The mystery deepens as, in the days after MH370's disappearance, the Malaysian authorities first deny, then confirm that their military radar detected the missing 777 as it turned back from its planned route to Beijing just a few seconds after it passed the final waypoint in Malaysian airspace. The plane reversed course, flew back over the Malayan Peninsula, then flew up the middle of the Malacca Strait toward the northwest before disappearing again over the Andaman Sea. We discuss the difference between primary and secondary radar, and why the timing of the turnback seemed suspicious.
Later in the show, we discuss the mysterious death of Putin critic Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose plane had blown up in flight shortly before we recorded the episode. I mention a similarity to the destruction of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, whose perpetrators turned out to be Russian military intelligence, as I wrote about for New York magazine.
The Turnback [S1Ep3 audio]