A US aviation safety expert has dismissed the latest conspiracy theory that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was hijacked from the plane’s electronics bay and flown to a Kazakhstan airfield.
John Goglia, a former board member of the US’ National Transportation Safety Board, wrote on Forbes that there was no way for the flight controls of a plane to be taken over from the electronics bay mid-flight as the system is designed to be disabled in flight.
“This conspiracy theory would be just one more ridiculous theory except for the possibility that it raises the false hope for the families of the victims of Flight 370 that the plane could have landed safely in a remote airfield,” Goglia wrote.
His article titled “Hijacking Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 from electronics bay? Not possible” was published on the US business website yesterday.
Pilot Jeff Wise wrote in New York magazine last Monday that hijackers had likely entered the Malaysia Airlines jet’s electronics bay, which can be accessed from the passenger cabin, and said they could have taken over flight controls and even changed the aircraft’s satellite transmissions.
Goglia said in response that changing satellite transmission data could not be done simply by pulling circuit breakers in the electronics bay.
26/02/15 Malay Mail Online
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John Goglia, a former board member of the US’ National Transportation Safety Board, wrote on Forbes that there was no way for the flight controls of a plane to be taken over from the electronics bay mid-flight as the system is designed to be disabled in flight.
“This conspiracy theory would be just one more ridiculous theory except for the possibility that it raises the false hope for the families of the victims of Flight 370 that the plane could have landed safely in a remote airfield,” Goglia wrote.
His article titled “Hijacking Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 from electronics bay? Not possible” was published on the US business website yesterday.
Pilot Jeff Wise wrote in New York magazine last Monday that hijackers had likely entered the Malaysia Airlines jet’s electronics bay, which can be accessed from the passenger cabin, and said they could have taken over flight controls and even changed the aircraft’s satellite transmissions.
Goglia said in response that changing satellite transmission data could not be done simply by pulling circuit breakers in the electronics bay.
26/02/15 Malay Mail Online
