Questions everybody is dying to know. I am also stumped by this mystery. Back in July 6, 2013, when an Asiana Airlines flight 214, also a Boeing 777-200ER, crash landed at San Francisco, I had an idea of what happened. I was coming home that day from Japanese school and I got a call from my dad sometime around 3:30 pm and told me there was an airplane crash at San Francisco. As a frequent traveler, especially to San Francisco (my dad's side of the family), I knew almost every little thing about the airport and the land around it. I know the approach by heart and seen multiple views of 28R/L and 19R/L approach. As soon as I got home, I turned on CNN and saw a horrific live streaming of a burning Boeing 772 beside runway 28L. The weather was fine and saw the damages to the aircraft. Seeing most of the fuselage intact, it seemed like a crash that wasn't bad in terms of other airplane crashes of similar size airplanes. The tail was missing and the Rolls-Royce engines were missing. Later that day, there were speculations and I thought the airplane did not come in at a normal speed. I learned this from early experiences on my flight simulator (I did make terrible mistakes). Many "aviation experts" came on the national news and gave their two cents. Everybody speculates. Even the investigators speculate even though they are told not to.
Just over eight months after OS214, MH370 occurs. Yet again, I heard the news on a Saturday(March 8,2014). The first news I saw was that a Malaysia Airlines plane had 'lost contact' with controllers. My first thought: Northwest Airlines flight 188. That airplane also lost contact but had reestablished it over an hour after it lost contact. I kept refreshing multiple pages to see it there were any new information. Next: Malaysia Airlines says it was a Boeing 777-200. I thought, "Could it be like AF447?What in the world is happening and how do you lose such a massive, technologically advanced airplane?!" I could not think of what happened other than mechanical failure and some type of terrorism. Very little information was given to the public.
Fast forward to April 3, 2014. There 14 aircrafts dedicated to finding MH370 reg[9M-MRO]. They will be searching roughly 83,800 square miles. Look at the size of the Indian Ocean. Also, the investigators aren't even sure if the plane disappeared in the spot they are searching! Finding the airplane in next to impossible. With the assist of two dozen ships and autonomous underwater vehicles, remotely operating vehicle, and a towed pinger locator, there is a sliver of hope.
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