Satellites can track any phone conversation or message that any phone around the world makes. Hackers can access a computer from the other side of the globe, agencies can operate drones from another country but somehow, despite the baffling technological advances of our century, it is still possible for a plane to completely vanish.
On Monday the Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, reported that the missing plane that has been the talk and mystery of the past 10 days, had crashed into the Indian Ocean. The Boeing 777-200, that was scheduled to do a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, went mysteriously missing with 239 passengers on board. It has been more than two weeks that the families of the passengers aboard the plane have been in a state of anguish; not knowing what happened to their relatives and friends, and despite Monday's announcement, this is unlikely to give them any closure.
The information about the latest location of the plane was provided by satellite data of the British company Inmarsat, which showed that the last recorded position of the plane was west of Perth (Australia), in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Despite the fact that the reason why the plane veered from its original route and what happened to it remains unresolved, the airline company told the families of the passengers that they should "assume beyond any reasonable doubt" that there were no survivors.
After Razak's announcement, the Deputy Foreign Minister of China, Xie Hangsheng, demanded that Malaysia cooperate with them and hand over all the information concerning the satellite analysis that shows why such conclusions have been drawn. This event has certainly put a strain on the relationship between Beijing and Kuala Lumpur, considering the lack of communication and clarity between the Malaysia Airlines and the families of the victims when the plane went missing.
When the company later decided to announce on Monday the latest news, they informed the families that they had lost their loved ones via a SMS. Chinese protesters stormed into the Malaysian embassy in Beijing, demanding to meet the ambassador and claiming that the Malaysian government had "cheated on us.” A lot of controversy surrounding this event remains, especially as the wreckage has yet to be found, but one thing is for sure; a group representing the families of the victims has stated that they will go after all of those responsible for this horrific tragedy.
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Satellites can track any phone conversation or message that any phone around the world makes. Hackers can access a computer from the other side of the globe, agencies can operate drones from another country but somehow, despite the baffling technological advances of our century, it is still possible for a plane to completely vanish.
On Monday the Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, reported that the missing plane that has been the talk and mystery of the past 10 days, had crashed into the Indian Ocean. The Boeing 777-200, that was scheduled to do a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, went mysteriously missing with 239 passengers on board. It has been more than two weeks that the families of the passengers aboard the plane have been in a state of anguish; not knowing what happened to their relatives and friends, and despite Monday's announcement, this is unlikely to give them any closure.
The information about the latest location of the plane was provided by satellite data of the British company Inmarsat, which showed that the last recorded position of the plane was west of Perth (Australia), in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Despite the fact that the reason why the plane veered from its original route and what happened to it remains unresolved, the airline company told the families of the passengers that they should "assume beyond any reasonable doubt" that there were no survivors.
After Razak's announcement, the Deputy Foreign Minister of China, Xie Hangsheng, demanded that Malaysia cooperate with them and hand over all the information concerning the satellite analysis that shows why such conclusions have been drawn. This event has certainly put a strain on the relationship between Beijing and Kuala Lumpur, considering the lack of communication and clarity between the Malaysia Airlines and the families of the victims when the plane went missing.
When the company later decided to announce on Monday the latest news, they informed the families that they had lost their loved ones via a SMS. Chinese protesters stormed into the Malaysian embassy in Beijing, demanding to meet the ambassador and claiming that the Malaysian government had "cheated on us.” A lot of controversy surrounding this event remains, especially as the wreckage has yet to be found, but one thing is for sure; a group representing the families of the victims has stated that they will go after all of those responsible for this horrific tragedy.
