Missing Malaysian jet most likely 'exploded in midair'

By Ko Dong-hwan

Reports released a speculation Tuesday regarding the missing Boeing 777-200 Malaysian commercial jet that it most likely disintegrated midair in an unexpected explosion.

The inference came as neither possibilities of technical error occurrence nor emergency landing have been confirmed probable in the case.

When technical errors occur in real life, pilots behind cockpit are notified of their indication by alarms. Pilots are then guided to contact a control tower and report the accident.

But in the latest case, pilots didn’t communicate with any control tower to report any accident. It rules that no technical errors must have occurred in the jet.

The same goes to the jet making a possible emergency landing. If it actually happened, some control tower would have noticed the jet deviated from the set course and tried to contact the jet. And since it didn’t occur in any control tower, presumption obligates the jet never made an emergency landing.

Still, while the midair disintegration option seems most plausible in this case, many wonder why it’s so hard to find what’s left of the jet.

The report said since the jet was flying 35,000 to 40,000 feet above sky, the explosion must have been tremendous due to unequal air pressure between inside the jet and the outside.

Furthermore, explosion at such height would have dropped debris over a broad range of ocean surface down below. It is likely that small pieces sank under the sea while bigger pieces broke into smaller ones as they hit the ocean surface hard as steel plate.

The jet’s black box, designed to withstand explosion in general, remains the ultimate key to solve the case, the report added.