The rouge pilot theory is still viable among people associated with the the airline industry.
March 5, 2015
By Michael Forsythe and Keith Bradsher
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The retired chief pilot of Malaysia Airlines (click here) is torn between logic and loyalty to an old friend. Nik Huzlan, 56, was one of the first captains to fly the 12-year-old Boeing 777 that disappeared over the Indian Ocean a year ago this Sunday. He has known the pilot who flew the plane that day, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, for decades....
...“Based on logic, when you throw emotion away, it seems to point a certain direction which you can’t ignore,” Mr. Huzlan said. “Your best friend can harbor the darkest secrets.”...
There is no reason to give up the theory no matter how obscure a scenario appears. There are lands within the fuel reach of the missing plane. Landing on those lands is always a possibility and a search can be conducted. Searching land would be somewhat more simple than the continued search at sea. It is a scenario that can eventually be put to rest, but, in the years of terrorist threat it is important to put the idea out of the realm of reality.
The anniversary of the loss is coming on March 8th.
...Four ships under contract by the Australian and Malaysian governments are searching the site, braving swells reaching 55 feet as cyclone after cyclone churns the ocean between Africa and Australia. Crews work 12-hour days, with no days off, six weeks at a time....
There haven't been any cyclones in the search zone. The turbulence is significant, but, 55 foot waves don't translate to exceptional turbulence in deep waters. But, with that level of turbulence at the surface there probably is some impairment of their search abilities. I think the search of land is more important right now. The sea will provide jet debris in time.
March 5, 2015
By Michael Forsythe and Keith Bradsher
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The retired chief pilot of Malaysia Airlines (click here) is torn between logic and loyalty to an old friend. Nik Huzlan, 56, was one of the first captains to fly the 12-year-old Boeing 777 that disappeared over the Indian Ocean a year ago this Sunday. He has known the pilot who flew the plane that day, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, for decades....
...“Based on logic, when you throw emotion away, it seems to point a certain direction which you can’t ignore,” Mr. Huzlan said. “Your best friend can harbor the darkest secrets.”...
There is no reason to give up the theory no matter how obscure a scenario appears. There are lands within the fuel reach of the missing plane. Landing on those lands is always a possibility and a search can be conducted. Searching land would be somewhat more simple than the continued search at sea. It is a scenario that can eventually be put to rest, but, in the years of terrorist threat it is important to put the idea out of the realm of reality.
The anniversary of the loss is coming on March 8th.
...Four ships under contract by the Australian and Malaysian governments are searching the site, braving swells reaching 55 feet as cyclone after cyclone churns the ocean between Africa and Australia. Crews work 12-hour days, with no days off, six weeks at a time....
There haven't been any cyclones in the search zone. The turbulence is significant, but, 55 foot waves don't translate to exceptional turbulence in deep waters. But, with that level of turbulence at the surface there probably is some impairment of their search abilities. I think the search of land is more important right now. The sea will provide jet debris in time.
