MH 370 AND THE INDIAN OCEAN

In the eerie silence of the Indian Ocean, a new chapter has emerged in the disturbing saga of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, the plane that disappeared without a trace , left the world searching for answers.

The story of MH370 has become the stuff of modern legend. On March 8, 2017 (11 years ago) the Boeing 777 carrying passengers and crew disappeared from radar screens, leaving behind a trail of unanswered questions and shattered lives.

"Good night Malalaysian 370" the last message from the cockpit of MH370, the plane that disappeared... remains one of the most baffling mysteries in aviation history. Despite years of extensive search efforts, tha aircraft's fate remains unknown and unsolved, adding to the lore of the unexplained phenomena that inhabit the vast and mysterious depths of the Indian Ocean... the 3rd largest ofthe world's five oceanic divisions, covering 70,560,000 km2. The Ocean has large marginal, or regional seas, such as the Andaman Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal and the Laccadive Sea.

Malaysia is bounded from the west by Malacca Straits and the Andaman Sea, both connected to the Indian Ocean, and from the east by South China Sea being largest marginal sea in the Pacific Basin...

A scary fact about the Indian Ocean is that it is home to one of the most devastating natural disasters in recent history - remember the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami....

My experience of sailing the Indian Ocean in 1985 with KD Mutiara is a memory that is hard to forget..... imaging sailing on a calm sea when suddenly, a massive wave three times the size of the surrounding waves appears without warning... these are what we called rogue waves, and they can reach heights of up to 100 feet. Even the most advanced ships and experienced sailors can fall victim to these unpredictable monsters of the ocean.

Do you know that this ocean hides over three million shipwrecks resting at the bottom of the ocean, from ancient vessels to modern submarines...many of it remain undiscovered... Imaging exploring these underwater graveyards, uncovering the eerie history of our seas...

I still remember, throughout the voyage across this Indian Ocean in 1985 , I always prayed to God that our ship would not be one of the ships that disappeared without a trace in these terrifying oceans... Thank you God....

It is my most memorable ship experience is crossing the Bay of Bengal in Indian Ocean. I've been through some of the rough seas on this planet, and generous share of storms, and ocassionally both at the same time. But this Bay of Bengal, the worst rough seas i ever experienced, everyone gets seasick. I've sailed the ocean half of my life, so i've my fair share of rough seas...smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. A rough day at sea is better than any day in the office.

Life is like the ocean. It can be calm or still, and rough and rigid. But in the end, it is always beautiful.

Hj Zulheimy Maamor

Lembah Keramat, KL 11/3/2025: 12.54 a.m