Mystery AtlasMH370 Mechanical Failure Theory
The alternative explanation that a fire, decompression, or electrical fault incapacitated everyone aboard, leaving the aircraft to fly on under autopilot until fuel exhaustion, with precedent in Helios Airways Flight 522; harder to reconcile with the deliberate-looking early course change than the pilot-diversion theory.
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- Disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370disappeared 8 March 2014
MH370 Mechanical Failure Theory attempts to explain Disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 — One of the investigation's candidate scenarios; no recovered wreckage so far confirms a specific mechanical fault.
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MH370 Mechanical Failure Theory has alternative explanation MH370 Pilot Diversion Theory.