Tragedy struck again, with the recent disap­pearance and debacle of Malaysian airplane “AirAsia Flight 8501”. Search rescues were attempted: 30 ships and 15 planes were search­ing for the plane but were having difficulty. On January 12, 2015, divers retrieved the black boxes from the wreckage, but the bodies are still missing. 155 passengers were on the plane.

In 2014, there have been two other flight travesties from Malaysia. One of the planes also disappeared and the other was shot down while over a warzone in Ukraine. Many are complain­ing as to why the airplanes left under severe weather conditions as opposed to the U.S. flight schedules, which are usually canceled when the atmospheric conditions are not up to par. Then, there is the question as to why they risked fly­ing over a warzone when that is obviously dan­gerous for not only the passengers, but also the flight crew. Keep in mind that, airlines do not have to cancel flights; however, recent events may require more strict regulations. Regardless, it is up to each airline to decide which action to carry out.

The government claims not to know what is happening, but people believe that the govern­ment is not telling the whole truth. As always, the conspiracy theorists are having a field day with this one, believing that the plane crashes are part of a political scheme amongst hidden players. The airlines think that the Flight 8501 fell into the ocean, but it is not an easy job to find the plane because the ocean floor is con­stantly shifting sunken objects, so determining the plane’s actual and predicted geographic location is extremely difficult. Fortunately, there have been sightings of floating objects in the ocean that might be pieces from the Malaysian wreckage, but it is yet to be confirmed. Because the plane and victims have not been actually found, some people theorize that it may have been a terrorist act. However, many people say it is probably due to the bad weather. No one will know the cause until the plane is found.