S1E1: The plane that vanished into thin air: The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia

The Unsolved Mysteries of South-East Asia: Best of ST's Asian Insider

Synopsis: In this special series, The Straits Times dives into some of the greatest unsolved mysteries in South-east Asia, and examines the underlying issues that they exposed.
In this episode, we revisit the mystery of Malaysian flight MH370, the plane that vanished into thin air on 8 March, 2014.
ST's Malaysia correspondent Hazlin Hassan narrates and also speaks with the following guests - French journalist Florence De Changy, who has written her book called The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of MH370, ST's Malaysia bureau chief Shannon Teoh.
She also interviews the husband of a passenger on board MH370 - management consultant K.S. Narendran and Dr Joel Low, a clinical psychologist.
Highlights (click/tap above): (Headphones recommended)
02:05 Recap on what happened to flight MH370 eight years on

05:55 Crash location: What data and debris washing ashore in six different countries point to

07:55 Theory #1: British retiree Richard Godfrey predicts where the plane crashed
08:43 Theory #2: French journalist Florence De Changy believes that the plane was shot down from above the South China Sea
15:45 ST Malaysia bureau chief Shannon Teoh explains how the information gap has dogged investigations from the very start
20:07 One family member of a MH370 passenger finds catharsis writing about his personal ordeal
22:40 Why alternative theories and wild speculation still proliferate as people struggle to find ways to cope in the aftermath of disaster

Check out ST's interactive special on MH370 at str.sg/mh370

Produced by: Tan Jia Ning ([e-mail]), Hazlin Hassan ([e-mail]), Magdalene Fung ([e-mail]), Ernest Luis and Teo Tong Kai

Edited by: Teo Tong Kai

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1. Recap on MH370 (00:02:05)

2. Evidence pointing towards the crash site (00:05:55)

3. Theory #1: Plane crashed (00:07:54)

4. Theory #2: Plane was shot down (00:08:43)

5. Information gap that dogged investigations (00:15:44)

6. Finding catharsis writing about the ordeal (00:20:07)

7. How theories and speculations proliferate (00:22:40)