Overview of the press conference (Photo: The Guardian)Hanoi (VNA)– Malaysian authorities released a report on July 30 on the disappearance ofthe Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which includes the possibility of"intervention by a third party."
In a press conferenceproviding the information of the flight’s pilots, Chief Investigator Kok SooChon said that there was no evidence of abnormal behaviour or stress in the twopilots that could have led them to hijack the plane.
"We are not ofthe opinion that it could be an event committed by the pilots," Kok said.
He added that thecaptain of the flight, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, married with three children, is anexperienced pilot with 18,000 hours of flying.
"We cannot ruleout unlawful interference by a third party," such as someone holding thepilots hostage, he said. However he added that no group has claimed to havehijacked the plane and no ransom demands have been made, compounding themystery.
The plane carrying 239people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing vanished on March 8, 2014, and is presumedto have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean.
A 440-page report released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau(ATSB) last year revealed that six hours prior to the disappearance of theMH370, Zaharie operated an emulated flight with a similar route from Malaysiato the Indian Ocean, yet Malaysian police confirmed that he did not perform anyabnormal actions. –VNA
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