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This image shows the intended travel route from flight MH370 and how little of the route went over open waters in comparison to dry land.  This is mostly hard evidence so it is hard to relate some of the course to this by finding red flags or reasons for belief. Its certainly a slight bit of confirmation bias as it only displays very few facts, all of which to do with the flights path. Also I found it interesting that they decided to mention that 2 infants were on board the plane. This could relate to confirmation bias or confusion of correlation with causation possibly.

Some errors in the evidence presented is that the photos says the plane took off at 12:41 am when it was 12:42 and it says it lost contact with air traffic control at 2:40 am when really it was a ground-to-aircraft telephone call, through the aircraft's satellite link, going unanswered at 2:39.

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This image marks the presumed flight path based on radar data. The solid red line is data taken from the Malaysian radar, while the blue lines are taken from military radar from other countries. The issue with the military radar is that the actual aircraft is unknown. The radar just shows a point and is unable to provide any other vital information like aircraft type or flight number. The other issue with the radar data provided by these other countries is that they would not allow a third party to confirm their information in fear that it would expose their military secrets.

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These two images were taken by a satellite just days after MH370 disappeared. These images were believed to be two possible section of the plane based on their relative size. This an example of patternicity as these turned out to not be parts of MH370. These turned out to just be blurring images of larges waves in the ocean at the time.

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This video discusses details about a piece of wreckage recently found believed to be from MH370. Many of the previously found wreckage has been confirmed from the serial numbers stamped during production however this part has been severely burned making any complete confirmation of this part very unlikely. This is an example of simplicity as there is no proof that this belongs to the missing flight. However because it was found coast line believed to be where these pieces of wreckage are found it is immediately suspected of being from MH370.

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Channel 7 Perth's report on Blaine Gibson's new debris find from Madagascar that could help solve aviation's greatest mystery.

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The following video provides 10 theories about what happened to flight MH370. While the author of this video does a good job at presenting these theories he fails to provide enough (or any) evidence to prove them. This is a good example of red herring. The author provides a theory and an explanation, however instead of providing proof or evidence he instead leads right into the next theory hoping to distract you from the previous one.

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From the pilot committing suicide mid-flight to aliens and a second "Asian" Bermuda triangle engulfing the plane. We take a look through 10 of the most popular theories about missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. Click Here To Subscribe!

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This article consists of six different theories people have about what could have happened to the Malaysia airplane. This article also has video's within it that help to describe some of the theories. This article relates to the reason for belief Perception/Observation, there is not much concrete evidence as to what happened to the plane but there are puzzle pieces here and there. Everyone can take those puzzle pieces and put them together however they perceive or observe them. This also relates to the red flag Red Herring, a lot of these theories start with one piece of concrete evidence and move on to expand and distract. These are all theories and there is no proof that any of them are what actually happened.

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The co-pilot and pilot of the Malaysian plane MH370

"The story is in stasis, and that's where it's likely to stay, probably for ever," said David Learmount, the operations and safety editor for the aviation website Flightglobal said at the time. "Getting used to that idea is the difficult bit."

Mr Learmount, a former Royal Air Force pilot, added: "One day, perhaps, some seat cushions will wash up on Australia's western coast or Antarctica's shore, but that won't help us find the wreck. I said in the beginning that we're unlikely ever to find the aircraft and that remains true."

Still, that hasn't stopped theories - often supported by not even the thinnest shred of solid evidence - from spreading.

There are more than 94,000 videos related to such theories on YouTube, many of which have been viewed tens or even hundreds of thousands of times.

Here are some of the most widely circulated theories:

1. Shot down

According to this theory, Flight 370 could have been shot down during a joint military exercise between the United States and Thailand in the South China Sea.

The theory is advanced in a book called Flight MH370: The Mystery by Nigel Cawthorne, a UK-based writer. The book describes the plane's disappearance as "the greatest mystery since the Mary Celeste" but suggests one possible explanation could be an accidental shoot-down.

"The drill was to involve mock warfare on land, in water and in the air, and would include live-fire exercises," Mr Cawthorne writes.

Relatives of those on board MH370 have criticised the book as premature and insensitive.

2. Terrorist hijacking

With the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington approaching, conspiracy theorists have turned much of their focus to what some have dubbed the "9/11/14" theory.

