POLICE SEARCH THE HOME OF PILOT MH370 AS THE MASSIVE WORLDWIDE SEARCH ENTERS ITS 10TH DAY: Malaysian investigators have searched the homes of two pilots as the desperate search for missing flight MH370 extends into a second week. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak told reporters on Saturday that the plane veered off course due to apparent deliberate action taken by somebody on board the Malaysia Airlines jet that is carrying 239 people. The Boeing 777-200 ER disappeared March 8, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Police have dismantled a flight simulator from the home of the pilot and have set it up at police headquarters to examine in a bid to uncover if it shows anything which may be related to the missing Malaysian Airlines plane. Foreign intelligence agencies have been asked to do background checks on all passengers on the flight but so far have found “no negative records”. Background checks are also being done on all crew and ground staff, including engineers who had anything to do with the missing plane. And it has been confirmed that the pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, and co-pilot, Fariq Abdul Hamid, did not ask to fly together on the Kuala Lumpur to Beijing flight the night the plane disappeared. At a briefing last night in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s police chief, along with the country’s defence minister gave details on the latest in the hunt for the plane. The Boeing 777’s communication with the ground was severed within one hour into the Beijing-bound flight. Malaysian officials have said radar data suggest it may have turned back and crossed back over the Malaysian peninsula westward, after setting out toward the Chinese capital. Twenty-five nations are now involved in the search effort covering 11 different countries as well as “deep and remote oceans”, with India, Japan and Brunei joining the search. No demands or contact from any particular groups is making it difficult to determine if the plane had been hijacked. Malaysia’s police chief, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, said police continue to focus on the four areas of hijack, sabotage and personal or psychological problems among the crew and passengers, including ground staff. The airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said Sunday the missing passenger jet took off with its normal amount of fuel needed for the route, and did not have extra fuel on board that could have extended its range. This is truly an unprecedented situation, for Malaysia Airlines and for the entire aviation industry. There has never been a case in which information gleaned from satellite signals alone could potentially be used to identify the location of a missing commercial airliner, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 13:06:41 +0000
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