Between season 2 of Squid Gamewho has already shattered two records in just four days, and I miss youthe thriller adapted from the eponymous novel by Harlan Coben, Netflix subscribers can also (re)discover a series which has just joined its catalog. It is about Departurefreely inspired by the disappearance of flight MH370, which remains a mystery to this day. This was adapted by TJ Scott and Vincent Shiao across two seasons of six episodes each, in this series co-produced by Great Britain and Canada. Having just arrived on Netflix, Departure has already entered the top 10 of the most viewed series of the moment on the streaming platform.
Departure : what is the thriller series that is a hit on Netflix about?
The history of the series Departure begins when Flight 716 suddenly disappears over the Atlantic Ocean. Kendra Malley is contacted by her former boss and mentor Howard Lawson to investigate this mysterious crash and find potential survivors. Kendra and her team then consider all avenues to try to solve this mystery. In the casting, the former detective The Good WifeArchie Panjabi stars alongside Christopher Plummer and Kris Holden-Ried. If Departure remains a fiction, it is inspired by the disappearance of flight MH370.
The disappearance of flight MH370, one of aviation's greatest mysteries
On Saturday, March 8, 2014, at precisely 12:41 a.m., the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, capital of Malaysia, bound for Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China. On board, two hundred and twenty-seven passengers and twelve crew members. Less than an hour later, Flight MH370 disappeared from radar. Despite extensive collaborative searches by several countries to find the plane and its passengers, attempts remain in vain. The wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was never found. Accidental crash, pilot suicide, terrorist act? Various theories attempt in vain to explain this mystery. Debris discovered in 2015 in Reunion, then in Mozambique, Tanzania, South Africa and Mauritius will not provide elements likely to shed light on the fate of the passengers of flight MH370.
Disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370: six years later, the search resumes
For several months, searches to find the device covered 112,000 km² in the south of the Indian Ocean. Australia, China and Malaysia united to explore an area of 120,000 km². But in July 2018, the report of the international investigation team led by Malaysia put an end to the technical investigation following “a significant lack of available evidence to allow the team to determine with any certainty the reasons that caused the plane to deviate from its planned route“. Coincidentally, while the series Departure has just arrived on Netflix, new developments have just been announced regarding the investigation into the disappearance of flight MH370. Indeed, six years later, the Malaysian government has just approved the launch of new investigations, accepting the offer from the company specializing in underwater exploration, Ocean Infinity, the objective is to continue the investigations. “in a new area estimated at 15,000 square kilometers in the southern Indian Ocean”said Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke.
