Plane was flown deliberately along a route designed to avoid detection
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Kuala Lumpur : Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 flew around Indonesian airspace apparently to avoid detection after va-nishing from radar screens on March 8, a media report said on Sunday, suggesting the possibility of a more sinister reason behind the jet’s disappearance.
Malaysian authorities, citing expert analysis of satellite, radar and other data available, concluded earlier that the ill-fated flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing ended in the southern Indian Ocean.
According to previous information, the Boeing 777-200 aircraft turned back after disappearing from civilian radar in Vietnamese airspace, and was detected by Malaysian military radar in the northern Strait of Malacca before vanishing from all radar screens.
After reviewing radar data by neighbouring nations, investigators have now found that the jetliner curved north of Indonesia before turning south tow-ard the southern Indian Ocean, a Malaysian official was quoted as saying.
The official also suggested the possibility of a more sinister reason behind MH370’s disappearance a month ago.
The plane’s flight path clearly showed that someone on the plane was piloting the aircraft in this manner to avoid detection from Indonesian radars, a news agency said, citing the official.
The latest finding added to the already prevailing assumption that the plane was flown deliberately along a route designed to avoid detection. But so far, investigators haven’t ruled out other possible causes of the plane’s diversion like mechanical problems. It remains unknown who they think might have piloted the aircraft.
( Source : PTI )
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