Flying editor-in-chief Robert Goyer and contributing editor Les Abend took to the mainstream airwaves following the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 to lend their expertise to the conversation.
Abend, a senior 777 pilot for a major U.S. airline, discussed the complexities of the systems on the Boeing jet in more than a dozen cable TV and radio appearances, including on Fox and CNN. Abend put forth the widely repeated theory that a fire in an accessory bay might have been the cause of the crew being disabled and thereby unable to fly the airplane or communicate while the plane flew on autopilot.
