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MH370: The Plane That Disappeared (2023) - IMDb

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A Netflix docuseries on MH370 shows how information vacuums fuel conspiracy theories — and why the human mind refuses to accept "we simply don't know."

Epistemological UncertaintyConspiracy Theory FormationApopheniaNarrative Bias

Theory Briefing

  • MH370 vanished in 2014 with 239 people aboard, and no definitive cause has ever been established despite years of searching.
  • The docuseries explores multiple competing theories — from pilot suicide to hijacking — illustrating how ambiguity breeds narrative proliferation.
  • Public obsession with MH370 is a textbook case of how absence of closure drives people toward increasingly elaborate explanations.