An official of the Malaysian government, who is involved in the investigation of the disappearance of the flight 370 says that the flight was hijacked. Neither any motive has been established nor any demands have been made known so far. It is not yet clear where the plane was taken, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media. The official said that hijacking was no longer a theory. “It is conclusive”.
Pilot’s Home Searched
What was initially an international search for a jet, has now become a criminal investigation. Shortly after the Malaysian Prime Minister spoke with reporters and said that the plane might have been deliberately veered off its course, Malaysian police searched the home of the airplane’s pilot Zahari Ahmad Shah, 53.
Police made no comments about what they were looking. They were approached by journalists as they came out of the home of co-pilot, Fariq Ab Hamid, 27. Two vans exited the home with authorities taking small bags that reportedly looked similar to shopping bags, although CNN reports that it was unclear if the bags were taken from home.
Confusion, Puzzle, Mystery
While the mystery surrounding the missing plane has only continued to raise confusion and frustration, the latest revelation raises a spate of new questions and possibilities on a story that has continued to make major international headlines for two weeks after the plane’s disappearance under mysterious circumstances.
The wide-body jet, carrying 239 people onboard, was reported to have vanished from the civilian air-traffic control radar in the wee hours of Saturday, only about an hour into its journey from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
While the inability to solve the puzzle surrounding the bizarre disappearance of the plane has become a breeding ground for uncanny theories and explanations doing their rounds on the Internet, the event has prompted a massive international air and water search, which so far has not produced any tangible results.
Malaysian Prime Minister’s statement that the plane was flying until 8:11 am, tends to confirm the earlier claims made by the US investigators that the airplane continued to fly for four additional hours from the time of what was initially announced as the last point of contact.
The evidence, indicating possible terrorism or sabotage, tends to make more sense in a theoretical point of view at a time when there is nothing more scientific and plausible one could think about.
source: myfoxphoenix.com ibtimes.co.in
