15:31,792 - One of the most common things 336 00:15:31,917 --> 00:15:33,167 that investigators can use 337 00:15:33,292 --> 00:15:35,792 to determine the cause of the crash is radio chatter. 338 00:15:35,875 --> 00:15:37,208 ♪ ♪ 339 00:15:37,333 --> 00:15:40,375 - 402's radar contact at 18 miles. 340 00:15:40,500 --> 00:15:43,500 [inaudible] speed 250. Final bearing is 230. 341 00:15:43,625 --> 00:15:45,417 - When there's something unusual happening 342 00:15:45,542 --> 00:15:47,667 on the airplane, the flight crew usually 343 00:15:47,750 --> 00:15:49,667 gets on the radio about it. 344 00:15:49,750 --> 00:15:52,167 Whether there's an emergency, 345 00:15:52,292 --> 00:15:53,833 they see something out the window, 346 00:15:53,958 --> 00:15:55,708 or there's a passenger acting up, 347 00:15:55,833 --> 00:15:57,333 they usually radio about it. 348 00:15:57,458 --> 00:16:01,208 And in this case, there's no radio distress calls. 349 00:16:01,333 --> 00:16:03,833 We don't have that clue to help us. 350 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,208 Fishburne: Unless the lack of a distress call 351 00:16:06,375 --> 00:16:08,083 is the clue. 352 00:16:08,208 --> 00:16:09,958 - Based on what we know, 353 00:16:10,042 --> 00:16:12,333 I think the most logical explanation 354 00:16:12,500 --> 00:16:15,000 is that the airplane depressurized, 355 00:16:15,167 --> 00:16:17,167 causing everyone on board the aircraft 356 00:16:17,292 --> 00:16:20,833 to become unconscious and die from a lack of oxygen. 357 00:16:20,958 --> 00:16:24,792 ♪ ♪ 358 00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:27,667 The reason this airplane is flying off course 359 00:16:27,792 --> 00:16:29,958 and on an unusual path 360 00:16:30,042 --> 00:16:33,375 is because the pilot is not thinking clearly. 361 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:35,458 - This theory says that a terrible accident 362 00:16:35,542 --> 00:16:38,167 happened on board, disabling the crew, 363 00:16:38,292 --> 00:16:40,667 and probably the passengers as well. 364 00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:42,667 So the problem with MH370 365 00:16:42,833 --> 00:16:44,000 could have actually started 366 00:16:44,083 --> 00:16:46,750 before it left the ground. 367 00:16:46,875 --> 00:16:48,458 Fishburne: Just before takeoff, 368 00:16:48,542 --> 00:16:51,833 maintenance logs show that work was performed 369 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:56,000 on MH370's oxygen system. 370 00:16:56,083 --> 00:16:59,125 - The pressurization system in a 777 handles 371 00:16:59,208 --> 00:17:01,792 all the air that everyone breathes on board. 372 00:17:01,917 --> 00:17:04,750 - And it also handles the cabin pressure. 373 00:17:04,875 --> 00:17:06,458 - At a high altitude, 374 00:17:06,583 --> 00:17:10,000 the pressure outside the aircraft is very low, 375 00:17:10,083 --> 00:17:12,125 too low to sustain life. 376 00:17:12,250 --> 00:17:15,000 Inside the aircraft, it's pressurized, 377 00:17:15,125 --> 00:17:16,458 and it's comfortable. 378 00:17:16,583 --> 00:17:19,292 So it's possible that a maintenance fault 379 00:17:19,417 --> 00:17:21,708 could have resulted from the work they did 380 00:17:21,833 --> 00:17:24,083 on the pressurization system, 381 00:17:24,208 --> 00:17:25,833 essentially causing the aircraft 382 00:17:25,917 --> 00:17:28,167 not to pressurize properly. 383 00:17:28,250 --> 00:17:30,042 It's not terribly uncommon, 384 00:17:30,167 --> 00:17:31,375 but if it does happen, 385 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:33,792 someone has to pressurize the aircraft, 386 00:17:33,917 --> 00:17:36,375 typically using an emergency procedure. 387 00:17:36,542 --> 00:17:39,333 Fishburne: But what if they didn't? 388 00:17:39,458 --> 00:17:41,125 ♪ ♪ 389 00:17:41,208 --> 00:17:43,792 - The last communication with air traffic control 390 00:17:43,917 --> 00:17:45,833 was made by Captain Zaharie, 391 00:17:45,958 --> 00:17:47,708 "Good night, Malaysia 370." 392 00:17:47,833 --> 00:17:51,333 And that means that he was not flying the aircraft. 393 00:17:51,417 --> 00:17:54,083 On a commercial airliner, there are two pilots, 394 00:17:54,208 --> 00:17:55,875 one who is doing the flying, and the other 395 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,542 who's doing the monitoring. 396 00:17:57,667 --> 00:17:59,750 The pilot who is making the radio calls 397 00:17:59,875 --> 00:18:01,167 is not the pilot flying. 398 00:18:01,292 --> 00:18:02,708 That's just the way it works. 399 00:18:02,875 --> 00:18:04,083 Every radio call from the time 400 00:18:04,208 --> 00:18:06,458 that Malaysia Flight 370 took off 401 00:18:06,542 --> 00:18:09,667 was made by the first officer, Fariq Abdul Hamid. 402 00:18:09,792 --> 00:18:12,417 Captain Shah was handling the takeoff, 403 00:18:12,542 --> 00:18:15,125 getting out of Kuala Lumpur Airspace, 404 00:18:15,250 --> 00:18:17,667 sort of the more difficult parts of the flight. 405 00:18:17,792 --> 00:18:20,833 Captain Shah was a highly experienced airline captain. 