Hong Kong-based journalist @FChangy is publishing a book that claims to “solve” what happened to flight #MH370. I’ve now read a review copy and far from solving the mystery it just raises some questions then proposes a bizarre conspiracy theory without convincing evidence. 1/11
Rather tastelessly, the publication is being promoted as coinciding with the 7th anniversary of the disappearance of MH370 on March 8, 2014, which should already raise red flags, because if you really solved the mystery you would not wait for an anniversary to tell everybody 2/11
On her Twitter bio, @FChangy explicitly claims she has “solved” the mystery. The book has been promoted by dubious tabloid media like @TheSun, although to their credit they at least make clear it is just an unverified theory thesun.co.uk/news/13831291/… 3/11
More depressingly the book was uncritically hyped by people who should know better, like the @sarawak_report run by @RewcastleBrown, @HKFP founder @tomgrundy, and @VJMallet of the @FT, despite being clearly bonkers sarawakreport.org/2021/01/jumbo-… 4/11
After reading accounts of the book I raised some questions, and in response @FChangy told me I should read it before commenting. So I made contact with somebody with an advance copy to see it for myself. My suggestion is that nobody should waste their time and money on it. 5/11
While it raises some interesting questions that should be investigated further, its claim to “solve” the mystery of #MH370 is completely bogus, and would never have been made by a credible journalist or a responsible publisher. 6/11
The book weaves a conspiracy theory that #MH370 was shot down because it was carrying some ultra-secret stolen US cargo to China, and that all the nation states involved, including antagonists like the US and China, then conspired to hide the truth. 🙄 7/11
As part of this epic cover-up by Washington, Beijing, KL, Hanoi and many other governments, fake debris was planted on African beaches and a costly fake search was conducted in the southern Indian Ocean, the book claims. 8/11
There are indeed many unanswered questions about what happened to #MH370 and the book does a decent job of raising discrepancies and doubts, but its claim to have solved the mystery is risible and dishonest. 9/11
Most of content is not even new, it just recycles @FChangy’s 2016 French-language book on the subject, adding a few bits of extra information and an elaborate unverified hypothesis about an unprecedented global conspiracy. 10/11 
I prefer not to criticise fellow journalists. I understand that @FChangy wants to earn some money. But the disappearance of #MH370 is a real story with real victims. This is not a game. People need closure. Selling conspiracy theories in these circumstances is not ethical. 11/11
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