Why Did Australia Change the Search Area?

This is happening late at night and will bear further discussion in the morning, but I wanted to get something up online quickly to explain the basic gist of the situation. A little over an hour ago, at 9.30pm EDT here in the US, the Australian government announced that it was abandoning the current search … Continue reading Why Did Australia Change the Search Area?

The Path of the Missing Malaysian Airliner: What We Know, and How — UPDATED

UPDATED: See end for description of possible northern route On Saturday, March 15, Malaysian authorities released an analysis of satellite data that dramatically narrowed the possibilities for where missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 had gone after it disappeared from radar on March 8. Over the course of the following week, Inmarsat released further information that … Continue reading The Path of the Missing Malaysian Airliner: What We Know, and How — UPDATED

Public Speaking

  MH370: A Year Later We still haven’t found the missing Malaysian airliner, but a careful examination of the available data has made it possible to greatly narrow down the range of possible scenarios. On April 16, 2015 I joined technology and aerospace journalist Eric Adams at New America NYC to discuss what we know … Continue reading Public Speaking

Television and Online Video

Here are a few of my TV and the web appearances. Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash, March 2019: Demo reel: The Plane That Wasn’t There On March 9, 2015, I went on CNN International to discuss my theory that the Russians hijacked MH370. Drones: Do They Mean the End of Privacy? On June 25, 2014 … Continue reading Television and Online Video

About the Author

Jeff Wise is a print, online, and television journalist specializing in aviation, adventure, and psychology. An executive producer of the Showtime documentary feature “Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee,” he has served as an on-camera aviation analyst on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC and has appeared in documentaries on PBS, the History Channel, and the National Geographic … Continue reading About the Author