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MH370 conspiracy? Author Florence de Changy says officials misled the public about ill-fated plane

She claims the search should be in the South China Sea instead of the Indian Ocean, and official findings have been mired in misdirection

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Investigative journalist and author Florence de Changy spoke at the Hong Kong Book Fair. Photo: Florence de Changy.
Conspiracy theorists the world over may feel vindicated to learn that the disappearance of MH370 was a cover-up, according to a two-year investigation by the Hong Kong-based author of a new book.
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Accusing officials responsible for the ongoing search missions of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane of misdirection, journalist Florence de Changy is convinced that researchers have been deliberately put off course and are looking in the wrong place for the wreckage.

“The official narrative on MH370 is an insult to human intelligence,” the French writer espoused to an audience at the Hong Kong Book Fair on Wednesday night. She was speaking in a run-up to the September release of the English and Chinese translated versions of her book, titled Flight MH370 Did Not Disappear.

There has been no conclusive evidence found to date, despite an extensive search in the Indian Ocean by multiple countries. The ill-fated flight disappeared on March 8, 2014, en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board.

The official narrative on MH370 is an insult to human intelligence
Journalist Florence de Changy

De Changy, who first began reporting on the saga as it unravelled for French broadsheet Le Monde, argued that the hundreds of investigators should be scouring the South China Sea rather than the Indian Ocean.

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