Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 now classified as a criminal investigation....... THE investigation into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has been classified as a criminal investigation, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal citing Malaysia’s police chief. As the search for the missing Boeing 777-200ER continues into its 25th day, a series of updates linked to The Wall Street Journal’s Twitter feed quoted police chief Inspector General Khalid Abu Bakar as saying police had taken more than 170 statements for the ongoing probe, and would interview more people. “Investigations may go on and on and on. We have to clear every little thing,’’ Abu Bakar told reporters in Kuala Lumpur. “At the end of the investigations, we may not even know the real cause. We may not even know the reason for this incident.” IS THIS THE REAL REASON NO-ONE CAN FIND FLIGHT MH370 Abu Bakar said the backgrounds of the 227 passengers, two-thirds of whom were from China, had been checked by local and international investigators and “cleared” of the four possible scenarios: Sabotage, hijacking personal or psychological problems. Abu Bakar said police were also investigating the cargo and food served on the plane to eliminate the possibility of poisoning of passengers and crew. Even the aircraft’s cargo of four tonnes of mangosteens are under investigation, he said, after having previously been held up as evidence that nothing untoward was being carried in the hold. “Investigators are looking into who ordered them, paid for them and plucked and packed them from an orchard in Muar,” he said It follows comments from Malaysia’s Defence and acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein this week that the plane’s “movements were consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane.” Investigators have been trawling through the backgrounds of Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 53, and Fariq Abdul Hamid, 27, along with examining whether a passenger could have hijacked the plane and flown it to the remote southern Indian Ocean. However, an accident has also not been fully ruled out. Mr Abu Bakar said some details could not be revealed at the moment because it could impact on a future prosecution. “You have to understand that there are things we cannot share as it is a criminal investigation but we are investigating based on the four areas of focus,” he said. According to the Journal, Abu Bakar said the investigation into Captain Ahmad Shah’s home-made flight simulator remained inconclusive, and that they were awaiting expert’s reports....Via News.au
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:25:19 +0000
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