406 00:18:20,958 --> 00:18:25,167 He had 18,000 flight hours, and he was only 53 years old. 407 00:18:25,333 --> 00:18:29,292 That's just 1,500 hours less than Captain Sully Sullenberger 408 00:18:29,375 --> 00:18:33,667 had when he famously landed his airliner in the Hudson River. 409 00:18:33,792 --> 00:18:35,417 After takeoff, we can assume 410 00:18:35,542 --> 00:18:37,417 that 38 minutes into the flight, 411 00:18:37,542 --> 00:18:39,917 when Captain Shah's voice is on the radio, 412 00:18:40,042 --> 00:18:43,708 he has handed control of the aircraft to the first officer. 413 00:18:43,875 --> 00:18:46,000 Remember, this was his last flight 414 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:50,000 before becoming qualified on the aircraft. 415 00:18:50,083 --> 00:18:51,333 - Now we have the first officer, 416 00:18:51,458 --> 00:18:53,000 who's operating the aircraft 417 00:18:53,125 --> 00:18:55,250 for which he's not yet fully qualified. 418 00:18:55,375 --> 00:18:58,833 We have 227 passengers on board, 419 00:18:58,958 --> 00:19:02,250 12 crew members, and the aircraft is climbing. 420 00:19:02,375 --> 00:19:04,000 And we may have a maintenance problem, 421 00:19:04,083 --> 00:19:05,875 the pressurization issue. 422 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,833 This is a dangerous situation. 423 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,958 It can lead to hypoxia. 424 00:19:10,083 --> 00:19:11,333 ♪ ♪ 425 00:19:11,417 --> 00:19:13,500 Fishburne: Hypoxia is a lack of oxygen 426 00:19:13,625 --> 00:19:15,917 in the body tissue and brain, 427 00:19:16,042 --> 00:19:17,958 which can occur in any aircraft 428 00:19:18,083 --> 00:19:21,000 flying over 16,000 feet. 429 00:19:21,125 --> 00:19:23,167 - With not enough oxygen feeding the brain, 430 00:19:23,250 --> 00:19:25,708 people can't do the simplest things, 431 00:19:25,833 --> 00:19:28,000 let alone command an airliner. 432 00:19:28,125 --> 00:19:30,625 To be blunt, hypoxia makes you stupid, 433 00:19:30,708 --> 00:19:33,625 makes you unable to have rational thoughts. 434 00:19:33,708 --> 00:19:36,333 At a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet, 435 00:19:36,458 --> 00:19:38,875 incapacitation due to hypoxia can occur 436 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,458 in less than a minute. 437 00:19:40,583 --> 00:19:43,583 The statistics indicate that, for pilots, 438 00:19:43,708 --> 00:19:45,375 the time of useful consciousness could be 439 00:19:45,500 --> 00:19:47,417 as low as 15 seconds. 440 00:19:47,542 --> 00:19:49,458 ♪ ♪ 441 00:19:49,542 --> 00:19:52,125 Fishburne: Gradual onset hypoxia has caused 442 00:19:52,208 --> 00:19:55,167 numerous airline crashes over the years. 443 00:19:55,250 --> 00:19:57,167 It's a deadly scenario 444 00:19:57,292 --> 00:20:00,000 with very little time to react. 445 00:20:00,083 --> 00:20:02,833 - There are a number of cases in which an airplane takes off, 446 00:20:02,958 --> 00:20:05,583 and the pilots have failed to pressurize the aircraft, 447 00:20:05,708 --> 00:20:08,167 or the aircraft simply doesn't pressurize. 448 00:20:08,292 --> 00:20:09,833 [alarm beeping] 449 00:20:09,958 --> 00:20:13,292 And because of the nature of hypoxia, there are cases 450 00:20:13,375 --> 00:20:16,417 in which pilots got a cabin altitude warning horn, 451 00:20:16,542 --> 00:20:19,250 a warning that the aircraft was not properly pressurized, 452 00:20:19,375 --> 00:20:22,167 and they may not respond to it correctly 453 00:20:22,292 --> 00:20:25,333 if their brains are already lacking oxygen. 454 00:20:25,458 --> 00:20:29,792 Fishburne: Could this have happened aboard MH370? 455 00:20:29,875 --> 00:20:31,208 - So at first it makes sense. 456 00:20:31,333 --> 00:20:33,042 There is a lack of a Mayday call. 457 00:20:33,208 --> 00:20:35,292 There's no call for help. 458 00:20:35,417 --> 00:20:37,458 But under hypoxic conditions, 459 00:20:37,542 --> 00:20:40,375 they might not even think they're in danger. 460 00:20:40,542 --> 00:20:44,625 - The erratic flight also speaks to a hypoxic event. 461 00:20:44,708 --> 00:20:48,000 The pilot turned the aircraft around, 462 00:20:48,125 --> 00:20:49,417 heading back to Kuala Lumpur 463 00:20:49,542 --> 00:20:51,458 as part of a response to the emergency. 464 00:20:51,542 --> 00:20:53,500 Fishburne: According to radar, 465 00:20:53,625 --> 00:20:55,917 the plane makes one last turn. 466 00:20:56,042 --> 00:20:57,792 ♪ ♪ 467 00:20:57,917 --> 00:21:01,000 - So the final move made by the first officer 468 00:21:01,083 --> 00:21:03,167 could have been to turn the aircraft 469 00:21:03,250 --> 00:21:04,917 toward the runway that he knows. 470 00:21:05,042 --> 00:21:08,708 Fishburne: That airport is Langkawi International, 471 00:21:08,833 --> 00:21:13,250 set on an island just west of the Malaysian peninsula. 472 00:21:13,375 --> 00:21:15,125 - This is where he did his flight training. 473 00:21:15,208 --> 00:21:16,750 He's familiar with the terrain. 474 00:21:16,875 --> 00:21:18,500 He knows that the runway is long enough 475 00:21:18,625 --> 00:21:21,375 to land a fully loaded 777. 476 00:21:21,500 --> 00:21:23,167 Fishburne: Instead of landing, 477 00:21:23,292 --> 00:21:27,667 the plane continues to fly for 230 miles. 