Mapped: The 634 runways where missing Malaysia Airlines plane could have landed Today Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said investigators believe flight MH370s disappearance is the result of deliberate action by someone on the plane. Mr Razak said it is believed to have been heading in a westerly and then north westerly direction. It is estimated that the jet had enough fuel to have flown around another 2,200 miles after it vanished. WYNC Data Team said based on the size of the plane, there are 634 runways where it could potentially have landed. They are spread from as far north as Pakistan, to as far south as the west coast of Australia or even Japan. Other remote locations include Micronesia, Mongolia and the Maldives. Prime Minister Razak stopped short of saying the aircraft had been hijacked, but his deliberate action comments point ever more towards foul play. He said: Based on new satellite communication we can say with a high degree of certainty that the aircraft communication addressing system was disabled just before the aircraft reached the east coast of Malaysia. Shortly afterwards between the border of Malaysian and Vietnamese air traffic control the aircrafts transponder was switched off. Radar data showed that from this point onwards a plane believed to be MH370 did turn back and turned back in a westerly direction before turning north west. These movements are consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane. Investigators are increasingly focused on the possibility the plane was flown off-course by the pilot or co-pilot, or someone else on board with detailed knowledge of how to fly and navigate a large commercial aircraft.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 06:39:57 +0000
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