Thursday, March 20, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Missing Airplane


MSNBC-3/20/14-2:15pm
On this channel a few newscasters had a casual conversation upon the possibilities of what may have happened to this missing aircraft 370.  They spoke upon how the plane never requested permission to divert from its original flight path and they got no communication of distress from the flight crew, which was odd. They also said, “It made no sense” and they thought that somebody must have put in new coordinates. They couldn’t imagine passengers flying for that long without taking action and trying to get to the control room. They also discussed the possibility of passengers not knowing what their fate was because the flight took place during the nighttime. The tone was fairly casual even though it was on some very serious subject matter.
CNN-3/20/14-2:25pm
When I began watching this channel they showed 2 grainy satellite images of debris from the missing plane that were in the Indian Ocean (14 miles apart). Ronald Carr, an aviation expert stated 3 possible scenarios for what could have happened. The first was it being a controlled situation where the pilots knew what they were doing. The second was that the pilots were under control but the aircraft broke into pieces and somehow glided into the water. And the third was that the plane ran out of fuel and nose-dived into the water like hitting a brick wall with possible pieces broken off. The tone within this newscast was significantly more serious than the last one.
News 12 Westchester-3/20/14-2:40pm
This channel spoke upon the emotional stress that the families who had loved ones on the plane were going through. They focused on how the families were praying for answers. They showed visuals of church members praying and briefly interviewed some people. The consensus of the interviewees was that they prayed to find the plane no matter what condition it’s in and they hoped there loved ones would return. The tone of this piece was the most emotional of all of the newscasts.



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