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  • The Plane That Wasn't There

  • Why We Haven't Found MH370
  • By: Jeff Wise
  • Narrated by: Jeff Wise
  • Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (486 ratings)

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The definitive investigation into the greatest aviation mystery in history, with a startling hypothesis about who took the plane, where they took it, and how. On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared. A year later, still no trace of the plane - or the 239 people onboard - has been found. But why? In The Plane That Wasn't There, science journalist and CNN aviation analyst Jeff Wise sweeps aside the conspiracy theories and misconceptions and lays out, with clear concision, just what we know about the plane's fate - and what we don't. The deeper into the technical details one delves, Wise reports, the stranger the case seems. He proposes that in order to make sense of the data we have, a radical new hypothesis ought to be considered - one that he lays out in gripping detail, complete with modus operandi, flight path, possible perpetrators, and a startling destination. Jeff Wise is a science journalist specializing in aviation and psychology. A licensed pilot of gliders and light airplanes, he has also written for New York, The New York Times, Time, Businessweek, Esquire, Details, and many others. His 2011 Popular Mechanics story on the fate of Air France 447 was named one of the Top 10 Longreads of 2011. His last book was Extreme Fear: The Science of Your Mind in Danger. A native of Massachusetts, he lives in New York City with his wife and two sons.

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No need to believe to enjoy

Whether you’re into conspiracy theories or not. This book is a lot of fun in terms of learning how aircraft work in the modern era. And how an lost aircraft search is conducted and is well worth the read

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Favorite book

I love this book so much!! Read it 5 times and still enjoy it everytime!

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Thank you!

This was very interesting, full of information, yet still captivating. I would love to hear a more recent update to follow this story.

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The plane that wasn’t there

Interesting topic, great narrator, who happens to be the author as well. Updates to the story would be appreciated.

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very informative

It's interesting to hear this audible on a subject I was curious about. thank you!

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good book

technical enough to be satisfying for an EE but some homework is called for if you want to fallow the tech-math

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A very believable explanation.

It was well written and presented but most importantly it was so believable. I feel that anyone who selects This book: The Plane That Wasn’t There Will experience a new set of knowledge and a better way of thinking. Please, enjoy!

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Excellent, cogent analysis

I’d love to hear an updated epilogue to this book, that includes an analysis of the marine debris since attributed to MH 370. I’d also love an included PDF with links to maps and data.

This is a wonderful exercise in problem solving, but underlying the puzzle is the fate of 230 souls. My heart is with them and their loved ones. They make this far more important than a mere logic puzzle.

That said, Jeff Wise is painstaking in laying out the data, and his logic in drawing deductions from that data. I’m always skeptical of throwing out data sets to better fit a hypothesis, and I remain skeptical in this case. Other than that rather large hole, which he justifies in more than one respect, I find his logic valid.

This was fascinating to listen to. It’s well narrated, though I slowed the narration in a few places to listen more closely.

He supports his hypothesis well, and isn’t dogmatic about asserting it as the only possible answer. But if his hypothesis IS correct, then we need to be watching certain foreign powers far more closely.

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A great listen

Well read by the author and it’s a tightly written detailed history of what’s known and what is speculation. Thought provoking and scary. Highly recommend.

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Interesting

Lots of details. Technical information. Possible outcome. Some parts are complicated but not hard to follow

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