This will mark the first blog post that is not directly related to Venezuela. It relates to an event which occurred while I was on an assignment that had me often in Singapore, off the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula, and you can imagine the consternation in those parts when the Malaysian airline disappeared en route to Beijing.
When one reads something that is well done and superbly researched and vetted, one’s desire is to share with friends, no?
So, dear reader, if you have any interest in that haunting episode of five years ago (has it been that long?), you might want to dedicate 15 to 20 minutes to this in depth article courtesy of The Atlantic. Well written and the product of thorough research and investigation.
If you have an Indiana Jones spirit or a Roy Chapman Andrews or Hiram Bingham spirit (for those of you who prefer non-fiction) or a historian’s heart or a sense of adventure or a regard for science (knowledge) or a love of good writing or investigation, or are intrigued by the social media’s influence on depression, or would like to note in your files yet another example of the negative impact of infidelity, you should take the time to read this.
I recommend you have a tab open to a map of Asia and East Africa. That will be helpful and, as the article mentions names of places you might be unfamiliar with, you can simply tab to the map and know where it is.
(The article has a helpful map, but you’ll want to refer to your own map before you get to the one in the article.)
If you are interested (I suspect most readers will be) but do not have the time now, just file it with a reminder to come to it at a given time.
We’ll return to Venezuela with next week’s post.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/mh370-malaysia-airlines/590653/