This picture taken on March 10, 2014 shows students at Hailiang International School lighting candles to pray for the passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in Zhuji, in China's Zhejiang province. Relatives of Chinese passengers on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 were still clutching to faint straws of hope for their loved ones on March 11, four days after the aircraft went missing. ; Credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images
The mystery surrounding the tragic disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 has captured global attention since it went missing with 239 people on board last Saturday. CNN has provided nearly nonstop coverage of the news and speculation surrounding the plane’s disappearance and ongoing search.
The lack of new evidence in the search for the missing plane has not halted the public’s interest and has led to a number of conflicting accounts and conspiracy theories. Currently, Malaysian authorities have expanded the search for the missing plane westward toward India, after some evidence indicated that the plane may have continued flying after its last reported contact.
How does the continued speculation hurt or help the search for missing flight 370? Have you been following the search for the missing jetliner?
Guests:
Finn Brunton, Assistant Professor in Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. He is the author of “Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet” (The MIT Press, 2013)
Michael Wood, a psychologist from the University of Winchester in England and an expert on the psychology of conspiracy theories