478 00:21:27,833 --> 00:21:30,333 - So at this point, we think that both crew 479 00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:32,667 are incapacitated by hypoxia. 480 00:21:32,750 --> 00:21:36,167 They've passed out, and the autopilot takes over. 481 00:21:36,333 --> 00:21:39,000 - The aircraft is carrying 239 people, 482 00:21:39,167 --> 00:21:41,500 who are most likely dead, 483 00:21:41,583 --> 00:21:44,167 and they are flying until that airplane runs out of fuel. 484 00:21:44,333 --> 00:21:47,042 ♪ ♪ 485 00:21:47,208 --> 00:21:48,708 Fishburne: Not everyone is convinced 486 00:21:48,875 --> 00:21:50,458 the cabin depressurized. 487 00:21:50,583 --> 00:21:53,500 Could it be something more sinister? 488 00:21:53,667 --> 00:21:54,417 ♪ ♪ 489 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,375 Fishburne: When Malaysia Flight 370 goes missing, 490 00:21:59,542 --> 00:22:02,000 investigators from nine countries join the search, 491 00:22:02,083 --> 00:22:03,833 including the United States. 492 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,542 Their biggest challenge is the lack of evidence, 493 00:22:06,708 --> 00:22:10,542 almost all of which lies on that missing airplane. 494 00:22:10,708 --> 00:22:12,583 But several months into their search, 495 00:22:12,708 --> 00:22:16,208 authorities get a treasure trove of new data, 496 00:22:16,333 --> 00:22:20,167 and it changes the course of the investigation. 497 00:22:20,292 --> 00:22:22,833 - They hear from a company called Inmarsat. 498 00:22:22,917 --> 00:22:26,167 They handle satellite data for commercial airlines. 499 00:22:26,250 --> 00:22:27,458 Things like satellite phones 500 00:22:27,583 --> 00:22:29,417 in the back of your seat to make calls, 501 00:22:29,542 --> 00:22:32,000 TV and entertainment systems, 502 00:22:32,083 --> 00:22:35,042 these systems are in constant communication back and forth 503 00:22:35,208 --> 00:22:36,583 with a satellite system. 504 00:22:36,708 --> 00:22:38,167 It's pretty much just checking in. 505 00:22:38,292 --> 00:22:40,583 [dramatic music] 506 00:22:40,708 --> 00:22:43,667 Well, Inmarsat has records of this communication. 507 00:22:43,750 --> 00:22:46,375 First thing that happens is the airplane logs into 508 00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:48,750 the Inmarsat system at midnight Malaysia time, 509 00:22:48,875 --> 00:22:51,958 which is expected right before takeoff. 510 00:22:52,042 --> 00:22:55,208 Then the satellite system checks in with the airplane 511 00:22:55,333 --> 00:22:59,667 on an hourly basis using automatic pings. 512 00:22:59,792 --> 00:23:02,917 It checks in to see, hey, are you there? 513 00:23:03,042 --> 00:23:05,875 And we call that a handshake. 514 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,708 While the aircraft transponder is offline, 515 00:23:08,875 --> 00:23:12,250 the Inmarsat communication system keeps going. 516 00:23:12,375 --> 00:23:14,333 It takes months to analyze the data. 517 00:23:14,458 --> 00:23:16,333 And at the time, they didn't have the technology 518 00:23:16,417 --> 00:23:17,833 to make full sense of it. 519 00:23:17,958 --> 00:23:21,625 But then when they finally figure out the Inmarsat data, 520 00:23:21,708 --> 00:23:25,667 guess what, it shows something incredible. 521 00:23:25,792 --> 00:23:27,750 Previously, the last known contact 522 00:23:27,875 --> 00:23:30,333 of the airplane was 2:22 a.m., 523 00:23:30,417 --> 00:23:33,375 when it disappears from military radar. 524 00:23:33,500 --> 00:23:35,833 And investigators assume that the plane crashed 525 00:23:35,917 --> 00:23:38,000 not too long after. 526 00:23:38,125 --> 00:23:41,167 The Inmarsat data shows seven automated pings 527 00:23:41,250 --> 00:23:43,708 after 2:22 a.m., 528 00:23:43,833 --> 00:23:47,958 and those pings go all the way until 8:19 a.m. 529 00:23:48,042 --> 00:23:49,958 Fishburne: If the plane continues flying 530 00:23:50,042 --> 00:23:52,083 for six more hours, 531 00:23:52,208 --> 00:23:55,000 where did it go? 532 00:23:55,083 --> 00:23:57,500 - So the technology at the time didn't allow them 533 00:23:57,625 --> 00:24:01,667 to get a specific location using the Inmarsat ping. 534 00:24:01,792 --> 00:24:03,917 All they know is that the plane 535 00:24:04,042 --> 00:24:07,333 is within range of a certain satellite. 536 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:11,792 So they calculate that to cover a large area 537 00:24:11,875 --> 00:24:14,292 off the western coast of Australia, 538 00:24:14,417 --> 00:24:16,708 which is way farther south 539 00:24:16,875 --> 00:24:18,667 than anywhere they previously looked. 540 00:24:18,750 --> 00:24:19,708 ♪ ♪ 541 00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:22,917 This means that MH370 turned south 542 00:24:23,042 --> 00:24:25,167 and flew for six hours 543 00:24:25,250 --> 00:24:27,708 into the middle of nowhere. 544 00:24:27,833 --> 00:24:31,667 Some theorists say that it's not on autopilot. 545 00:24:31,833 --> 00:24:34,500 And why fly around for so long 546 00:24:34,583 --> 00:24:36,500 if you intend to kill yourself? 