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MH370 Could Happen Again: There’s Still No Way to Prevent Why It Was Lost

FIVE YEARS LOST

The good news is that we will soon know where every airplane in the world is at all times. The bad news is that this would not have helped locate the Malaysian jet.

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The southern hemisphere dawn was breaking. Ahead of the airplane’s cockpit the curving horizon of the Indian Ocean was outlined in crimson, providing a dramatic sense of the planet’s elemental beauty.

The Boeing 777 with 239 souls aboard had been flying for around seven hours and 30 minutes.

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