Idan LavianEnglish 101 Sec. JBMr. Daniel GomesUB Number: 50087728The Mysterious AirplaneWhen people suddenly disappear for odd reasons, it is the responsibility of society to bring them back to their families. As a society our obligation continues until the missing party is found. There are times when missing people are not found for a long time. Society then struggles with an end game plan for the search. This concern brings us to our current problem, the missing Malaysian airlines flight #370. Since March 8th of this year, there has been an ongoing, expensive search. National governments have begun pulling back because of the time and expense involved. The families of the crew and passengers have been subject to the prolonged torture of not knowing the fate of their loved ones. It is important that the national governments involved do not give up their search for the plane because of the responsibility they hold to the families of the missing airplane. We must finish by at least finding some evidence as to where the plane is located and with regard to the condition of the passengers. If the search were left to private companies as many would encourage there would be a severe decline in the number of searchers. This in turn will at best result in a delayed conclusion and at worst result in failure. There are twenty-five countries involved in this search, they have the ability to find the missing plane and can support theexploration. They need to continue their search because it is still possible to find the plane even thought it went missing for three months.The governments must have to keep in mind that their task is not impossible. They need to continue with their searching techniques in hope to find the missing plane. There is a method of ocean exploration in which one filters through ocean sounds and isolates the sound of a plane sinking to the ocean floor. There have already been some odd sounds discovered by Australian scientists in the Indian Ocean that could lead to discovery of the airplane. Keith Bradsher of the New York Times quotes an acoustics expert, Mark Prior who said that a sound has been detected which “might be consistent with an ocean impact or with some kind of a sealed, air-filled container that sank into the depths until the exterior water pressure caused it to crumple.” This method of exploration, along with other methods of approach, has brought the search ever closer to finding the plane. Unfortunately, due to the lack of immediate results national governments, which were searching, are starting to give up on the missing plane. As national governments give their search, the private companies are filling their role. In the Wall Street Journal in the article titled “Ping area ‘discounted’ in search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370”, states that “The Australian navy vessel Ocean Shield, carrying the Bluefin 21 submersible drone hired by the U.S. Navy critical to the search, is already traveling back to Perth. The effort to find the plane will be later taken up by a private contractor no earlier than August.”Instead of leaving the task to private companies, we need to encourage our governments to keep up their search. The black box on airplanes record all conversations in the cockpit, it is the only device that could tell us what really happened on the plane while it was in the air. Based on civil aviation regulations, the black box is required so as to facilitate the investigation of aviation accidents and incidents. On a personal note, my father’s experience in aviation engineering has shownthat black boxes made since 9/11 can survive fire and crashes. They are tested multiple times before being placed inside a plane, to assure their effectiveness. These new and improved black boxes are made to safely protect the information form the plane after a violent crash. Black boxes are important for the information they carry to investigate the crash.Once we find out what happened exactly on this plane, we could improve airport security based on our lessons from this devastating experience. There have been many accidents involving planes in history that have caused airplane and airport security to improve. If we could find out the cause of the plane’s disappearance, we might learn from any mistake made. Another benefit of recovering the black box would bring is bringing closure tothe family members of the missing passengers. Their relatives have expressed extreme disappointment and pain because they have not received definitive information regarding their missing loved ones. In fact, we don’t hear enough about further investigations. At this point we can certainly understand the pain andanguish suffered by the friends and relatives of the missing passengers, especially now that they are beginning to feel that the world has forgotten their loved ones. For those of us who do not personally know anybody in the tragedy, it is easier to think of the searching operation in an economic sense rather than an emotional sense. In response to those who point out that the search for flight 370 cost many millions of dollars and many thousands of man-hours. We need to realize that when it comes to human life, money is no object. Even though the search has been costly there is still a chance of finding living survivors no matter how small. Although the passengers have been missing for over three months, which likely means that it is already too late to find surviving passengers, it is quite possible that they have a supply of food and some kind of shelter. There are those who contend that the aircraft reached an unacceptable height of 45,000 feet. At this height, no one would have survived more than a minute. In truth, passengers can survive at 43,000 feet and it is very possible that they topped out at that elevation. In conclusion, I feel that despite the tremendous cost involved, searches for missing people should always continue. It is our moral duty to investigate the possibility that there may be survivors, both for their sake and the sake of their relatives. There is a human need for closure, particularly with regard to end of life issues. A family cannot move on when they don’t even know where their loved one isburied. Society only functions when humans needs are met, and this is the most basic of human needs. When it comes to human life, money is no object.Cited Pages“recorded noise might offer clues to missing plane” from New York