How could a Boeing 777, the world’s largest twin jet, measuring 63.7 meters in length and 300 tons in weight seemingly vanish into thin air?  This is the question that has captivated the world for the past month.

On the morning of March 8, flight MH370 departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport with 239 passengers aboard.  The commercial airliner was scheduled to land in Beijing Capital International Airport at 6:30 local time, but after climbing to its assigned cruise altitude of 35,000 feet all communications ceased.  The final words from the cockpit were “good night Malaysian three-seven-zero”.

Since then, the largest reported search and rescue effort in history has ensued as officials are searching in the Gulf of Thailand, South China Sea, the Andaman Sea, and now the Indian Ocean.  The flight, initially traveling east to China, suddenly changed its course and began to head west back across the Malay Peninsula flying on for seven hours until the control tower lost all signals.

“I cannot believe that after almost a month no trace of this flight has been found.  I do not think they will ever recover the wreckage” remarked VHS sophomore Kevin White.  Obviously, thirty days since the jet went missing most people have a pessimistic view on the situation.  However, the family and friends of the loved ones aboard MH370 will not give up hope until definitive proof is uncovered.

“This story could make a movie, it is almost like a real life Lost” said VHS senior Tyler Bruso.  Because there has yet to be any sign of debris or wreckage some people have theories of their own surrounding flight MH370.  One theory is that the Boeing was hijacked in the air and then flown somewhere into the Middle East to provide services for terrorist groups.  Among the passengers on board were two Iranian men possessing stolen passports, but background checks have been conducted and the two men have no connection to terrorism.  All of these unanswered questions have left everyone constructing their own theories regarding the fate of MH370.

CNN reported that on March 24,Malaysian Prime Minster Najib Razak said, “The last known position of the flight was in the middle of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth.  This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites.” Scientists, taking into consideration every last detail, have created many estimated routes all highlighting the southern part of the Indian Ocean off the coast of Australia.  Ultimately, the consensus is that the flight will never be found, and as a result Malaysian Airlines has announced flight MH370 is assumed lost with no survivors.