It has been a
week since MH 370 has gone missing from the radar. No one knows exactly where
the plane is at now or how are the passengers and the crew. On March 8th
2014, Malaysian Airlines MH 370 was scheduled for a passenger flight from Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China. The plane consists of 227 passengers and 12 crew
members (BBC, 2014). The aircraft last made contact with air traffic control less than an hour after
take-off. The location and whereabouts of the plane still remains a mystery.
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sourced: CBC News. 13 March 2014
Due to this
incident, the nation resorts to all forms of ICT to get latest information. When
the news was first announced, everybody gathered sources through the media such
as television, internet news, live streaming press conference, YouTube and newspaper
reports. Discussions among interested groups
started social media as well.
As more
people want to be involved and contribute to the search, one of the methods
being used is crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing is “... the process of getting work
or funding, usually online, from a crowd of people. The word is a combination
of the words 'crowd' and 'outsourcing'. The idea is to take work and outsource
it to a crowd of workers (Daily crowdsource, 2014)”. It is also used to help
look at satellite pictures to locate and identify objects. For
more information about crowdsourcing on how it is being use to search for the
plane, please refer to this Link.
The use of
ICT is indeed crucial to disseminate information and in this MH 370 incident,
allows people to share their thoughts and opinions.
Last but not
least, let us pray for MH 370.
References:
BBC News. (2014).
Malaysian airlines: What do we know about flight MH 370. Retrieved 16 March,
2014, from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26503141
Daily
crowdsource. (n.d.). What is crowdsource. Retrieved 16 March, 2014 from http://dailycrowdsource.com/training/crowdsourcing/what-is-crowdsourcing
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