Prior comments stated valid reasons why coverage of this missing flight has been so prominent. There's another reason: lots of Americans have flown on airplanes. While it may be difficult for some to empathize with Syrian refugees because it is outside their experience it is easy to wonder if something like this could happen to you, whether to you as a passenger or you as a relative, friend or neighbor of a passenger.
Just as part of the G Washington bridge scandal involves interest in what deleting candidate Christie does for the 2016 elections, part of this interest can be traced to the fact that just about everyone has been in a traffic jam at some point.
Prior comments stated valid reasons why coverage of this missing flight has been so prominent. There's another reason: lots of Americans have flown on airplanes. While it may be difficult for some to empathize with Syrian refugees because it is outside their experience it is easy to wonder if something like this could happen to you, whether to you as a passenger or you as a relative, friend or neighbor of a passenger.
Just as part of the G Washington bridge scandal involves interest in what deleting candidate Christie does for the 2016 elections, part of this interest can be traced to the fact that just about everyone has been in a traffic jam at some point.