THE DEAD TIMES
DEAD ARE COMING...
Zombie Crier - MH370
MH370 - or more formerly, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 - is the tagline for a plane travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing - a plane which has gone into the history books as being at the centre of probably the most baffling mystery of the modern world. The passenger plane took off on the early afternoon of 8 March 2014 (12:41 Malaysian time) from Kuala Lumpur international Airport as scheduled. At about 38 minutes later (13:06), all contact with the plane was lost; the last ominous message from the crew being "Good night. Malaysian three seven zero." as the aircraft left Kuala Lumpur Airport's radar. Everything then gets a little strange involving satellites and military radar. Essentially, MH370 can be verified as heading on its correct route to Beijing when, suddenly, its transponder identifying it to air traffic controllers, goes dark. After at least six minutes of flying blind, a Thai military radar station then picks up an unknown aircraft signature flying back over the Malaysian continent - presumed to be MH370. Shortly after this time, the flight, which had re-entered Kuala Lumpur radar range, completely disappears from all civilian radar. At this point, it is still being tracked by military radar but is hundreds of miles off course and completely the wrong side of the Malay Peninsula. It then seems like the plane changed course again, heading in a westerly direction back over the Malay Peninsula and out into the Indian Ocean. That's where the trail stops...
Once the shocking story came to light, a massive search and rescue attempt was undertaken involving several countries, months of tireless searching and an enormous financial expenditure. Naturally, MH370 had only limited fuel so they had some idea of where the plane would have gone down - assuming it did go down - but it was still looking for an incredibly small object in an incredibly big ocean. The search teams found nothing and, with nothing new to go on, the search had to be abandoned.
As to what happened, a few theories where thrown about; hijacking by terrorists, a cyberattack taking remote control of the plane, the crew going AWOL or having suicidal tendencies, a sudden drop in cabin pressure causing the pilots to become confused and act irrationally - there are even some people who believe the plane was ultimately abducted by alien time travellers or beings from another dimension. We may never know what really happened aboard that fateful flight but my wizened mind has examined the evidence and come up with my own theory; a theory that is as alarming as it is revealing, one that is easy to dismiss yet hard to refute...
Zombies on a Plane
Before MH370 even takes off, deep in the forward section of the cargo hold, a mysterious - yet normal-looking - package waits. Unbeknownst to the crew and airport staff, this package contains the unholiest of horrors - a Zombie, restrained and gagged. The plane takes off as normal; everything on schedule and nothing out of the ordinary. Shortly into the flight, the package within the cargo hold opens, the hinges to the front panel forced to failure by small explosives, the restraints too, snapped after an electronic timer expires - the Zombie is now free, able to wander the locked hold. The box starts venting smoke, enough to trigger the small detection system there. Fearing a fire has sprung up from smoking cargo (not an altogether unusual event, especially given MH370's confirmed cargo of lithium batteries), the co-pilot opens the floor hatch to investigate, descending into the electronics bay and continuing into the cargo hold. From there, the Zombie attacks, biting the unsuspecting co-pilot on the arm. Blood gushing, he kicks the Zombie away and races back to the cockpit, doing his best to mask the wound from the passengers - no one yet knows, but the plane, the pilots, the crew and all passengers are doomed; the Zombie virus is on board and, at 30 thousand feet, there is nowhere to run.
The pilot immediately turns the plane around - safety is paramount. Before the manoeuvre is complete the controls stop responding; someone else is controlling the plane, someone unseen, some company or agency - the same one who put the Zombie on the plane - has taken over control remotely. Utilising their power, the agency's first action is to disable the ACARS reporting system - no one needs to know what comes next. They then steer the plane precisely to follow the small gap between radars, rendering MH370, effectively, invisible - both China and Malaysia thinking MH370 is someone else's problem. Meanwhile, the co-pilot has turned (I'm assuming a fast-acting 28 Days Later style RAGE virus here, turning those who contract the infection into crazed Zombies in a matter of minutes), biting and infecting the pilot. Hearing the screams coming from the cockpit as the pilot is mauled, a member of the cabin crew enters the closed but not locked control room, opening the door and - crucially - letting the walking dead out. From there, nothing else needs to be said… the two Zombies stumble through the aircraft, biting and infecting other plane inhabitants, in turn biting and infecting more in a bloody cycle of gore and terror.
