He's a cross-eyed lunatic. There's no conspiracy on the part of Russia involving the disappearance of this aircraft.<p>People had a rough idea where Air France Flight 447 was when it went down, and it still took them two years to find it. No one has even a faint idea of where MH370 crashed, making the chances of finding it at all very, very, slim.<p>The ocean is a shockingly massive place which is a fact that Wise would discount in favor of some fantastically absurd notion that Russia somehow snuck an aircraft all the way from Malaysia to anywhere else without being spotted is ridiculous.<p>Unfortunately, he's going to view all this exposure as an affirmation of his theory instead of a confirmation that he needs to seek professional help.
Assuming this theory is wrong (and I assume it is) it is interesting to consider why it has become so popular.<p>Firstly, there is no compelling counter-theory. The consensus view (the plane turned off its flight path for an unknown reason, flew in a mostly unknown direction for an unknown period of time and then crashed somewhere in the Indian ocean) has so many thing that are unknown that any theory offering certainty is attractive.<p>Secondly, the "Russians stole the plane because of something to do with some Ukrainians" fits the current political narrative very well. Confirmation bias means people are likely consider it even when they probably shouldn't.<p>Thirdly... maybe it true. Anyone have a better theory? (See how easy it is?)
I had never read before that it was known the plane did a 180, but the Malaysian government denied for a week (why would they deny it..) And then the plane was on a zigzag course and traveling fast.<p>So we don't know what happened, but based on that alone it seems like something fishy.<p>[1] <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/02/jeff-wise-mh370-theory.html" rel="nofollow">http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/02/jeff-wise-mh370...</a>
To imply that this MH370 was pre planned using knowledge of the fact that an Immarsat sattelite low on fuel would "wobble" and thus lead to misleading doppler data etc. is SO far fetched as to be out of hand ridiculous.<p>YET, MH370 definitely is FOUL PLAY, and not an "accident" or even series of accidents aboard.<p>The only thing i can think of is that the predominant global authorities of our time (US & anglosphere) DON'T WANT this plane to be found. Leading a side show into nothingness (or vacant areas) would be easy to do, especially if you KNOW where the plane really is. Question is WHY?
Now they're saying the underwater beacon expired more than a year before it even took off...<p><a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_MALAYSIA_MISSING_PLANE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-03-08-03-43-07" rel="nofollow">http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_MALAYSIA_MISSING_P...</a>
I'm not sure if this guy is more obsessed with the plane or the publicity. Either way, is anyone taking bets on how long until he loses his wife over it?