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Nikolai Pozharuk, a retired lawyer who helped with the search, says that when weeks passed without any sign of the plane, people began to look for other explanations.

When a Russian plane vanished without a trace, conspiracy theories filled the void

April 10, 2014
Arts, Culture & Media

It's completely baffling how a large aircraft, like Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, could disappear. It's no less disturbing when a small plane vanishes. That happened in Russia two years ago.

When a Russian plane vanished without a trace, conspiracy theories filled the void

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