Was missing jet hijacked and flown towards Indian islands? Radar data shows flight MH370 was heading towards Andaman Islands -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Military radar data suggests a Malaysia Airlines jetliner missing for nearly a week was deliberately flown hundreds of miles off course, it has been claimed. As the search for the missing Boeing 777 continues nearly a week after it vanished with 239 people on board, sources familiar with the investigation have said analysis of the Malaysian data suggests the plane was deliberately flown towards the Andaman Islands. Two sources told Reuters an unidentified aircraft that investigators believe was Flight MH370 was following a route between navigational waypoints when it was last plotted on military radar off the countrys northwest coast. This indicates that it was either being flown by the pilots or someone with knowledge of those waypoints, the sources said. Two sources have today told Reuters an unidentified aircraft that investigators believe was Flight MH370 was following a route between navigational waypoints - indicating it was being flown by someone with aviation training - when it was last plotted on military radar off the countrys north west coast (file picture) The last plot on the military radars tracking suggested the plane was flying toward Indias Andaman Islands, a chain of isles between the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, they said. Waypoints are geographic locations, worked out by calculating longitude and latitude, that help pilots navigate along established air corridors. A third source familiar with the investigation said inquiries were focusing increasingly on the theory that someone who knew how to fly a plane deliberately diverted the flight. What we can say is we are looking at sabotage, with hijack still on the cards, said that source, a senior Malaysian police official. All three sources declined to be identified because they were not authorised to speak to the media and due to the sensitivity of the investigation. Officials at Malaysias Ministry of Transport, the official point of contact for information on the investigation, did not return calls seeking comment.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:00:07 +0000
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