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Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur Airport at 00:42 local time on 8 March 2014. The flight was operated by a Boeing 777-200ER, which would fly north from Malaysia, reach Vietnam and head to Beijing. About an hour after takeoff, everything went according to plan, but at 1:22 p.m., the plane disappeared from the controllers’ screens. Soon after, it failed to establish a connection with Ho Chi Minh City Airport in Vietnam.
This caused concern and pilots of other aircraft attempted to contact MH370 via satellite communications. They continued to call, but although the system in the cabin received the signal and responded to the satellite, the calls remained unanswered. When it became clear at seven in the morning that the Boeing had not arrived in Beijing, the airline declared the plane lost and a search and rescue operation began. First of all, they searched for the plane in the most prominent places on the planned route. The search area was later expanded, and eventually 19 ships and numerous military aircraft scanned 4.5 million square meters during three hundred sorties. km, mainly in the south of the Indian Ocean.
Rescuers responded to all reports from witnesses who saw the plane on the morning of March 8 and eventually began searching the ocean floor using sonar. The operation continued until 2017, becoming the most expensive operation in aviation history and yielding almost no results. It was not possible to find any fuel stains or accumulations of floating aircraft parts or passenger belongings, but usually after accidents at sea most of these are left behind. Only in 2016-17 it was possible to capture several single fragments of the trunk in the African region.
However, the investigation had very unexpected results. It turned out that when the plane disappeared from civilian radar screens (to do this, it is enough to disable the transponder on the plane), it continued to be tracked by the surveillance locators of the Malaysian Armed Forces. Their job is not to control civilian traffic, but they do keep a record; Analysis of these records showed that shortly after the transponder was turned off, Flight 370 briefly turned eastward from the planned orbit, but then changed course to the southwest. The plane crossed the Malay Peninsula and soon reached the island of Penang on the west coast. After this it continued to fly west and when the radar last recorded its position it was 450 km northwest of Penang.
Missed calls and other people’s passports
The recorded facts did not fit into the picture of a man-made disaster: it is impossible to imagine that the transponder, autopilot, radio station, satellite phone (which also indicates online) would fail at the same time. all this was superimposed on the complete indifference of the pilot, who must have seen the absolutely wrong compass bearing.
Another version of a terrorist attack on the ship emerged; This began to look particularly likely once it became clear that the two passengers were not who they said they were. An Australian citizen and an Italian citizen were actually Iranians flying on stolen passports. Since Iran has tense relations with many countries of the world, especially the West, a version of the kidnapping has emerged. However, this was quickly disproved by Interpol’s investigation: There is no reason to think that the two young men were terrorists or intelligence agents, and it is most likely that they were there was refugees. Later, experts explained that security standards in Southeast Asia are very different from American and European standards, and therefore it is not uncommon for people using other people’s documents to fly here.
153 of the 227 passengers were Chinese. The PRC, which has a very detailed file on many of its citizens, also conducted an investigation and excludedIt was stated that one of the Chinese people on the ship may have committed a terrorist attack or sabotage.
The strange disappearance gave rise to the most fantastic theories being expressed: for example, that this was a cunning operation by North Korean intelligence services to kidnap foreign citizens, or that the plane was swallowed by a microscopic black hole – such a question for an expert asked He anchors on CNN and reads a question from Twitter.
simulator training
In the final report of the Malaysian Ministry of Transport aforementioned: Illegal interference occurred and as a result communications systems ceased functioning and the aircraft was manually deployed.” This maneuver was carried out either by pilots or third parties, but the commission rejected the version of a terrorist attack, a conflict between crew members or suicide.
These points sparked controversy among some journalists and aviation observers. There may be several reasons for the strong dissatisfaction with life of the ship’s commander, Zachary Ahmad Shah. For example, by rumorsOne day before the flight, her husband and children left home and the woman had sex with another man. Shah’s friend also stated that he was sorry for the breakdown of the pilot’s marriage.
Additionally, the commander of MH 370 was a supporter of opposition politician Anwar Ibrahim, who was jailed on 7 March; The pilot was even present in the courtroom. The opposition considered the case politically motivated and protested the decision. According to some observers, this could also push the Shah to suicide, but in vain – in 2022, Anwar Ibrahim became the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Eventually, the FBI found unusual evidence on the pilot’s computer. He was an active user of one of the flight simulators and during one of the missions complete Landing at a small island airport in the Indian Ocean. Moreover, this virtual route was very similar to the route MH 370 actually flew. But this alone cannot be considered evidence of the Shah’s involvement in the disaster, since users of flight simulators often perform even the most ridiculous and crazy missions in these simulators for entertainment.
Another argument in favor of suicide was that the plane was going to the island of Penang, the hometown of the ship commander. “Someone looked at Penang for a long time and was filled with emotion… actually there was not one but three pages [как заявлялось изначально]”, — said BBC pilot for British Airways.
As a result, based on the completeness of the evidence, the version of the pilot’s suicide is considered the main unofficial version. HE adhereFor example, Tony Abbott, the former prime minister of neighboring Australia: “I understand very clearly that the highest levels of the Malaysian government thought from the very beginning that this was a pilot suicide and murder. [им других пассажиров]”
Despite all the discussions, the pilot’s family categorically disagrees with this view and the pilot may be right. As planned, Boeing was equipped with strong anti-theft cockpit doors that were supposed to protect pilots from terrorist attacks. However, if an attacker has already taken over the cabin and locked it, it will no longer be possible to take control from the passengers. So in theory the plane could be flown into the ocean by anyone with basic airplane control skills.