Related front page panorama photo credit: Adapted by WhoWhatWhy from Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 ( Laurent ERRERA / Wikimedia – CC BY-SA 2. Quest is the author of The Vanishing of Flight MH370: The True Story of the Hunt.
In this week’s WhoWhatWhy podcast, Quest talks to Jeff Schechtman about some of these mysteries - why all the communication equipment appeared to be manually switched off, why the disappearance came exactly as the plane was being handed off from Malaysian to Vietnamese air traffic controllers, the background of the flight crew, the financial state of Malaysia Airlines, the four route and altitude changes that the plane made, and how badly the families of the victims have been treated. Quests extensive and unique experience coverage of the missing Malaysian plane for the CNN led him to write The vanishing of flight MH370: The true story of. Richard Quest Moderator International Business Correspondent CNN. Now, exactly two years later, Quest has published The Vanishing of Flight MH370, a definitive account of what we know, as well as an examination of the mysteries surrounding the flight.
In a “coincidence,” Quest had interviewed and been photographed with the co-pilot of the flight, Fariq Abdul Hamid, just two weeks before the disappearance. Richard Quest, CNN’s aviation correspondent, was at the helm of that coverage. Recipient of numerous awards and honours, including: 2013 United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Award for Lifetime Achievement in recognition of work as a business journalist reporting on the tourism industry.In the immediate aftermath of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, CNN decided it would give the story wall-to-wall coverage. Author of “The Vanishing of Flight MH370: The True Story of the Hunt for the Missing Malaysian Plane”. Concurrently, CNNMoney's Editor-at-Large, writes global daily newsletter – “CNNMoney Presents: Quest Means Business”. Also presents the monthly CNN Business Traveller show. Guests of the show have included David Cameron Petr Necas of the Czech Republic Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase Robert Zoellick, the former President of the World Bank IMF boss Christine Lagarde EC President Jose Manuel Barroso former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn DreamWorks Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Katzenberg and former Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally. Currently, International Business Correspondent and Anchor of “Quest Means Business”, CNN. Coverage of breaking news has spanned more than two decades and stories including the death of Yasser Arafat, the Lockerbie Pan Am 103 crash and the death of Michael Jackson. Formerly with the BBC as North America Business Correspondent, based on Wall Street for 12 years.
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