The plane keeps on flying - at the hands of distant hosts - following the bizarre flight path MH370 took; being careful not to stray into the ranges of civilian radar for too long. Eventually, of course, fuel runs out and the flight terminates in the sea - the plane crashing with lethal force, disintegrating on impact and killing all onboard, removing all evidence of those already dead.
But, you know, like... why?
That's a good question and one that is actually the embodiment of this theory; "because it's what I would do". Think about it, say I - part of some secret agency based inside a dormant volcano on a non-descript island in an undisclosed location - had created a Zombie virus, this plane scenario is absolutely the perfect place to test it; to gather data on infection rates, how humans deal with such an undead threat (or not deal with it), the intelligence and physical abilities of the infected, the speed at which the Zombie infection spreads through an enclosed space and so on. At the end of the flight, all evidence is destroyed. If, somehow, the authorities do miraculously manage to find remnants of the downed plane in the massive ocean where it crashed, nothing is going to be traced back to the shady organization. Even any dead passengers recovered, the ones who were Zombies, are only going to reflect the humans they once were instead of an undead menace.
Ok, there is a very slight chance that enough of a Zombie survived the crash to still be considered "alive" - after all, they don't breathe so, if the brain is intact, an undead corpse can "survive" beneath the waves for quite some time. In this case, ocean currents would get rid of it, it would wonder away, sea creatures would eat it, silt would cover it after a while if only an immobile head remained - the chances of any search & rescue team ever finding the wayward Zombie are tiny. Even if they did find evidence of Zombiism, what then?
So basically, the plane scenario is an optimal opportunity to test a Zombie virus in real-world conditions without the risk of being caught and whatever dreadful things that would imply. If some shady organisation had created a virus capable of bringing the dead back to life, to either use as a weapon of global devastation or simply to sell to the highest bidder, such a test would be vitally important.
OK, it's plausible, but it still seems like a lot of luck is involved.
That's true, it can seem that way with a carefully planned series of steps required; the package has to open correctly, the co-pilot needs to go down to the cargo hold, and a member of the flight crew needs to open the cockpit door once both pilots are infected. Well, that's the beauty of this theory - there are so many variations. You could take out the Zombie in the package altogether and have a passenger with syringes full of the Zombie virus board the plane as normal, injecting an unsuspecting other passenger (or even themselves) with the vile drug during flight. You could have a passenger on the plane, purposefully enter the cargo hold and let the Zombie out, perhaps a "paid-off" freelancer who had no idea about the consequences of his actions. And remember, as it is just a test of the virus, it really does not matter whether it all works or not - you've still managed to remote control a passenger aircraft, making it effectively invisible from technology and that, my friends, may be the true victory.
Still, I chose this 'Zombie in a Box' version for a few reasons:
- A recent discovery shows that a mysterious package weighing 89kg (easily enough to hold an adult human) was added to the cargo manifest after take-off - suggesting that, whatever was in that package, was meant to remain secret for as long as possible.
- It's all done from outside; there is no contact with the corrupt agency at all, no agent to die and be missed and no one to 'accidentally' spill the beans.
- The co-pilot - most likely to descend into the cargo hold and get bit - had a habit of leaving the cockpit unlocked, even inviting passengers inside on occasion.
Whether this version of events is true or not, I do think the Zombies on a Plane theory holds water - at least more than some of the other bizarre theories. That of course, has a profound impact for humanity - it means not only is someone close to perfecting the creation of a virus capable of re-animating the dead, turning hosts into mindless, crazed beasts, driven by a desire to consume warm flesh and infect those around them but that this virus will be wielded as a weapon to satisfy the base desires of particular unscrupulous individuals. Better start preparing for the end times, they may come sooner than you think!
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The Zombie Crier series continues with one of the most famous modern mysteries there is; what happen to flight MH370. Unsurprisingly, I think it's Zombies and for this one there was not the usual doubt followed by collection of 'evidence' and eventually conviction of truth. This time, I did not need any convincing, I knew the Zombie theory had firm footing from day 1, and, with a very disturbing recent discovery, you may not find it easy to ignore.
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18/08/2019