‘Did MH370 end its flight in Indian Ocean?

PETALING JAYA: Did Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 really ended its journey at the Indian Ocean, asked former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

In a blog post today, Mahathir also questioned if a plane that size could just plunge into the deep ocean without breaking into pieces.

“Can a plane that heavy; made of glass, aluminium, titanium and composites, plunge into the sea and not break up? Even if the sea was calm, the plane must break up.

“But the suggestion is that the whole plane sank intact into the sea! Is this possible? But to date, nothing has been found to indicate the breakup of the plane,” he said.

On March 8, flight MH370 which was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing lost all communications with air traffic control and went missing.

It was later found that the plane had made westward turn towards the Andaman Seas, before ending its journey in the southern Indian Ocean.

A multinational search and rescue operation is still ongoing to locate the missing plane and the 239 passengers on board the flight.

On the same issue, Mahathir also launched a scathing attack against aircraft maker, Boeing for the disappearance of flight MH370.

He also lashed out at Boeing for keeping mum on the jetliner’s disappearance, saying the plane maker should be held liable for the plane’s communication breakdown.

“The position of all commercial planes are constantly monitored. They even appear on the screen of our phones but MH370 disappeared from the screen.

“How did it happen? What equipments do passenger aircraft carry so that their position can be chartered and broadcast? If a plane disappears wouldn’t someone notice? Yet the plane vanished and no one seems to know.

“But Boeing is deathly quiet! No explanation at all as to how the communication system and monitoring of position can fail in its aircraft,” he said.

Mahathir added that Boeing have a lot to answer on the plane disappearance and on how the flight communications system could be easily compromised.

“Until the plane is found and the causes on how its communications system broke down is determined, one must conclude that Boeing planes are dangerous to fly in,” he said.


Source : http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/05/09/did-mh370-end-its-flight-in-indian-ocean/