547 00:24:36,583 --> 00:24:38,958 So if the plane isn't flying itself, 548 00:24:39,042 --> 00:24:41,708 and the pilots are not committing suicide, 549 00:24:41,833 --> 00:24:44,667 that leaves one other option: 550 00:24:44,750 --> 00:24:47,375 a passenger took control of the aircraft. 551 00:24:47,500 --> 00:24:50,250 ♪ ♪ 552 00:24:50,375 --> 00:24:52,833 - There are 227 passengers on board. 553 00:24:52,917 --> 00:24:55,583 Any of them could be responsible. 554 00:24:55,708 --> 00:24:57,958 - In the world post September 11th, 555 00:24:58,083 --> 00:25:00,667 we look very carefully at who's on a plane. 556 00:25:00,792 --> 00:25:01,667 ♪ ♪ 557 00:25:01,792 --> 00:25:03,125 Fishburne: As they dig deeper, 558 00:25:03,250 --> 00:25:06,667 investigators realize not all of the passengers 559 00:25:06,792 --> 00:25:08,333 are who they claim to be. 560 00:25:08,458 --> 00:25:09,750 ♪ ♪ 561 00:25:09,875 --> 00:25:12,625 - So they checked everybody's info. 562 00:25:12,750 --> 00:25:15,375 And then there was this red flag. 563 00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:20,500 Two people had boarded using stolen passports, 564 00:25:20,625 --> 00:25:23,542 one Italian and one Australian. 565 00:25:23,667 --> 00:25:26,667 When these two guys checked in, for some reason, 566 00:25:26,750 --> 00:25:29,542 the passports were not discovered by Interpol. 567 00:25:29,667 --> 00:25:33,000 So we have two men on board this airplane 568 00:25:33,083 --> 00:25:35,708 that are trying to hide something, clearly, 569 00:25:35,833 --> 00:25:37,750 and we didn't know about it. 570 00:25:37,875 --> 00:25:39,292 We don't know who they are, 571 00:25:39,375 --> 00:25:41,500 fake names, fake passports. 572 00:25:41,625 --> 00:25:44,208 These guys could be anybody. 573 00:25:44,333 --> 00:25:47,458 So fortunately, it's not 1950. 574 00:25:47,542 --> 00:25:51,042 It's 2014, and there's large number 575 00:25:51,167 --> 00:25:52,792 of surveillance everywhere. 576 00:25:52,875 --> 00:25:55,958 We can trace these guys' steps. 577 00:25:56,042 --> 00:25:58,292 Police found out these are two friends 578 00:25:58,375 --> 00:26:00,208 using stolen passports. 579 00:26:00,333 --> 00:26:03,625 Turns out these two passports were stolen in Thailand 580 00:26:03,708 --> 00:26:05,625 about two years before. 581 00:26:05,750 --> 00:26:07,375 They bought a one-way ticket 582 00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:09,500 through a payphone in Thailand. 583 00:26:09,667 --> 00:26:12,208 From Thailand, they entered Malaysia 584 00:26:12,333 --> 00:26:14,667 using their real passport. 585 00:26:14,792 --> 00:26:16,583 So now we know who they are. 586 00:26:16,708 --> 00:26:18,542 Fishburne: The men have a valid reason 587 00:26:18,667 --> 00:26:20,375 to hide their identities. 588 00:26:20,542 --> 00:26:23,792 - These are two Iranian refugees, 589 00:26:23,875 --> 00:26:27,250 19 and 29, seeking asylum in Beijing. 590 00:26:27,375 --> 00:26:30,000 They don't have any knowledge about airplanes. 591 00:26:30,125 --> 00:26:33,083 So with those maneuvers that MH370 went through, 592 00:26:33,208 --> 00:26:34,708 whoever was doing it 593 00:26:34,875 --> 00:26:36,917 knew what they were doing in that cockpit. 594 00:26:37,042 --> 00:26:39,500 So it turns out these guys were not really suspects. 595 00:26:39,625 --> 00:26:41,375 ♪ ♪ 596 00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:44,708 Fishburne: Investigators also believe the culprit knows 597 00:26:44,833 --> 00:26:47,708 how to work the plane's internal systems, 598 00:26:47,875 --> 00:26:49,792 like the transponders. 599 00:26:49,875 --> 00:26:52,417 - There's a passenger on board who might fit the bill. 600 00:26:52,542 --> 00:26:54,833 He's a flight engineer from Switzerland. 601 00:26:54,958 --> 00:26:56,208 ♪ ♪ 602 00:26:56,375 --> 00:27:01,667 The Boeing 777-200 has access to the avionics bay, 603 00:27:01,792 --> 00:27:03,875 which is under the cockpit. 604 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,500 That's in the forward first class cabin. 605 00:27:07,583 --> 00:27:11,208 And it's a small lock to get there. 606 00:27:11,333 --> 00:27:12,833 This is where the flight computers are. 607 00:27:12,958 --> 00:27:14,417 This is where the pressurization 608 00:27:14,542 --> 00:27:15,833 and everything is. 609 00:27:15,917 --> 00:27:17,750 So if you could get access to this room, 610 00:27:17,875 --> 00:27:21,042 you could cause serious harm to an aircraft in flight. 611 00:27:21,208 --> 00:27:23,958 Would a flight engineer know about this? 612 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:26,083 Possibly. 613 00:27:26,208 --> 00:27:29,500 Fishburne: But does the flight engineer have a motive? 614 00:27:29,625 --> 00:27:31,167 - When we look into this person, 615 00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:34,250 we find that he has a clean background. 616 00:27:34,375 --> 00:27:36,708 He works on a completely different type of aircraft. 617 00:27:36,833 --> 00:27:38,708 He works on corporate jets. 618 00:27:38,833 --> 00:27:40,875 He's probably not a suspect. 619 00:27:41,042 --> 00:27:44,750 Fishburne: With no evidence to implicate any passengers, 620 00:27:44,875 --> 00:27:47,625 the search goes cold for three years. 