Leonid Kazantsev

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, 2014Arts, 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.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.