Malaysian Flight

On Saturday, March 8, a Boeing 777-200ER plane containing 239 people flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China disappeared one hour into its flight, according to a CNN article.

The article said that at around 1:30 a.m., Malaysian air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane.

On Thursday, March 20, Australian authorities announced that a satellite captured images of two objects in the southern Indian Ocean. These could be pieces of debris from the plane.

The search for the plane and its passengers continues, as the search area was restricted to the portion of the Indian Ocean where the debris was found. According to a second CNN article, starting on Tues., March 25, the search was delayed due to rough weather surrounding the area.

Additionally, the data of possible debris led Malaysian officials to accept that the plane crashed into the ocean and that there are no survivors. Officials said that the families of those on flight 370 have been informed.

Students are torn on the importance on the issue.

Some, like sophomore Alex Nyce, are heavily interested in the plane’s disappearance. “I’ve been following it pretty closely so I know a lot about it,” Nyce said.

Others, however, like junior Stefan Splitgerber, feel differently. “I haven’t been paying close attention to it, so I don’t know any details,” Splitgerber said.

“It’s hard to believe that they haven’t found it yet with the technology that we have,” freshman Katherine Grimm said.

According to social studies teacher Bob Schick, students should care about Flight 370 and its passengers. “It’s an epic loss of human life,” Schick said. “It’s the biggest airplane accident of [the students’ lifetimes].”

Angela DeCarlo is a Copy Editor for The Patriot and jcpatriot.com.