621 00:27:47,708 --> 00:27:49,667 - Remember that proving what happened 622 00:27:49,750 --> 00:27:51,333 is all about the evidence. 623 00:27:51,458 --> 00:27:56,208 And there is none until suddenly something washes up. 624 00:27:56,375 --> 00:27:58,208 - It's 2017, 625 00:27:58,333 --> 00:28:02,333 there's been almost no lead from the MH370. 626 00:28:02,458 --> 00:28:05,500 - But one day, somebody's walking on the beach 627 00:28:05,583 --> 00:28:07,458 and makes an incredible discovery. 628 00:28:07,542 --> 00:28:11,208 Fishburne: Over 6,500 miles from the Malaysian airport, 629 00:28:11,333 --> 00:28:14,292 wreckage appears on several remote islands. 630 00:28:14,375 --> 00:28:15,792 ♪ ♪ 631 00:28:15,875 --> 00:28:19,167 - So now, we finally have some hard evidence 632 00:28:19,333 --> 00:28:22,875 that we could look at that were the pieces of that airplane. 633 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,000 ♪ ♪ 634 00:28:27,792 --> 00:28:29,042 Fishburne: For three years 635 00:28:29,167 --> 00:28:30,583 after Malaysia Flight 370 disappears, 636 00:28:30,708 --> 00:28:34,083 there's no sign of the actual aircraft, 637 00:28:34,208 --> 00:28:36,958 until 2017, 638 00:28:37,042 --> 00:28:40,583 when debris begin to surface. 639 00:28:40,708 --> 00:28:42,667 - So now we're getting some of these chunks 640 00:28:42,792 --> 00:28:45,250 that are washed ashore 641 00:28:45,375 --> 00:28:47,500 over the east coast of Africa, 642 00:28:47,625 --> 00:28:50,167 the Mozambique, and Réunion Island. 643 00:28:50,292 --> 00:28:53,708 Fishburne: In all, 33 pieces are found 644 00:28:53,875 --> 00:28:56,542 in six different countries. 645 00:28:56,708 --> 00:29:00,000 - They even found this big piece. 646 00:29:00,125 --> 00:29:03,792 It's a flaperon unique to the 777 647 00:29:03,875 --> 00:29:07,667 that had a serial number on it that matches MH370. 648 00:29:07,833 --> 00:29:09,833 So it's got to be from that airplane. 649 00:29:09,958 --> 00:29:13,042 Fishburne: The parts also hold an important clue. 650 00:29:13,208 --> 00:29:17,042 - There was some scorch marks on the debris. 651 00:29:17,167 --> 00:29:20,167 And that tells me that there may have been a fire. 652 00:29:20,292 --> 00:29:22,500 [dramatic music] 653 00:29:22,667 --> 00:29:23,958 ♪ ♪ 654 00:29:24,083 --> 00:29:27,333 What we know for sure is that the transponder went off 655 00:29:27,458 --> 00:29:29,708 38 minutes into the flight. 656 00:29:29,833 --> 00:29:33,125 Maybe it is caused by the fire on board. 657 00:29:33,208 --> 00:29:34,792 ♪ ♪ 658 00:29:34,917 --> 00:29:36,583 - Fires happen for a variety of reasons, 659 00:29:36,708 --> 00:29:39,000 electrical, mechanical, 660 00:29:39,083 --> 00:29:40,875 maybe something in the cargo hold, 661 00:29:41,042 --> 00:29:43,042 or something in the cabin. 662 00:29:43,208 --> 00:29:46,667 - MH370 was carrying about 500 pounds 663 00:29:46,833 --> 00:29:50,417 of lithium-ion batteries in the forward cargo hold. 664 00:29:50,542 --> 00:29:51,667 ♪ ♪ 665 00:29:51,792 --> 00:29:53,917 And we know this is more than enough 666 00:29:54,042 --> 00:29:57,000 to possibly bring down an aircraft, 667 00:29:57,083 --> 00:29:58,667 as has happened before. 668 00:29:58,833 --> 00:30:00,833 ♪ ♪ 669 00:30:00,917 --> 00:30:03,250 Fishburne: On September 3, 2010, 670 00:30:03,375 --> 00:30:05,208 UPS Flight 6 takes off 671 00:30:05,375 --> 00:30:07,792 from Dubai International Airport. 672 00:30:07,875 --> 00:30:12,667 - This was a massive 747-400 freighter UPS, 673 00:30:12,750 --> 00:30:14,833 piloted by Captain Lampe 674 00:30:14,917 --> 00:30:17,750 and First Officer Matthew Bell. 675 00:30:17,875 --> 00:30:20,333 - 138 miles into that flight, 676 00:30:20,500 --> 00:30:22,167 the cockpit fills with smoke. 677 00:30:22,250 --> 00:30:23,333 ♪ ♪ 678 00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:25,208 At this point, it's chaos. 679 00:30:25,333 --> 00:30:28,292 It's not smoke like from a campfire. 680 00:30:28,417 --> 00:30:32,333 This is thick smoke, so thick you can't see through it. 681 00:30:32,458 --> 00:30:33,625 They had no chance. 682 00:30:33,708 --> 00:30:35,167 ♪ ♪ 683 00:30:35,292 --> 00:30:38,167 - First Officer Lampe disconnected the autopilot, 684 00:30:38,292 --> 00:30:43,000 perhaps trying to make a quick turn towards Dubai. 685 00:30:43,125 --> 00:30:45,625 And when he did that, he realized 686 00:30:45,708 --> 00:30:48,042 the primary flight control system 687 00:30:48,208 --> 00:30:50,667 had failed because of the fire, 688 00:30:50,750 --> 00:30:53,458 and now he couldn't quite fly it properly. 689 00:30:53,583 --> 00:30:59,000 The captain got out of his seat to get a fire extinguisher, 690 00:30:59,083 --> 00:31:02,417 unfortunately succumbed by the fumes 691 00:31:02,542 --> 00:31:04,333 and smoke and fire immediately. 692 00:31:04,500 --> 00:31:06,292 ♪ ♪ 693 00:31:06,375 --> 00:31:08,417 Bell couldn't see his instruments, 694 00:31:08,542 --> 00:31:11,000 but he was given a heading 695 00:31:11,125 --> 00:31:14,333 towards Dubai Airport, Runway 12 Left. 696 00:31:14,500 --> 00:31:15,500 ♪ ♪ 697 00:31:15,667 --> 00:31:18,000 Sadly, he crashes few miles 698 00:31:18,125 --> 00:31:19,917 on the other side of the runway. 