[ WP ] Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 lands in Beijing Airport , 3 Months late - passengers claim to have flown as normal .

`` Pilot, identify yourself.'' 
 
 The new Air Traffic Control Operator, Jin, in Beijing began to scramble as an unknown aircraft headed for the runway. The plane was going to disrupt the flow of air traffic, as it had not been on schedule. 
 
 `` This is Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. Prepared for landing.'' 
 
 Jin stopped dead in his tracks. He pushed the millions of possibilities out of his head for just a moment because maybe, just maybe, he had heard the number of the flight wrong. 
 
 `` Could you repeat the number of the aircraft, Captain?'' Jin asked. 
 
 `` Yes, uh, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. That's 3-7-0. Prepared for landing.'' 
 
 The thoughts burst through the door of the Jin's head. The situation was clearly impossible. Malaysia Flight 370 had been lost three months ago. Maybe the Captain just was confused as to what number aircraft he was actually flying. 
 
 `` C-Clear for landing, C-Captain.'' 
 
 Jin's voice shook more than he anticipated. He quickly spun around and pointed directly between the eyes of one of his co-workers. 
 
 `` Lee, what was the exact day that Malaysian Flight got lost at sea?'' 
 
 Lee looked at him skeptically. `` March something. I do n't know for sure.'' 
 
 The Controller turned quickly around and rapidly typed his burning question into Google. He found the date: March 8, 2014. No. It could n't be. He looked into the bottom right hand corner of his computer screen and read the day's date aloud:'June 8, 2014'. 
 
 `` Three months.'' 
 
 `` What?'' Lee walked up behind Jin and, while taking a sip of coffee, put his hand on Jin's shoulders to comfort his lingering unease. Jin looked up and watched the Flight land, then slowly pointed at the aircraft. 
 
 `` T-that flight sitting out on the runway is Malaysia Flight 370 - 3 months late.'' 
 
 The coffee mug slipped from Lee's hand and shattered upon impact with the tiled floor. 
 
 Flight 370 pulled into the gate. The sounds of sirens inside and outside made the passengers uneasy as they began to exit the airplane. As they exited the grey bridge, cameras and reporters surrounded each and every one of them. The police pulled some of them aside as well. Questions were flown everywhere.'Where have you been?''What happened to the flight?''Is anyone injured?''Did you land anywhere else?''Was it alien abduction?' 
 
 The passengers were confused. Their explanations were all the same. They boarded the flight at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia, then made the six hour flight to Beijing. One man in first class did explain they hit some minor turbulence midway through the flight, and that the six hours seemed eerily *long*, but nothing to raise any eyebrows. 
 
 Lee and Jin sprinted their way through the crowds of people anxiously headed to the same destination. Thoughts and possibilities on what could have happened to the plane were swarming their heads. But upon arrival, they received the same feedback from the passengers as everyone had: nothing had gone wrong. 
 
 Out of questions to ask, Lee and Jin backed out of the crowd and began their long walk back to the control tower. 
 
 `` There's no way just *nothing* could have happened to those people. They're obviously hiding something.'' Lee said. 
 
 `` Maybe, my friend.'' Jin answered, but Lee was n't finished. 
 
 `` It could have been aliens, could have been North Korea, could have been Russia, could have been a glitch in the matrix, could have been-'' 
 
 `` It could have been anything, Lee. Aliens, governments, different dimensions, glitches in the matrix, fate, destiny, God-like powers, anything! But I do n't believe in any of those things. Those are solutions to the problem.'' 
 
 `` So what is it then?'' asked the desperate Lee. 
 
 Jin sighed, and continued. `` All I believe is that I saw Malaysia Flight 370 land on the runway today, in one piece, and I also saw your coffee mug split into hundreds of pieces today - something had to give.''
