Theories
Freescale
Twenty semiconductor employees on board
Proposition
The twenty Freescale Semiconductor employees on MH370 are causally connected to the disappearance — through their work, the cargo, or related inertial/gyro technology.
34%
Less than 50%
4 for · 3 against · 6 related
Twenty Freescale employees were on board. The last company presentation before the flight showed gyroscopic sensors. Carlyle’s ownership history is public. What those twenty people were assigned to that week is not published.
Sources
- Forevi-freescaleTwenty Freescale employees on MH370
Confirmed passenger fact. Project assignments, especially defence/avionics/inertial work, are unresolved. FXAS21000 gyro sampling in July 2013 is an adjacent product date only.
- Forx-freescale-gyro-briefFreescale last presentation — gyroscopic sensors
Plate from the 18 September 2026 collage: pages of a Freescale presentation on gyroscopic sensors, identified as among the last formal materials before twenty employees boarded MH370.
- Forx-carlyle-freescaleCarlyle Group, Freescale, 9/11 money and MH370
Briefing video: Carlyle Group as a common name across 9/11-era finance, Freescale ownership, and the twenty Freescale employees on MH370. Bush and bin Laden family investment histories are named in the same film.
- Forevi-cargoCargo, including lithium-ion batteries
The aircraft carried cargo including lithium-ion batteries. The investigation found they were packed to regulation and did not support a cargo-fire cause.
- Againstthy-pilotFlight-crew diversion
The 2018 report says the turn-back likely resulted from manual inputs. It does not identify a crew member as perpetrator and did not treat the home simulator as a plan.
- Againstclaim-manual-inputsThe diversion likely resulted from manual inputs
Official 2018 consensus. Who made the inputs is not identified. Mechanical-only stories are a poor fit for a coherent reverse course plus comms dropout.
- Againstthy-mechanicalMechanical / cargo-fire failure
A running systems failure that also produces a coherent reverse course and six more hours of SATCOM is a poor fit. Lithium-battery cargo was reviewed and not adopted as cause.
- Relatedq-freescaleWhat were the 20 Freescale passengers working on?
Presence on the flight is confirmed. Defence/avionics/inertial/radar assignment is unresolved. FXAS21000 gyro timing is an adjacent product fact, not a link.
- Relatedevt-departMH370 departs Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777-2H6ER registered 9M-MRO, takes off from KLIA runway 32R bound for Beijing Capital International Airport with 227 passengers and 12 crew.
- Relatedq-cargo-rebuildCan the Motorola and mangosteen cargo be rebuilt at carton level?
Working-log Q28–Q35: airway bill 232-10677085, Motorola SKUs, whether radios/transmitters were present, CG effects, and why the Motorola consignment was not X-rayed.
- Relatedx-lars-freescaleFreescale gyros and the laser / directed-energy race
January 2025 briefing video: twenty Freescale employees on MH370; gyroscopic sensors; a US-led race with China and Russia on precision laser directed energy; later public silence on Freescale’s role; a prime contractor with Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street as large holders, and a reported 38% profit rise in 2014 after missile-defence grants.
- Relatedthy-freescale-linkFreescale as a causal thread
Presence is a fact. A defence, inertial, or communications assignment that would matter to MH370 is an open question, not a finding.
- Relatedfilm-mentour-traceA NEW Trace! The FULL MH370 Story, so Far
Type-rated 737 captain’s reconstruction from the 2018 report, Inmarsat BTO/BFO, and the Blelly–Marchand end-of-flight paper. Argues the transponder was selected off in two steps, not failed as a unit. Closes with a WSPR lead and a request to restart the search.