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zarasecker23 's review for:
The Hunt for MH370
by Ean Higgins
informative
medium-paced
This is a very well written and researched book. As stated on the front of the book; “The mystery. The cover-up. The truth.”
Whilst the book isn’t divided into separate sections it is relatively easy to see where the sections are. The first section sets the scene and explains what happened, at least as far as the limited information the investigators had available to them at the time would allow. This move nicely into the cover-up section which makes up most of the middle of the book. This is then followed by the ‘truth’ section which was really throughout most of the book.
During the reading of this book it became pretty clear that diplomatic relations and politics appeared to have influenced how the ATSB (Australian Transport Safety Bureau) conducted its investigations (not sure why this surprised me to be honest). There were many times where, if the questions the ATSB was asked and it didn’t want to answer them, it said that that was the responsibility of the Malaysian govt. It seemed to be a catch all answer in the end. At one point Ean Higgins was silenced and even banned to be spoken to, because he was asking for documentation by applying for Freedom of Information requests, no doubt because he was getting too close the truth.
The ATSB ignored professional pilots who all expressed their belief that the only way this incident made sense, indeed ticked all the boxes, was if the pilot deliberately hijacked and crashed the plane himself.
There was a mention in the book of searching in the high probability areas which made me ask the question ‘what about the low probability areas?’ I’m reminded of Sherlock Holmes saying: “When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
Well worth the read.
Whilst the book isn’t divided into separate sections it is relatively easy to see where the sections are. The first section sets the scene and explains what happened, at least as far as the limited information the investigators had available to them at the time would allow. This move nicely into the cover-up section which makes up most of the middle of the book. This is then followed by the ‘truth’ section which was really throughout most of the book.
During the reading of this book it became pretty clear that diplomatic relations and politics appeared to have influenced how the ATSB (Australian Transport Safety Bureau) conducted its investigations (not sure why this surprised me to be honest). There were many times where, if the questions the ATSB was asked and it didn’t want to answer them, it said that that was the responsibility of the Malaysian govt. It seemed to be a catch all answer in the end. At one point Ean Higgins was silenced and even banned to be spoken to, because he was asking for documentation by applying for Freedom of Information requests, no doubt because he was getting too close the truth.
The ATSB ignored professional pilots who all expressed their belief that the only way this incident made sense, indeed ticked all the boxes, was if the pilot deliberately hijacked and crashed the plane himself.
There was a mention in the book of searching in the high probability areas which made me ask the question ‘what about the low probability areas?’ I’m reminded of Sherlock Holmes saying: “When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
Well worth the read.