PRAYERS AND SEARCH CONTINUES FOR MALAYSIAN FLIGHT MH370 MARCH 21, 2014 LEAVE A COMMENT It’s been two full weeks since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 took off from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board, signed off from Malaysian air traffic control, turned left and disappeared. A Malaysian woman writing a message of prayer and hope for passengers of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on March 20, 2014. A Malaysian woman writing a message of prayer and hope for passengers of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on March 20, 2014. A senior official involved in the search has said this disappearance is an “unprecedented aviation mystery”. The news has dominated headlines and social media since the story broke. The focus of the search has focused late this week on the waters far off Australia, but it’s not clear that debris spotted there on a blurry satellite image has anything to do with the missing jet. Earlier this week, frustration with the lack of progress boiled over into chaotic scenes as Chinese relatives were dragged away from journalists in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital. They were attempting to speak to Chinese journalists outside the daily press conference. A Chinese relative of a passenger aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane is carried out by security officials as she protests before a press conference at a hotel in Sepang, Malaysia, Wednesday, March 19. A Chinese relative of a passenger aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane is carried out by security officials as she protests before a press conference at a hotel in Sepang, Malaysia, Wednesday, March 19. A BBC reporter was pushed away from the relatives, who were carrying banners criticising the handling of the case. One of the relatives, a middle-aged woman, cried: “They give different messages every day! Where’s the flight now? Find our relatives! Find the aircraft!” The Malaysian government said later it regretted the scenes and ordered an investigation, saying “one can only imagine the anguish they are going through”. The FBI, through its legal office in Kuala Lumpur is now aiding the Malaysian government’s search for the plane. The US investigators are believed to be helping the Malaysians examine a home flight simulator belonging to one of the pilots of flight MH370 for clues. The pilot is said to have deleted some files from the computer simulator. President Barack Obama says finding out what happened to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane is a top priority for the US. President Barack Obama says finding out what happened to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane is a top priority for the US. “The FBI continues to engage with appropriate Malaysian authorities and provide support where necessary to the Malaysian government in their investigation of the missing aircraft”. US President Barack Obama said finding out what happened to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane is a top priority for the US. He said, “Every available US resource is being used in the search, including the FBI, the National Transportation Safety Board and others who deal with aviation. Finding the plane will take time because the search area is so vast”, he said, “but the US will continue working in close cooperation with the Malaysian government, which is leading the investigation, to see if we can get to the bottom of this.” “We have put every resource that we have available at the disposal of the search process,” Obama said in an interview with Dallas-Fort Worth television station KDFW. He said the nation’s thoughts and prayers were with the grieving families. Three Americans were aboard the flight. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, 3rd from left, attends a special prayer for the passengers of Malaysian flight MH370 at a mosque near Kuala Lumpur International Airport. On the left is Malaysian Acting Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, 3rd from left, attends a special prayer for the passengers of Malaysian flight MH370 at a mosque near Kuala Lumpur International Airport. On the left is Malaysian Acting Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein. “We’re going to keep on working with the international community” to try to determine what happened to the plane, Obama said. The president has been getting daily updates on the status of the search and the investigation, and U.S. contributions to the search effort, White House press secretary Jay Carney said. In the interview, Obama also addressed rampant speculation and multiple theories about what may have happened to the aircraft, blaming it on the many unanswered questions about the mysterious disappearance nearly two weeks ago of the Boeing 777. He acknowledged that it’s a “tough situation.” “It’s a big piece of planet that we’re searching and sometimes these things take time, but we hope and pray that we can get to the bottom of what happened,” he said. Malaysias acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein stressed the captain should be considered innocent until proven guilty and that members of his family were co-operating with the investigation. Malaysia’s acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein stressed the captain should be considered innocent until proven guilty and that members of his family were co-operating with the investigation. “We are finding that the level of co-operation with the Malaysian government is solid, and we are working closely with the Malaysians as well as our other international partners in this effort to find out what happened to the plane and why it happened,” he said. The Malaysian officials gave the FBI access to data generated by both pilots including from a hard drive attached to the captain’s flight simulator and electronic media used by a co-pilot. Ibrahim Mat Zin, a local well-known bomoh (the Malay term for a shaman), holds two coconuts as he performs a ritual to help finding the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport March 12, 2014. Ibrahim Mat Zin, a local well-known “bomoh” (the Malay term for a shaman), holds two coconuts as he performs a ritual to help finding the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport March 12, 2014. Malaysian police chief Khalid Abu said some data was deleted on 3 February from the simulator found at Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah’s home and that investigators were trying to recover the deleted files. The acting transport minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, stressed the captain should be considered innocent until proven guilty and that members of his family were co-operating with the investigation. Deleting files would not necessarily be suspicious, particularly if it were done to free up memory space. The Malaysian authorities have said the evidence so far suggests the Boeing-777 was deliberately turned back across Malaysia to the Strait of Malacca with its communications systems disabled. They are unsure what happened next. Muslims perform a special prayer for passengers of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane at the departure hall of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport March 13, 2014. Muslims perform a special prayer for passengers of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane at the departure hall of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport March 13, 2014. Investigators have identified two giant arcs of territory spanning the possible positions of the plane about seven hours after take-off. This is based on its last faint signal to a satellite – an hourly “handshake” broadcast even when communications are switched off. The arcs stretch up as far as Kazakhstan in central Asia and deep into the southern Indian Ocean west of Australia.
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