Plane
Security
Stolen passports, a Motorola consignment that was not X-rayed, transponder and ACARS silence, and military primary radar that was not shared in time for the first search. Each item is in the file as circumstantial. None of them, alone, is a hijack.
EvidenceConfirmed8 Mar 2014 00:00 UTC
Two stolen European passports
Italian and Austrian documents · two Iranian travellers
Open questionOpen
Can the Motorola and mangosteen cargo be rebuilt at carton level?
EvidenceOfficial finding7 Mar 2014 17:21 UTC
Malaysian military primary-radar track
17:21–18:22 UTC · westbound after IGARI
Open questionOpen
Why did SAR start in the wrong ocean for days?
TimelineConfirmed7 Mar 2014 17:21 UTC
Secondary radar lost
17:21:13 UTC
ClaimOfficial finding
Communications were more likely switched off or unpowered than randomly failed
DocumentOfficial finding1 Jan 2016 00:00 UTC
ICAO GADSS tracking standards
Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System · post-MH370