Commercial airline pilot shares what he'd change about planes to make sure another MH370 never happens again

A veteran airline pilot has shared what he believes could stop another tragedy like MH370 from ever happening again.

During a recent YouTube Q&A, he was asked how flight data could be preserved if a plane’s black boxes were lost.

While some suggested streaming the data to the cloud, the pilot believes there’s a far simpler solution.

His concept, he says, could make locating critical flight information after an accident dramatically easier.

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The ongoing mystery of MH370

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, commonly referred to as MH370, vanished on March 8, 2014, during a scheduled flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

The Boeing 777, carrying 239 passengers and crew, lost contact with air traffic control less than an hour after takeoff.

Despite an extensive multinational search, the main wreckage and flight recorders, also known as black boxes, have never been recovered.

This remains one of the most enduring aviation mysteries in history.

Veteran airline pilot and YouTuber CaptainSteeeve was holding a Q&A session, when a viewer asked a question related to the MH370 incident.

“Would it be possible to live-stream all the flight data from the black boxes to a cloud server? This could be useful if the recorders can’t be recovered,” asked the viewer.

This type of black box technology upgrade, in theory, would ensure that investigators could access the information regardless of whether the devices were retrieved.

A simpler solution than livestreaming

While the veteran airline pilot acknowledged that livestreaming is technically possible, he questioned whether it was necessary.

Instead, he proposed a modification to commercial aircraft safety systems that he says would be more reliable and easier to implement.

His design would ensure that, in the event of a crash, the critical data could be found without the prolonged searches that plagued MH370’s investigation.

According to the pilot, his idea hinges on a small but strategic change to where and how the flight recorders are stored.

By placing the black box inside the tail section of the airplane, it would likely be the last part of the plane to be impacted during a crash.

If the impact occurred over the ocean, g-force sensors could trigger its release, allowing it to float to the surface and transmit its location to rescuers.

Such a system, he argued, would allow the authorities to quickly find and recover critical flight data after an accident, potentially avoiding the prolonged uncertainty that still surrounds MH370.

He also noted that modern aviation safety technology already exists to help the flight recorder remain afloat and transmit its location.

The tragedy of MH370 continues to be on everyone’s minds, and new clues that may lead to breakthroughs turn up frequently.

While chances are slim, it’s not impossible, given that experts are getting close to locating Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane, almost a century after she disappeared.

However, it’s equally important to ensure that such an incident never happens again.

While no single change can guarantee that, innovations like this one could play a key role in helping future investigators and sparing families years of uncertainty.

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