699 00:31:20,042 --> 00:31:21,333 Both pilots were killed. 700 00:31:21,500 --> 00:31:23,167 ♪ ♪ 701 00:31:23,250 --> 00:31:27,167 The subsequent investigation discovered that there was 702 00:31:27,292 --> 00:31:32,292 a pallet with 81,000 lithium-ion batteries 703 00:31:32,417 --> 00:31:33,917 on board that freighter. 704 00:31:34,042 --> 00:31:37,208 Lithium-ion batteries are extremely volatile, 705 00:31:37,375 --> 00:31:39,208 even the ones that you have in your phone, 706 00:31:39,333 --> 00:31:42,542 they have high amount of charge in them, 707 00:31:42,708 --> 00:31:44,125 but very thin walls. 708 00:31:44,208 --> 00:31:46,500 Because of the thin walls on these batteries, 709 00:31:46,583 --> 00:31:50,875 if one of them catches fire, it's very easy to propagate 710 00:31:51,042 --> 00:31:53,875 into the other batteries adjacent to it. 711 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,833 In rare cases, lithium-ion batteries 712 00:31:56,917 --> 00:32:00,833 actually combust, almost like a mini explosion. 713 00:32:00,958 --> 00:32:02,333 ♪ ♪ 714 00:32:02,458 --> 00:32:04,125 Fishburne: The FAA has recorded 715 00:32:04,250 --> 00:32:08,333 340 airplane incidents involving lithium batteries. 716 00:32:08,417 --> 00:32:11,792 In 2019, regulations were put in place 717 00:32:11,875 --> 00:32:13,917 to safeguard passenger planes. 718 00:32:14,042 --> 00:32:17,708 - It is now prohibited to carry lithium-ion batteries 719 00:32:17,875 --> 00:32:19,500 in passenger airliners 720 00:32:19,583 --> 00:32:22,167 and in the cargo compartment of an airliner, 721 00:32:22,333 --> 00:32:25,375 and very limited amount on freighters. 722 00:32:25,500 --> 00:32:29,042 Fishburne: But that was years after pieces of MH370 723 00:32:29,167 --> 00:32:32,250 began to wash up on remote shores. 724 00:32:32,375 --> 00:32:36,917 - So in the case of MH370, you have some charred wreckage, 725 00:32:37,042 --> 00:32:39,417 you also have a large amount of fuel 726 00:32:39,542 --> 00:32:42,292 in the form of lithium batteries on board. 727 00:32:42,375 --> 00:32:45,417 Fishburne: What about the unusual flight path 728 00:32:45,542 --> 00:32:47,333 and erratic maneuvers? 729 00:32:47,458 --> 00:32:49,750 - A lot of people are questioning 730 00:32:49,875 --> 00:32:51,250 that sharp left turn. 731 00:32:51,375 --> 00:32:54,083 That can also be explained by the fire. 732 00:32:54,208 --> 00:32:56,417 We're trained that, in case of a fire, 733 00:32:56,542 --> 00:33:00,500 what you do is you immediately get off the airway. 734 00:33:00,667 --> 00:33:04,292 - And at first, that's what it appears that MH370 does. 735 00:33:04,417 --> 00:33:07,625 - Your next step is to find an airport to land. 736 00:33:07,708 --> 00:33:10,458 Some of these sporadic turns could be possibly 737 00:33:10,542 --> 00:33:12,833 trying to figure out where are they going 738 00:33:12,917 --> 00:33:17,250 to land this airplane as soon as possible? 739 00:33:17,375 --> 00:33:19,583 You have to either put out this fire 740 00:33:19,708 --> 00:33:22,792 or get that airplane on the ground as fast as you can. 741 00:33:22,875 --> 00:33:25,292 ♪ ♪ 742 00:33:25,417 --> 00:33:29,500 Usually, they say it's between 12 to 14 minutes 743 00:33:29,625 --> 00:33:33,417 to get that airplane from altitude down to the ground. 744 00:33:33,542 --> 00:33:38,292 And airplane that is designed to basically glide, 745 00:33:38,375 --> 00:33:43,167 it is very hard to get it on the ground that quickly, 746 00:33:43,292 --> 00:33:46,500 unless if you literally nosedive. 747 00:33:46,667 --> 00:33:49,208 ♪ ♪ 748 00:33:49,375 --> 00:33:52,667 People always ask why there was no Mayday call, 749 00:33:52,792 --> 00:33:55,208 why they didn't call on a radio. 750 00:33:55,333 --> 00:33:59,042 - Well, first of all, the aircraft may not have been 751 00:33:59,167 --> 00:34:02,042 capable at that point of calling for help. 752 00:34:02,167 --> 00:34:04,000 The radios or the communication systems 753 00:34:04,125 --> 00:34:05,750 could have been knocked out. 754 00:34:05,875 --> 00:34:08,333 Additionally, you need to understand 755 00:34:08,458 --> 00:34:12,000 what it's like to fly in a cockpit or a cabin 756 00:34:12,125 --> 00:34:14,500 that is full of dense smoke. 757 00:34:14,625 --> 00:34:18,542 - If your car is on fire or your truck or your boat, 758 00:34:18,708 --> 00:34:20,583 you can step out and jump out. 759 00:34:20,708 --> 00:34:23,542 Unfortunately, you can't do that on an aircraft. 760 00:34:23,667 --> 00:34:26,417 There's no help. Fire department is not coming. 761 00:34:26,542 --> 00:34:28,000 ♪ ♪ 762 00:34:28,125 --> 00:34:29,833 - The crew is on their own. 763 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,333 So what they would be doing 764 00:34:31,458 --> 00:34:33,667 is working to put out the fire. 765 00:34:33,833 --> 00:34:35,458 ♪ ♪ 766 00:34:35,542 --> 00:34:40,042 - 777 has a very sophisticated onboard fire detection 767 00:34:40,167 --> 00:34:42,042 and fire suppression system. 768 00:34:42,208 --> 00:34:44,875 But unfortunately, it was not designed 769 00:34:45,042 --> 00:34:47,458 to fight a lithium-ion battery. 