This theory, again utterly devoid of proof but nonetheless widely circulated on the internet, suggests that Flight 370 did not crash but is in fact being prepared for use in a terrorist spectacular that will coincide with anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Among those throwing his weight behind this theory is Christopher Green from a group called "Alternative Media Television (AMTV)".

In one YouTube video, which has been viewed nearly 320,000 times, he suggest terrorists or even a rogue state might have hijacked Flight 370 and could now be "retrofitting this plane, arming it with a nuclear bomb for a later attack that could literally destroy and blow up an entire American city".

Mr Green accuses the media of being complicit "in the largest conspiracy that we have ever seen - the largest flight conspiracy since the September 11 terrorist attack."

3. Plane switch

The "plane switch" is among the most outlandish theories to have surfaced.

One of its main backers is Jim Stone, a self-described "independent journalist" whose website carries the motto: "Truth is reality, which lies and inventions fall to in the end."

Mr Stone proposes the theory that it was Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and not Flight 17 that was shot down over the Ukraine in July last year. He offers little in the way of explanation about who might benefit from switching the planes, or how they might have achieved it. Nor does he say what happened to the real MH17.

Nevertheless, he argues: "Flight 370 had to be gotten rid of, and people disposed of."

Somewhat confusingly, Mr Stone argues that the downed plane - which he refers to as MH17/370 - was actually shot down as part of a Mossad plot to hide "the dirty business" going on in Gaza.

Mr Stone also claims to have received "additional information" to suggest the recent plane crash which killed Eduardo Campos, the Brazilian presidential candidate, was "murder".

"They nailed both engines because the plane could fly with only one," he claims, again without real evidence.

4. Island landing

In the days and weeks following the plane's disappearance one of the most commonly heard conspiracy theories was that it had landed on Diego Garcia, the British-owned island in the Indian Ocean that is home to a major US military base.

The theory gained so much traction that US officials were forced to deny it.

"There was no indication that MH370 flew anywhere near the Maldives or Diego Garcia. MH370 did not land in Diego Garcia," an official from the US embassy in Malaysia told that country's The Star newspaper.

Even so, that theory has not entirely gone away, not least in China home to 153 of Flight 370's passengers and many of the most vocal conspiracy theorists.

He Xin, a Chinese blogger, continues to insist that the MH370 mystery was the result of a CIA special operation to gain control of some "special person" or "special object" on the plane.

Mr He claims the plane was forced to land at Diego Garcia, which explains why relatives believed the mobile phones of their loved ones were still ringing in the hours following the plane's disappearance.

There, MH370 was dismantled inside an aircraft hanger before being burned and dumped in the sea, Mr He argues. Like others, he offers no proof.

5. The unknown 'weapon'

Mike Adams, a veteran conspiracy theorist who runs a website called the Natural News, is known for his bizarre and often ludicrous articles.

"There are some astonishing things you're not being told about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370," he wrote less than 48 hours after the disaster.

His explanation for how MH370 "utterly and inexplicably vanished"? Not a hijacking nor a mid-air explosion but possibly the work of "some entirely new, mysterious and powerful force" capable of plucking "airplanes out of the sky without leaving behind even a shred of evidence".

"If there does exist a weapon with such capabilities, whoever controls it already has the ability to dominate all of Earth's nations with a fearsome military weapon of unimaginable power," Mr Adams wrote.

"That thought is a lot more scary than the idea of an aircraft suffering a fatal mechanical failure."

6. And finally... reality check

Despite all those theories, the reality is certainly more mundane, says Mr Learmount, the aviation expert. He is convinced that whatever happened to the plane was "a deliberate act by someone on board, probably the captain".

"I know people - especially journalists - would like this weird event to have more in common with Star Wars, but actually it was probably a carefully planned suicide and revenge attack," he said.

"But will we ever be able to prove that? No."

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MH370: Six 'theories' why plane vanished

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The co-pilot and pilot of the Malaysian plane MH370 "The story is in stasis, and that's where it's likely to stay, probably for ever," said David Learmount, the operations and safety editor for the aviation website Flightglobal said at the time. "Getting used to that idea is the difficult bit."

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This article and video attached describe briefly what happened from start to finish with the Malaysia Flight 370. It goes over what they know from the night of the incident to everything they have found to where we are with the search today. One reason for belief with this article is Unexplained, although this article goes through everything that is 'known' there is still so much information that is unknown. Even with the information that is known there is still not enough to figure out where the plane is. Which leads me to one of the red flags, Conformation Bias. Conformation Bias is that we remember events that coincide with our belief's but don't want to notice things that don't. There is reason to believe that the plane is somewhere to be found and there is reason to believe that it is not however people who believe on way may not necessarily see the other side and vice versa.

