SUMBER DARI NEWS STRAITS TIMES : SEPANG: A BOEING 777 pilot, who was flying 30 minutes ahead of the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft, said he established contact with MH370 minutes after he was asked to do so by Vietnamese air traffic control. The captain, who asked to not be named, said his plane, which was bound for Narita, Japan, was far into Vietnamese airspace when he was asked to relay, using his planes emergency frequency, to MH370 for the latter to establish its position, as the authorities could not contact the aircraft. We managed to establish contact with MH370 just after 1.30am and asked them if they have transferred into Vietnamese airspace. There were a lot of interference... static... but I heard mumbling from the other end. That was the last time we heard from them, as we lost the connection, (MAYBE VOICE FROM PILOT OR CO-PILOT.. OR SOMEONE ELSE *STRANGERS*) he told the New Sunday Times. He said those on the same frequency at the time would have heard the exchange. This, he said, would include vessels on the waters below. He said he thought nothing of it, as the occurrence (of losing contact) was normal, until it was established that MH370 never landed. If the plane was in trouble, we would have heard the pilot making the Mayday distress call. But I am sure that, like me, no one else up there heard it. Following the silence, a repeat request was made by the Vietnamese authorities to try establishing contact with them.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 05:40:10 +0000
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