Shortly after midnight on 8 March 2014, a Boeing 777 heaved into the air from Kuala Lumpur and climbed steadily to its assigned cruising altitude of 35,000ft. After being instructed to switch frequencies to Vietnamese air traffic control, the pilot replied in the polite but methodical manner that is common in radio calls: “Good night, Malaysian three seven zero.” It was the last message that would ever be received from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
A decade has passed since the plane veered wildly off course during a routine flight to Beijing and disappeared but, despite one of the largest and most expensive multinational searches in history, one of aviation’s greatest mysteries remains unsolved.
