Why Planes Vanish: The Hunt for MH370 | Why…?

Duration: 59'10''

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Ten years after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and its 239 passengers and crew vanished, can new evidence help locate the plane and finally solve aviation's greatest mystery?

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