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  • Bermuda Triangle, Malaysia Air: Connected or Hoax?

    Approximately seven days ago, Malaysian Flight 370 disappeared after taking off from Kuala Lumpur. Today, planes and boats are still searching the seas around the Gulf of Thailand to try to find any clue as to what happened to the aircraft.

    Many theories have come to the surface, but most recently one has been at the top of the list: the Bermuda Triangle.

    The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil’s Triangle, has been a controversial topic of conversation since 1950 when allegations of unusual disappearances began with Edward Van Winkle Jones publishing an article in The Miami Herald.

    Although researches have argued that no more ships and planes have been lost in that area than any other part of the ocean, the mystery remains, manufactured or no.

    Now, 64 years later, the region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean is being speculated about again.

    According to Yahoo News, some have speculated that Flight 370 disappeared over a patch of ocean that is on the exact opposite part of the globe from the Bermuda Triangle. This is spooky … until you look at a globe and realize that is not true.

    So, why the continued connection to the Triangle? Perhaps it is because a few days ago a Malaysian politician tweeted: “New Bermuda Triangle detected in Vietnam waters, well-equipped sophisticated devices are of no use!”

    Although he later apologized, the rumor was already flooding social network sites.

    On Facebook if you click on a link that reads “Malaysian Airline Found” it takes you to a page called Caught on Camera. In order to even see the “revealing” video on the site, you have to share the link, therefore it spreads like wildfire. For the users who are a bit more savvy and who try to close the link, another window pops up that reads “Please click image above and share us on Facebook to close.”

    Another Facebook video post claims that Flight 370 has been found in the Bermuda Triangle with all 239 passengers still alive. However, there is no video footage. The message is a scam to trick users into promoting bogus online surveys.

    Other speculation to the disappearance of the Malaysian flight have circled around alien involvement, a Snowden conspiracy, hijacking, and the Illuminati.

    Until Flight 370 is found – and that could take years – supernatural and conspiracy theories will most likely continue. But, at some point, reason surely has to kick in … even for those on Twitter and Facebook.

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  • Missing Flight 370: Oil Rig Worker Says He Saw It Go Down

    A man working on an oil rig off the coast of Vietnam says he witnessed the missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370 burst into flames before falling into the ocean.

    Mike McKay described the tragedy in an email to his supervisors and said he tried to contact authorities after it happened but no one ever responded.

    “From when I first saw the burning (plane) until the flames went out (still at high altitude) was 10-15 seconds. There was no lateral movement, so it was either coming toward our location, stationary (falling) or going away from our location,” McKay wrote.

    Several theories have been bandied about concerning the missing flight, including lost signals, pilots going off course, and one story about two passengers who were allegedly on board with stolen passports. However, officials are now no closer to finding answers than they were four days ago, when the plane was first discovered missing.

    “At this stage in the investigation and search and rescue, I would have expected to see by now a much more defined understanding of what the route was, where the plane was headed and a narrowing of the search consequent upon that,” said CNN aviation expert Richard Quest.

    The flight, which was carrying 239 people, has brought search parties out in the Gulf of Thailand since Saturday, but no clues have been found.

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  • Tomnod Website Set Up To Involve Public In The Search For Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

    A website, Tomnod.com, has been set up to enable the public to help in solving the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. The plane and its passengers—239 in all—vanished from radar as it headed to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur on March 8th.

    Tomnod, a Mongolian word that translates to “Big Eye,” is owned by Colorado-based satellite company Digital Globe. The company trained five satellites on the region of the Gulf of Thailand, the plane’s last known location. The satellites transmit data and photos of the area on the Tomnod website. It is hoped that through millions of crowdsourcing volunteers acting as a large virtual search party, signs of the missing plane will be found.

    The online response was so immense that the site required emergency maintenance. Before the site went down, there had already been six million map views, with half a million users signing up. The crash of the website is a good sign, the company said, because it means that many people are interested in helping out. The uploaded images have been getting a lot of tags, and the company said that they will be uploading more images, including those taken by satellites above the Strait of Malacca.

    Users can log on to Tomnod.com to view and examine the high-definition images taken by the satellites from 400 miles above the gulf. If there’s anything suspicious, users can publicly geotag the object or area. A computer algorithm will then determine the areas that are tagged more than others, and the information will be studied by in-house experts to check for any leads generated from the consensus tagging.

    Digital Globe has done a similar crowdsourcing project the previous year in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in November. The campaign enabled volunteers to tag over 60,000 objects of interest based on the satellite photos and the information was given to emergency responders.

    Satellite footage of Philippines before and after Typhoon 

    Shay Har-Noy Talks About Tomnod

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  • Flight 370: Ju Kun, Who Was Working On Netflix’s ‘Marco Polo,’ Was On Board

    Details about some of the passengers on Malaysia Airlines flight 370 have been emerging over the last couple days, and one of those on board was Ju Kun, an assistant martial arts choreographer, who was working on the upcoming Netflix original series Marco Polo.

    This was confirmed by Deadline, who received the following statement from Netflix and The Weinstein Company:

    We are deeply saddened by the news about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Ju Kun, who was on board, was an integral part of our production team and a tremendous talent. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this difficult time.

    Deadline’s article also includes some words from Marco Polo creator John Fusco.

    The Boeing 777 went missing mysteriously on Saturday over the Gulf of Thailand between Malaysia and Vietnam. 227 passengers and 12 crew members were on board. CNN has an interesting list of possible scenarios and facts related to the flight and plane model.

    We learned about Netflix snagging the Marco Polo project from Starz last summer, but it was officially announced just a couple months ago. It has no release date yet, but is expected to debut later this year.

    Netflix has described the show as “a kinetic tale of high politics, masterful manipulation and deadly warfare among clashing empires.” It will consist of nine chapters, and is shooting at Pinewood Studios in Malaysia.

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