770 00:34:47,583 --> 00:34:48,500 ♪ ♪ 771 00:34:48,583 --> 00:34:51,875 So when there's nothing else to do, 772 00:34:52,042 --> 00:34:55,333 the other choice is to climb the aircraft 773 00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:59,167 and starve the fire of the oxygen. 774 00:34:59,292 --> 00:35:02,250 But the problem with that is the fire needs 775 00:35:02,375 --> 00:35:05,917 oxygen to breathe, and so do the folks in the back. 776 00:35:06,042 --> 00:35:07,458 It's a gamble. 777 00:35:07,583 --> 00:35:09,125 ♪ ♪ 778 00:35:09,250 --> 00:35:11,917 Would the fire run out of oxygen first 779 00:35:12,042 --> 00:35:13,042 or the people? 780 00:35:13,167 --> 00:35:14,375 If you don't climb, 781 00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:16,542 everyone is gonna burn alive. 782 00:35:16,708 --> 00:35:19,375 It's very possible that everybody was dead 783 00:35:19,542 --> 00:35:22,833 long before it crashed into the water. 784 00:35:22,958 --> 00:35:26,333 And perhaps that was the autopilot flying the airplane, 785 00:35:26,458 --> 00:35:30,542 and no one was in control till eventually it runs out of fuel. 786 00:35:30,667 --> 00:35:33,667 Fishburne: But this evidence doesn't close the case 787 00:35:33,833 --> 00:35:36,667 on Malaysia Flight 370. 788 00:35:36,792 --> 00:35:39,167 - We have only a few pieces 789 00:35:39,250 --> 00:35:42,167 of this airplane that weighs almost a million pounds. 790 00:35:42,250 --> 00:35:44,583 So we can make educated guesses, 791 00:35:44,708 --> 00:35:48,125 we can keep digging, we can make assumptions. 792 00:35:48,250 --> 00:35:51,167 But the truth is we don't have an answer. 793 00:35:51,292 --> 00:35:54,208 Fishburne: In fact, some experts are highly skeptical 794 00:35:54,375 --> 00:35:56,875 about this physical evidence. 795 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:58,708 - Some people look at patterns 796 00:35:58,833 --> 00:36:01,083 and the incredible amount of time that passed 797 00:36:01,208 --> 00:36:03,500 before the wreckage washed up, 798 00:36:03,583 --> 00:36:06,375 and they wonder, "Could this evidence have been planted?" 799 00:36:10,208 --> 00:36:13,333 Fishburne: On January 17, 2017, 800 00:36:13,500 --> 00:36:16,625 the official search for Malaysia Flight 370 801 00:36:16,708 --> 00:36:18,167 is suspended. 802 00:36:18,250 --> 00:36:21,833 Despite a sweep of 46,000 square miles 803 00:36:21,958 --> 00:36:24,042 of the Indian Ocean seabed, 804 00:36:24,208 --> 00:36:26,667 the rest of the plane isn't found. 805 00:36:26,792 --> 00:36:29,000 - So the official search, 806 00:36:29,083 --> 00:36:31,708 which took hundreds of millions of dollars 807 00:36:31,833 --> 00:36:35,167 and years to conduct, 808 00:36:35,250 --> 00:36:37,375 came up empty. 809 00:36:37,542 --> 00:36:39,500 Fishburne: According to some theorists, 810 00:36:39,625 --> 00:36:42,167 the search might have been in the wrong area. 811 00:36:42,292 --> 00:36:44,667 - The officials and most of the media 812 00:36:44,792 --> 00:36:46,833 convinced themselves that the satellite data 813 00:36:46,958 --> 00:36:49,833 could only mean one thing, that the plane went south. 814 00:36:49,958 --> 00:36:51,250 But they were wrong. 815 00:36:51,375 --> 00:36:54,417 There's another possible interpretation of the data. 816 00:36:54,542 --> 00:36:56,083 The reason that search officials thought 817 00:36:56,208 --> 00:36:59,333 that the plane must have gone to the southern Indian Ocean 818 00:36:59,500 --> 00:37:02,750 was because of satellite metadata. 819 00:37:02,875 --> 00:37:04,583 [dramatic music] 820 00:37:04,708 --> 00:37:08,458 MH370 remained visible to ground base radar systems 821 00:37:08,583 --> 00:37:11,667 until about 2:30 in the morning. 822 00:37:11,792 --> 00:37:15,167 After that, until 8:19 in the morning, 823 00:37:15,292 --> 00:37:18,958 the only clues are these satellite data pings. 824 00:37:19,042 --> 00:37:21,500 - They're able to calculate the distance of the plane 825 00:37:21,583 --> 00:37:23,583 from the satellite using these pings 826 00:37:23,708 --> 00:37:26,417 and how it travels through time and space. 827 00:37:26,542 --> 00:37:29,500 - The time delay between the satellite sending its signal 828 00:37:29,625 --> 00:37:32,333 and the plane replying allows you to calculate 829 00:37:32,458 --> 00:37:35,000 how far away the plane is from the satellite. 830 00:37:35,167 --> 00:37:38,500 Fishburne: But that only tells you one part of the story. 831 00:37:38,625 --> 00:37:39,833 ♪ ♪ 832 00:37:39,917 --> 00:37:42,333 - The problem with those pings is it's really challenging 833 00:37:42,458 --> 00:37:45,542 to identify where the airplane exactly flew. 834 00:37:45,667 --> 00:37:47,458 In fact, at the time of the crash, 835 00:37:47,583 --> 00:37:49,750 we didn't have the technology to fully analyze 836 00:37:49,875 --> 00:37:52,458 the data that was provided by Inmarsat. 837 00:37:52,583 --> 00:37:54,375 - And then we have an airplane that's on the move. 838 00:37:54,500 --> 00:37:56,208 We don't know how fast it's going, 839 00:37:56,333 --> 00:37:58,375 and we don't know how high it is. 840 00:37:58,500 --> 00:38:01,667 These calculations have to be within milliseconds 841 00:38:01,750 --> 00:38:05,375 or you could be off thousands of miles. 