Hoax

In a joint news conference this morning, Cai Wu, the Minister of Culture for the Peoples Republic of China; and J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber, and  Damon Lindelof; the creators of the TV series Lost, have confirmed that Air Malaysia flight 370 is safely on the ground on a small, previously uncharted island south of Sri Lanka.  All passengers and crew on the flight are alive and well.

The flight, and the multinational search for the plane, were all part of a publicity stunt for a new Chinese-language version of the show – a stunt that quickly got out of hand.

The military search vessels and much of the satellite imagery shown on the news was stock footage - and they  only used one P-3 Orion plane, alternating between US and Australian crews. 

The distraught Chinese mother who threw herself at security and had to be removed from the press conference is the star of a well-known soap opera, a Chinese version of All My Children.

When asked how they could even consider such a world-wide hoax, Abrams simply pointed to his company mascot.