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The search for the plane eventually focused on a 120,000 sq km area of seabed about 2,000km off the coast of Perth in the southern Indian Ocean. It has now been suspended with no trace of the aircraft found there, and is likely to remain the world's greatest aviation mystery.

00:41, 8 March 2014 (16:41 GMT, 7 March): Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport and was due to arrive in Beijing at 06:30 (22:30 GMT).

Malaysia Airlines says the plane lost contact less than an hour after take-off. No distress signal or message was sent.

A few minutes later, the plane's transponder, which communicates with ground radar, was shut down as the aircraft crossed from Malaysian air traffic control into Vietnamese airspace over the South China Sea.

In maps accompanying its 1 May report, the Malaysian government revised the time to be 02:22 and put the position further west.

08:19: However, there is some evidence of a further "partial handshake" at this time between the plane and a ground station. This was a request from the aircraft to log on. Investigators say this is consistent with the plane's satellite communication equipment powering up after an outage - such as after an interruption to its electrical supply.

The search

The plane's planned route would have taken it north-eastwards, over Cambodia and Vietnam, and the initial search focused on the South China Sea, south of Vietnam's Ca Mau peninsula.

After MH370's last communication with a satellite was disclosed, a week after the plane's disappearance, the search was expanded dramatically to nearly three million square miles - about 1.5% of the surface of the Earth.

However, from 16 March, tracking data released by the Malaysian authorities appeared to confirm that the plane crashed in the Indian Ocean, south west of Australia, with possible locations refined following further satellite analysis.

Nothing was found and it was only in December 2015 that Australian officials said they had refined the search area and were confident they were looking in the right area for the plane.

In the end, an Australian-led search using underwater drones and sonar equipment deployed from specialist ships loaned by various nations combed a vast 120,000km area of the Southern Indian Ocean - but turned up nothing.

Experts identified a new area of approximately 25,000 sq km to the north of the current search area that had the "highest probability" of containing the wreckage. This was the last area the plane could possibly be located, given current evidence, the report said.

But Australia ruled out continuing the search beyond its scheduled end.

Debris discovered

Although the underwater search turned up nothing, it was along a coastline thousands of miles away that clues began to wash up on beaches.

However, officials said this did not affect their search plans, as the debris had been carried to Reunion by ocean currents.

It was the first of more than 20 pieces of possible debris found by members of the public, on the African coast and islands in the Indian Ocean.

It was a significant finding that helped investigators say with more certainty that the flight most likely made a rapid and uncontrolled descent into the Indian Ocean.

So some bereaved families of those on board the flight are determined to keep the hunt for these clues going.

Who was on board?

The 12 crew members were all Malaysian, led by pilots Captain Zaharie Ahmed Shah, 53, and 27-year-old co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid.

There were 227 passengers, including 153 Chinese and 38 Malaysians, according to the manifest. Seven were children.

Other passengers came from Iran, the US, Canada, Indonesia, Australia, India, France, New Zealand, Ukraine, Russia, Taiwan and the Netherlands.

Two Iranian men were found to be travelling on false passports. But further investigation revealed 19-year-old Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad and Delavar Seyed Mohammadreza, 29, were headed for Europe via Beijing, and had no apparent links to terrorist groups.

Among the Chinese nationals was a delegation of 19 prominent artists, who had attended an exhibition in Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysia Airlines said there were four passengers who checked in for the flight but did not show up at the airport.

The family members of those on board were informed in person, by phone and by text message on 24 March that the plane had been lost.

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Missing Malaysia plane MH370: What we know

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What do we know about what happened to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane?

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I found this video to be very interesting as it shows how much your judgement is skewed when hypoxia occurs. Hypoxia is caused when there is low oxygen levels and it directly effects your brain and how you function, similar to being intoxicated. One of the theories that I read about was that the pilot and co-pilot experienced hypoxia which skewed their judgement. They make rash decisions that they thought made sense but in reality they did not at all. This video and theory relates to the reason for belief Simplicity, when it comes to airplanes hypoxia is a very commonly known occurrence. Not that it happens all of the time but it is a simple explanation as to the rash decisions that were made on that flight.

