Flashermac Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 THE SUICIDAL pilot of missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 killed himself and his passengers by switching off the oxygen supply, an expert will claim today. Doomed flight MH370 vanished along with its 227 passengers and 12 crew members while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8. Engine failure, sabotage, terrorism and even faulty air traffic control have all been blamed for sending the plane off course. But airline boss Ewan Wilson will tell British aviation experts that pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah meticulously plotted the tragedy. The Kiwi Airlines chief believes the father-of-three locked co-pilot Fariq Hamid out of the cockpit, closed down all communication links and turned the aircraft around. He is convinced Shah, 53, depressurised the plane - causing those on board to die from hypoxia once the oxygen had run out. Mr Wilson believes the pilot then made eight different course changes before finally allowing the jet to fly on auto-pilot for the remaining hours of its ill-fated journey into the southern Indian Ocean. The air accident investigator claims there have been five previous “suicide†flights which claimed the lives of 422 passengers and crew. The commercial airline pilot, who has travelled from New Zealand to discuss his findings, has called for new laws to ensure pilots and cabin crew are psychologically fit to fly. He said: “There is a fundamental desire to ignore the mental health issue in the aviation industry. “We have shown why hijacking by a passenger or accidental depressurisation are highly unlikely scenarios. “By a process of elimination, this leaves pilot suicide as the only other serious option in our analysis of what occurred on March 8. “Our research indicates there have been five previous incidents of murder/suicide in commercial flights over the last three decades or so, accounting for 422 lives. “The sad addition of MH370 would bring that number to 661.†Shortly after the disappearance of MH370 rumours circulated about the state of Shah’ marriage. He was also said to be disenchanted with the Malaysian Government’s treatment of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. Four months on from the tragedy investigators are no closer to locating the stricken plane but still regard Shah as their chief suspect. The Kiwi Airlines boss has met with Shah’s brother-in-law and wife but both reject the pilot was suicidal. Mr Wilson said: “It would be nice to give families of those on board closure. "I know there are lots of reasons that families are easily swayed by conspiracy theories that the aircraft is lying on some island. “But I don’t think it is. It is lost forever." Mr Wilson does not believe there is a link between MH370 and the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine on July 17, saying it was a “tragic coincidenceâ€. His findings are published in a new book called Goodnight 370. The search for the missing plane is being led by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. A spokesperson said: “While it is impossible to determine with certainty, all the available data indicates the aircraft entered the sea close to a long, but narrow, arc of the southern Indian Ocean. “The complexities surrounding the search cannot be understated. "It involves vast areas of the Indian Ocean with only limited known data and aircraft flight information.†http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/510928/MH370-doomed-suicidal-pilot-claims-airline-boss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 ... and zero evidence of the pilot being in personal or financial distress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Hi, Less chance of the airline having to pay compensation if it was the pilot's fault? Sanuk! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Probably not, since it was their plane and their pilot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YimSiam Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 I suspect that those who include political reasons in the suicide - like the 911 guys, and perhaps like this pilot, too, if he was protesting Anwar's treatment - would probably come up smelling roses on a psych eval, since they are confident in their motivations and aims, feeling very self-assured and fulfilled in the meaning of their lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Don't believe a word of this ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YimSiam Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 ... and won't buy the book either, I assume! Just a pitch for a few bucks before a more conclusive answer is finally obtained, there's money to be made on the back of every tragedy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit731 Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Sounds like a good theory to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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