AAfter myriad theories and conjectures about the disappearance of MH370, the suspicion seems to have fallen on the captain of the doomed jet. Australian investigators have found that Zaharie Ahmad Shah had used his home-built flying simulator to chart the route taken by the plane after it veered from its path.
The Boeing 777-200ER was on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it lost contact with air traffic control an hour into flight on March 8, 2014.What followed over a year were conspiracy theories, claims by family members of the 239 victims, counterclaims by Malaysian authorities and strained China-Malaysia relations. Over two-thirds of those on board were Chinese.
More than two years of scouring the oceans for the debris has not yielded many clues. Small parts of the plane found in the Indian Ocean have not led investigators to the cause of the disaster.
The disappearance of MH370 spawned wild conspiracy theories — from those that implicated the North Korean regime to the ones that held United States responsible for the disaster. Lack of information and clumsy crisis management by the Malaysian government fed rumours. Ties between Malaysia and China suffered as a large number of Chinese families to which the victims belonged turned desperate after weeks of waiting in a hotel.
To point a finger at the captain of the jet is not unusual after investigators seemed to have exhausted all options of finding the truth. Pilot suicide is not something unheard of. It was only last year that the pilot of a Germanwings plane flew it into the French Alps killing everyone on board. He was suffering from depression and probably took pleasure in taking so many lives.
It was heard in the aftermath of the tragedy that Shah was unhappy about the jailing of Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim. The responsibility of the captain of a jetliner is immense. It doesn’t only include flying the plane from the origin to the destination but also encompasses several technical and ethical issues. The captain, it is said, is the king of the aircraft. He has ultimate say in steering the plane to its destination and taking all major decisions. The safety of passengers, freight and the plane is entrusted with the captain.
Shah’s sister, however, has denied that he would have deliberately crashed the plane. Without sufficient evidence, it is well nigh impossible to say that the captain took down the plane. However, the finding about the simulator lends credence to this theory. Investigators should do as much as possible to dig deep into this and find out the truth.
AAfter myriad theories and conjectures about the disappearance of MH370, the suspicion seems to have fallen on the captain of the doomed jet. Australian investigators have found that Zaharie Ahmad Shah had used his home-built flying simulator to chart the route taken by the plane after it veered from its path.
The Boeing 777-200ER was on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it lost contact with air traffic control an hour into flight on March 8, 2014.What followed over a year were conspiracy theories, claims by family members of the 239 victims, counterclaims by Malaysian authorities and strained China-Malaysia relations. Over two-thirds of those on board were Chinese.
More than two years of scouring the oceans for the debris has not yielded many clues. Small parts of the plane found in the Indian Ocean have not led investigators to the cause of the disaster.
The disappearance of MH370 spawned wild conspiracy theories — from those that implicated the North Korean regime to the ones that held United States responsible for the disaster. Lack of information and clumsy crisis management by the Malaysian government fed rumours. Ties between Malaysia and China suffered as a large number of Chinese families to which the victims belonged turned desperate after weeks of waiting in a hotel.
To point a finger at the captain of the jet is not unusual after investigators seemed to have exhausted all options of finding the truth. Pilot suicide is not something unheard of. It was only last year that the pilot of a Germanwings plane flew it into the French Alps killing everyone on board. He was suffering from depression and probably took pleasure in taking so many lives.
It was heard in the aftermath of the tragedy that Shah was unhappy about the jailing of Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim. The responsibility of the captain of a jetliner is immense. It doesn’t only include flying the plane from the origin to the destination but also encompasses several technical and ethical issues. The captain, it is said, is the king of the aircraft. He has ultimate say in steering the plane to its destination and taking all major decisions. The safety of passengers, freight and the plane is entrusted with the captain.
Shah’s sister, however, has denied that he would have deliberately crashed the plane. Without sufficient evidence, it is well nigh impossible to say that the captain took down the plane. However, the finding about the simulator lends credence to this theory. Investigators should do as much as possible to dig deep into this and find out the truth.