842 00:38:05,542 --> 00:38:07,542 - Once they did their calculations, 843 00:38:07,667 --> 00:38:10,167 they came to the conclusion that this data 844 00:38:10,333 --> 00:38:11,667 meant unequivocally that the plane could 845 00:38:11,833 --> 00:38:15,458 only have gone to the southern Indian Ocean. 846 00:38:15,542 --> 00:38:18,583 Fishburne: But there's another possible route. 847 00:38:18,708 --> 00:38:20,333 ♪ ♪ 848 00:38:20,500 --> 00:38:22,708 - It's taken years to figure out the math here, 849 00:38:22,833 --> 00:38:27,375 but the data also aligns with a northern arc. 850 00:38:27,500 --> 00:38:29,500 Following the northern arc, 851 00:38:29,583 --> 00:38:31,833 the aircraft would have passed through northern Thailand 852 00:38:31,958 --> 00:38:33,417 and then Central Asia. 853 00:38:33,542 --> 00:38:35,917 - If the plane did fly along the northern route, 854 00:38:36,042 --> 00:38:40,625 the final ping puts it over central Kazakhstan. 855 00:38:40,750 --> 00:38:44,250 Fishburne: If MH370 went to Kazakhstan, 856 00:38:44,375 --> 00:38:47,000 it opens up a frightening possibility. 857 00:38:47,125 --> 00:38:52,750 ♪ ♪ 858 00:38:52,875 --> 00:38:56,542 - This theory says that terrorists hijack the aircraft, 859 00:38:56,708 --> 00:38:59,667 take it to Kazakhstan, kill the passengers, 860 00:38:59,750 --> 00:39:02,042 and then they could have refueled 861 00:39:02,208 --> 00:39:06,083 and continued to anywhere within Russia. 862 00:39:06,208 --> 00:39:07,958 - If the plane went north, 863 00:39:08,083 --> 00:39:10,917 it could have landed safely. 864 00:39:11,042 --> 00:39:14,708 It takes a lot of runway to land a big plane like the 777. 865 00:39:14,833 --> 00:39:16,875 And there aren't a lot of long runways 866 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:20,125 in the remote central part of Kazakhstan. 867 00:39:20,250 --> 00:39:24,500 But it turns out that there is a runway not too far away 868 00:39:24,583 --> 00:39:27,833 that is a suitable runway for a 777 to land on. 869 00:39:27,917 --> 00:39:30,667 - The place is called Yubileyniy runway, 870 00:39:30,833 --> 00:39:34,500 and it's part of the former Soviet military base. 871 00:39:34,667 --> 00:39:36,500 Fishburne: The big question is, 872 00:39:36,625 --> 00:39:41,042 did anyone on the plane have ties to Russia? 873 00:39:41,167 --> 00:39:43,833 - In first class, there's a Russian national 874 00:39:43,917 --> 00:39:45,167 named Nikolai Brodskii, 875 00:39:45,292 --> 00:39:50,083 and he's sitting about 15 feet from an unlocked hatch, 876 00:39:50,208 --> 00:39:52,750 which contains the electronic brain 877 00:39:52,875 --> 00:39:56,125 that controls all of the flight surfaces of the plane 878 00:39:56,250 --> 00:39:58,583 and all the communications with the ground. 879 00:39:58,708 --> 00:40:03,750 And in economy class, you have two Soviet Army veterans 880 00:40:03,875 --> 00:40:07,750 sitting directly under the box that makes the satellite ping. 881 00:40:07,875 --> 00:40:10,333 It's entirely possible that somebody took control 882 00:40:10,458 --> 00:40:13,042 of the plane, killed everyone on board, 883 00:40:13,167 --> 00:40:15,917 flew off into perfect safety, 884 00:40:16,042 --> 00:40:19,458 refueled, went and hid the plane somewhere, 885 00:40:19,542 --> 00:40:21,625 and got away scot-free. 886 00:40:21,708 --> 00:40:25,583 Fishburne: But if MH370 didn't crash, 887 00:40:25,708 --> 00:40:27,833 where did the debris come from? 888 00:40:27,958 --> 00:40:31,042 - Some theorists say pieces were taken off the aircraft, 889 00:40:31,208 --> 00:40:35,667 thrown into the Indian Ocean to throw off investigators. 890 00:40:35,792 --> 00:40:37,667 - The idea that these pieces might have been planted 891 00:40:37,792 --> 00:40:42,958 by perpetrators would explain why no debris was spotted 892 00:40:43,042 --> 00:40:45,000 from the aerial searches over the area 893 00:40:45,167 --> 00:40:47,833 where the plane was presumed to be missing for months. 894 00:40:47,917 --> 00:40:52,083 Was MH370 an accident or was it a crime? 895 00:40:52,208 --> 00:40:53,125 A perfect crime. 896 00:40:53,250 --> 00:40:57,292 ♪ ♪ 897 00:40:57,417 --> 00:40:58,667 Fishburne: Despite the end 898 00:40:58,792 --> 00:41:01,417 of the official investigation in 2018, 899 00:41:01,542 --> 00:41:04,333 there remain countless private citizens 900 00:41:04,458 --> 00:41:06,958 dedicated to solving this mystery. 901 00:41:07,042 --> 00:41:10,542 Around the world, scientists, journalists, nonprofits, 902 00:41:10,667 --> 00:41:12,333 even major corporations 903 00:41:12,458 --> 00:41:14,250 continue to hunt for answers 904 00:41:14,375 --> 00:41:16,083 about what really happened 905 00:41:16,208 --> 00:41:17,792 to Malaysia Flight 370, 906 00:41:17,875 --> 00:41:20,625 answers that will hopefully bring closure 907 00:41:20,750 --> 00:41:23,625 to the families of those on board. 908 00:41:23,708 --> 00:41:25,125 I'm Laurence Fishburne. 909 00:41:25,208 --> 00:41:26,417 Thank you for watching 910 00:41:26,542 --> 00:41:29,667 "History's Greatest Mysteries." 911 00:41:29,792 --> 00:41:33,833 ♪ ♪ 69622

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