Some took photos of the aircraft parked at its gate in Kuala Lumpur ahead of departure. These usually prosaic shots take on a ghostly quality in this context.
A routine flight, operated by a trusted flag carrier.
Communications registered nothing out of the ordinary — transcripts reveal ordinary chatter until that final handoff: “Good Night Malaysian Three Seven Zero.”
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2014 was a grim banner year for aviation disasters and, by a cruel twist of fate, Malaysia Airlines was at the heart of the two most publicized. It may be a long shot, but for the benefit of all those involved, hopes are pinned on definitively closing the book on the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
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