The Reboot [S1Ep4]

A week after MH370 vanished, the Malaysian Prime Minister announced that a satellite communications company called Inmarsat had recorded transmissions from the plane for another six hours after it disappeared from military radar in the Strait of Malacca. That meant that it could have flown for another 3000 miles! But where did it go? In today's episode I discuss some of the reasons why MH370 probably wasn't a "ghost flight" that flew on autopilot after its flight crew became incapacitated, and I revisit the much-talked-about footage that appears to show UFOs circling and abducting an airplane.

And finally, I address one of the most frequently asked questions about the Netflix documentary: why the show gave short shrift to the woman who says she found MH370's wreckage by looking at Tomnod data.

This episode is a re-mastered version of the fourth video I made with Andy Tarnoff in 2023 for the Deep Dive: MH370 podcast, which breaks down step by step the disappearance of the plane and the subsequent investigation to find it.

I'd like to thank Keelie for her continued help with research, and offer my special thanks to new YouTube members Karl Erickson, David Franklin and Fran Sanfrisco and to paid show page subscribers Sarah Yanagi, Robert Orton and Mikko Nurmi. Your support means so much to me!

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[mayarodriguezsrensen]

What I most appreciate about your coverage of this case is the way you approach it. (I call it a "case" probably because I'm an attorney and it feels like a "case" to me.) You approach it in a scientific way where you question every aspect of every theory, including your own. This is not something I've seen anyone positing the pilot suicide theory do. I've read William Langewiesche's Atlantic article and listened to his interviews and I find him so convincing and credible. Yet I'm uncomfortable with how certain he is that this happened in a specific way and that is the only way it could happen. Larry Vance is the same way in his book, which I also enjoyed. I think the scientific method is the only way to get to the truth of this. I'm not a scientist, but my understanding of the scientific method is constantly testing and retesting theories across time and space and being open to disproving your own theory. You're the only one I see doing that with MH370.

[X_x]

Never forget that Ashton published an interview in which he interviews a woman who claims to see inside the cockpit of MH370 as it flies over and that she can see fire inside the cockpit. This is the same person who claims MH370 disappeared into an alien generated black hole.

[AndrewJarvis-hncc]

Jeff, shouldn't you avoid using the word " accident" in connection with MH370?

[justin]

I still have no idea who else was a passenger, other than that Russian businessman. No info on the Chinese passengers. I had asked in the previous season if anyone else on that plane might have had a knowledge of flying.

[hhazelhoff]

It could not of flown anywhere in the world undetected. It clearly stayed out of radar coverage as much as possible.

[Timbo]

Jeff, re the Ghost flight scenario. This could be a hypoxic ghost flight. It has all the classic signs. Namely, uncontrolled flight to fuel exhaustion. The major difference this time is that the autopilot is off, so the aircraft doesn’t follow any predictable route. Yes, the still conscious pilots made the first positive turn before becoming incapacitated. All subsequent turns are meandering, lazy turns. For example, the Penang turn is a gentle 8degs bank, no normal autopilot turn.

Rupturing O2 bottles in the left side of the avionics bay can cause ALL the known events. Loss of transponder, Comms, satcom, autopilot and an insidious decompression.

You’re right to use the word ACCIDENT.

[hhazelhoff]

Let’s assume it ran out of gas at cruise altitude, and it crashed into the ocean. How much of the plane would actually be left to tell the story. Would the cockpit survive this catastrophic event enough so we could at least see the throttle settings, and transponder display buttons. Does anyone know. Or would it all just be in pieces

[AdnanKhanFrank]

@Jeff *Do you miss talking with Mr. TurnOff? If yes, then well, good luck* 😊