Seorang nelayan di Kota Bharu mendakwa terlihat sebuah pesawat terbang lebih rendah daripada biasa di Laut China Selatan kira-kira lapan batu nautika dari Kuala Besar, Pantai Cahaya Bulan awal pagi kelmarin.
Azid Ibrahim, 66, berkata dia yang membawa lima kaki pancing ke kawasan itu, melihat pesawat tersebut terbang rendah menghala keluar dari negara ini menuju ke tengah laut kira-kira jam 1.30 pagi, lapor Sinar Harian hari ini.
"Ketika itu hanya saya dan Pak Da (kawannya) sahaja yang melihat kapal terbang itu. Yang lain tidur. Biasalah kami nampak kapal terbang di kawasan ini kerana ia laluan utama, tapi kali ini ia terbang lebih rendah daripada biasa.
"Saya tidak pasti berapa tinggi kapal terbang itu dari muka laut, cuma nampak lampu besar buah kelapa dan dibawah awan. itu saya hairan," kata seperti dilapor akhbar harian itu.
Dia yang sudah 10 tahun membawa kaki pancing ke laut berkata, selepas mengetahui kehilangan pesawat MH370 semalam, beliau membuat laporan polis di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Kota Bharu, petang semalam.
"Saya ingin beritahu apa yang saya nampak malam itu. Mana tahu ia boleh bantu (pasukan mencari dan menyelamat)," katanya.
Sementara itu, Berita Harian hari ini melaporkan tiada sebarang perubahan cucaa ketara berhampiran perairan Malaysia yang dilihat boleh mengancam pesawat MH370 pada waktu dilaporkan.
Pegawai Meterologi Pusat Cuaca Nasional, Jabatan Meterologi Malaysia, Khairul Najib Ibrahim memaklumkan keadaan cuaca dari jam 12 tengah malam hingga 3 pagi, berdasarkan imej satelit diperoleh daripada Agensi Meterologi Jepun tidak memberikan ancaman kepada pesawat.
"Walaupun Jabatan Meteorologi sudah mengeluarkan amaran keadaan angin kencang dan laut bergelora semalam (kelmarin), ia hanya bagi kawasan perairan Sabah dan Sarawak tanpa membabitkan kawasan disyaki," katanya seperti dilapor akhbar itu.- malaysiakini
DCA enggan dedah identiti penumpang misteri...
Jabatan Penerbangan Awam (DCA) kelihatan agak berat untuk memberi maklumat mengenai dua penumpang yang menggunakan pasport palsu untuk penerbangan malang MH370.
Ketua Pengarah DCA Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman (kiri)
berkata penyiasatan akan terganggu sekiranya terlalu banyak maklumat
didedahkan berkenaan identiti dua penumpang misteri tersebut."Kami tak akan mendedahkan terlalu banyak berkenaan dua penumpang itu kerana ia masih di bawah siasatan dan sebarang maklumat akan menjejaskan penyiasatan yang berlangsung," kata beliau ketika dihujani pertanyaan wartawan di sidang media di Hotel Sama Sama hari ini.
Dua individu berkenaan menggunakan identiti warga Itali Luigi Maraldi dan Austria Christian Kozel dikatakan mempunyai wajah 'berciri Asia' ketika menaiki penerangan dari Kuala Lumpur tiga hari lalu.
Interpol dalam kenyataan mereka semalam membidas pihak berkuasa Malaysia yang tidak mengambil peduli pangkalan data badan antarabangsa itu yang menunjukkan pasport mereka telab hilang dua tahun lalu.
Bernama semalam turut melaporkan Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi semalam turut menyelar pegawai imigresen yang membenarkan dua individu itu menaiki pesawat dengan pasport mereka.
Zahid berjanji satu siasatan dalaman akan dilakukan bagi menyiasat kecuaian tersebut.
Sementara itu, Azharuddin berkata beliau akan berbincang dengan pihak penyiasat sama ada akan mengeluarkan gambar dua individu terbabit untuk membantu siasatan.
"Pihak penyiasatan sekarang sedang meneliti rekod dan rakaman video. Kami akan sampaikan kepada media jika kami mendapat laporan pihak penyiasat," kata Azharuddin.
Azharuddin bagaimanapun meminta orang ramai tidak curiga terhadap kawalan keselamatan lapangan terbang negara ini kerana ia telah diaudit dan diiktiraf standard antarabangsa.- malaysiakini
Info on MH370 imposters could compromise probe...
As questions persist about two imposters who boarded the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) is adamantly against releasing any information which could compromise investigations.
"We
will not reveal too much on the two passengers as it is under
investigation and any information I give you might jeopardise the
investigation that is going on," director-general Azharuddin Abdul
Rahman (in brown shirt) told a press conference at Sama-Sama Hotel, KL International Airport this afternoon. Italian Luigi Maraldi and Austrian Christian Kozel were listed as passengers on the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, in the manifest released by Malaysia Airlines (MAS).
However, both the Italian and Austrian foreign ministries have denied that the duo were on the flight, adding that their passports had been reported stolen in Thailand over the last two years.
Southern China Airlines, which has a code-sharing arrangement with MAS, has confirmed that two tickets were purchased using the stolen passports. Payment was made in Thai baht and the serial number was consecutive, suggesting that these were bought together.
Azaharuddin said information on the two imposters will only be released once the DCA receives a report from the investigation team.
"The investigation team is now, even as we speak, going through all the records and video footage. Once we get any reports, we will inform you about what has been gathered by the team of experts investigating the two passengers," he said.
Pressed as to whether the authorities will at least release photographs of the two suspicious passengers, Azaharuddin replied: "We have to first discuss with the investigating officers and relevant agencies.”
'KLIA security up to world standards'
Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had yesterday revealed that the two passengers have “Asian features”.
He promised action against immigration officers who did not detect this as the duo were using passports issued to Europeans.
However, Azaharuddin declined to elaborate on this and refused to comment on whether there was a lapse in security.He also declined to say whether security has since been boosted at KLIA, saying that it is already on par with international standards.
In a separate development, Azharuddin said members of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) arrived in Kuala Lumpur today and will provide assistance in the investigation.
British and Australian aviation agencies have similarly offered help, he added.
MAS chief executive officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said the airline has offered to immediately fly two next-of-kin of each Chinese national on Flight MH370 to Kuala Lumpur.
"Another three (members of their families) will be flown in later," he said.- malaysiakini
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