This Malaysia Airlines case in question is easily the most baffling mystery in modern aviation—how could a commercial airliner in today’s airspace simply disappear altogether with no clues as to what transpired? Enormous internationally-led search efforts have located some debris, that experts say may have belonged to the plane, but no confirmation is official at the time of this writing. Some of the more popular theories floating about include a possible hijacking, crew-involved accident or a simple mechanical malfunction with fatal consequences. What really happened to the missing passenger plane?