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Pilot Declares Emergency Because Of Extreme Hypoxia

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During hypobaric chamber, or altitude chamber training, #14 displayed symptoms of hypoxia, after exceeding his time of useful consciousness (TUC).

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This is a very recent article about the Malaysia Flight 370 and it is talking about how they will no longer be looking for the airplane. This can relate to the red flag Appeal to Authority, the government has stated that they are calling off the search for the plane after 3 years of searching. The government is in power and all the people who were helping to search for this plane have to obey what they have been told. There are most definitely still people out there that are going to continue the search however it will not be nearly as big as the search has been over the past few years. This can also relate to the reason for belief Emotional Connection, the majority of people continuing the search will be loved ones and family members of the people on that plane. They will continue to search for their loved ones because they simply want answers and that emotional connection is strong.

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CANBERRA, Australia -- The Australian government minister in charge of the suspended seabed search for a Malaysia Airlines jet told victims' families and friends at an anniversary church service Wednesday he remained hopeful that Flight 370 would be found.

"While to date we have been unsuccessful, we remain hopeful that at some stage in the future, there will be a breakthrough, the aircraft will be found, and we will be able to answer more of your questions," said Darren Chester, minister for infrastructure and transport.

The Malaysian government said that although Australia, Malaysia and China in January suspended the sonar search for the airliner after a sweep of 46,000 square miles of the Indian Ocean, "We remain ever hopeful that we will be able to find the answers we seek when the credible evidence becomes available."

Chester and Angus Houston, the former Australian defense chief who coordinated the early months of the search efforts, were among around 100 who attended the private ceremony at St. John's Anglican Cathedral in the east city of Brisbane to mark the third anniversary of the mysterious tragedy.

Several victims and relatives of the 239 passengers and crew aboard the Boeing 777, which flew far off course during a flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing on March 8, 2014, live in or near Brisbane.

Chester told the congregation, which included families of New Zealand victim Paul Weeks and Australians Robert and Catherine Lawton and Rodney and Mary Burrows, that searchers had tried their best to end the uncertainty surrounding the crash. He also said a memorial to the lost passengers and crew would be erected in the west coast city of Perth, which had been a base for Indian Ocean air and sea search crews.

Chester said before the service that he understood the frustration that many would feel on the anniversary of the tragedy that there was no longer an active search for the crash site.

Jeanette Maguire, sister of passenger Catherine Lawton, said the relatives appreciated that the Australian government had invited them to such a memorial service.

"The government didn't have to do that and it was very special that they wanted to do something to ensure our families didn't feel forgotten," Maguire said.

Chester declined to comment on a suggestion by some relatives of raising funds to continue a private search of the ocean floor.

"I'm not going to offer advice to those who want to fund-raise privately to extend the search, but from the Australians government's perspective, the search remains suspended," Chester told The Associated Press.

In Beijing, around 20 Chinese family members of Flight 370 passengers visited the Chinese foreign ministry Wednesday to petition the government to continue the search for the missing aircraft. The Reuters news agency reports.

Australia's prime minister at the time of the tragedy, Tony Abbott, said in a newspaper interview last month that areas north and south of the searched zone should also be examined.

"When you've got nearly 240 people missing, the greatest mystery of modern times, as long as there is any reasonable prospective place to search, you just keep searching," Abbott told New Corp. Australia.

Abbott, who remains a government lawmaker, said the most plausible scenario was that a pilot had deliberately crashed the plane. A pilot could have flown the plane farther south than the area searched, Abbott said. Abbott had not responded by Wednesday to a request for comment.

A lawsuit filed in the United States last week on behalf of the families of 44 people on board Flight 370 alleges a series of catastrophic electrical and other failures may have led to the crash.

The lawsuit, filed Friday against Boeing in U.S. District Court in South Carolina, names seven malfunctions, from an electrical fire to depressurization of the plane's cabin, that could have led to the crew losing consciousness, the plane's transponder stopping its transmission and the plane flying undetected until it crashed after running out of fuel.

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Mystery of Flight 370 as deep as ever, three years later

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CANBERRA, Australia -- The Australian government minister in charge of the suspended seabed search for a Malaysia Airlines jet told victims' families and friends at an anniversary church service Wednesday he remained hopeful that Flight 370 would be found.

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By: Dominique Welling & Mike Davies & Andrew Stevens