Larry Dighera
June 25th 14, 11:25 AM
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MH370 Captain Now "Chief Suspect"
The captain of MH370 is now the "chief suspect" in the loss of the aircraft
after investigators found some deleted files in his elaborate home flight
simulator. According to various reports, Capt. Zaharie Shah flew a route on the
sim that ended on a runway on a remote, still unidentified, island in the
southern Indian Ocean. Searchers are now shifting their focus to the route
plotted in the files recovered from the simulator. "We have to continue with
the lead because the best lead we have is based on the handshake on the
Inmarsat [satellite data] and still in the southern corridor," Malaysia's
Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said at a news
conference.
There was early suspicion that Zaharie might have had something to do with the
bizarre story that gripped the world for weeks and has led to several failed
searches in the vast oceans in the Asian southern hemisphere. The seizure of
the simulator was widely publicized. There have been reports that Zaharie had
domestic issues and that of all the people on board the Boeing 777, he was the
only one without personal and business appointments scheduled for after the
flight. Malaysian officials have cautioned that it's too early to rule out
mechanical failure as the cause of the presumed loss of the aircraft and its
239 occupants but if an accident is ruled out that Zaharie is the "chief
suspect."
MH370 Captain Now "Chief Suspect"
The captain of MH370 is now the "chief suspect" in the loss of the aircraft
after investigators found some deleted files in his elaborate home flight
simulator. According to various reports, Capt. Zaharie Shah flew a route on the
sim that ended on a runway on a remote, still unidentified, island in the
southern Indian Ocean. Searchers are now shifting their focus to the route
plotted in the files recovered from the simulator. "We have to continue with
the lead because the best lead we have is based on the handshake on the
Inmarsat [satellite data] and still in the southern corridor," Malaysia's
Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said at a news
conference.
There was early suspicion that Zaharie might have had something to do with the
bizarre story that gripped the world for weeks and has led to several failed
searches in the vast oceans in the Asian southern hemisphere. The seizure of
the simulator was widely publicized. There have been reports that Zaharie had
domestic issues and that of all the people on board the Boeing 777, he was the
only one without personal and business appointments scheduled for after the
flight. Malaysian officials have cautioned that it's too early to rule out
mechanical failure as the cause of the presumed loss of the aircraft and its
239 occupants but if an accident is ruled out that Zaharie is the "chief
suspect."