Even as Putrajaya changed yesterday the final words of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to “Good night Malaysian three seven zero”, local investigators say the plane’s deviation from its original path is considered a “criminal act” either by the pilots, or by someone else on board.
According to a report on CNN today, this was disclosed to the news channel by a “Malaysian government source” — which suggests a possible sinister reason behind the aircraft’s mysterious disappearance more than three weeks ago.
The CNN report also said that in a background briefing on the incident to the news channel, local investigators repeated that MH370 had been flown hundreds of miles off-course by someone with “good flying knowledge of the aircraft”.
It was concluded on March 15 — one week after MH370 left radar screens on March 8 — that the aircraft’s diverted flight path was the result of “deliberate action” by someone on board the plane with aviation knowledge and experience.
Since then, the final words that came from the cockpit, which are believed to have been uttered by co-pilot Fariq Ab Hamid, has become the subject of much scrutiny. Fariq, and flight captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, became central to investigations surrounding the reason that MH370 was taken off its original flight path to Beijing.
But no leads have emerged to prove any criminal element behind MH370’s surprising air turnback. The plane was meant to fly to Beijing but turned in mid-air after flying for nearly an hour and headed in a westerly direction towards the Straits of Malacca before it headed south to the Indian Ocean, according to satellite and radar data.
Late last night, the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) was forced to clarify that the final words transmitted from MH370’s cockpit before the aircraft went missing was “Good night Malaysian three seven zero” instead of the “Alright, good night” as previously claimed.
01/04/14 Malay Mail Online
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According to a report on CNN today, this was disclosed to the news channel by a “Malaysian government source” — which suggests a possible sinister reason behind the aircraft’s mysterious disappearance more than three weeks ago.
The CNN report also said that in a background briefing on the incident to the news channel, local investigators repeated that MH370 had been flown hundreds of miles off-course by someone with “good flying knowledge of the aircraft”.
It was concluded on March 15 — one week after MH370 left radar screens on March 8 — that the aircraft’s diverted flight path was the result of “deliberate action” by someone on board the plane with aviation knowledge and experience.
Since then, the final words that came from the cockpit, which are believed to have been uttered by co-pilot Fariq Ab Hamid, has become the subject of much scrutiny. Fariq, and flight captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, became central to investigations surrounding the reason that MH370 was taken off its original flight path to Beijing.
But no leads have emerged to prove any criminal element behind MH370’s surprising air turnback. The plane was meant to fly to Beijing but turned in mid-air after flying for nearly an hour and headed in a westerly direction towards the Straits of Malacca before it headed south to the Indian Ocean, according to satellite and radar data.
Late last night, the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) was forced to clarify that the final words transmitted from MH370’s cockpit before the aircraft went missing was “Good night Malaysian three seven zero” instead of the “Alright, good night” as previously claimed.
01/04/14 Malay Mail Online
