How Can We Lose a Plane? Disbelief as Second Plane Vanishes (+video)

You don’t have to be an expert to ask yourself the question — how in the world, with today’s technology, can a commercial airplane go missing?

. . .Those who get lost driving can use GPS. If you lose your iPhone, there’s an app to track it down. Scientists successfully plotted the course for a spacecraft that landed on a speeding comet.

But something goes wrong aboard a 123-foot, 67-ton passenger jet and rescuers must resort to scouring the ocean?

. . .There are dozens of similar questions on social media. They hint at the same sentiment: in a world where people’s locations are tracked for everything from map apps to what ads appear on a web browser, why does Big Brother’s gaze avoid the skies? (Read more on how you lose a plane HERE)