Government finally releases MH370 transcript...
After 25 days, the Malaysian authorities today finally released the
transcript of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370's final hour of
communication with air traffic controllers.
In a statement, acting Transport Ministry Hishammuddin Hussein (right) said there was nothing unusual about the transcript.
"There is no indication of anything abnormal in the transcript. The transcript was initially held as part of the police investigation," he said, adding that the document has also been released to family members.
Hishammuddin acknowledged investigators had previously theorised the final words from Flight MH370 was from co-pilot Fariq Ab Hamid but said this remains unconfirmed.
"The police are working to confirm this belief, and forensic examination of the actual recording is on-going," the statements read.
Despite the communications appearing above board, Hishammuddin stressed investigators still believed the aircraft was deliberately diverted by someone on board.
"The international investigations team and the Malaysian authorities remain of the opinion that, up until the point at which it left military primary radar coverage, MH370’s movements were consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane," he said.
The essence of the released transcript appear to match the transcript that was leaked to UK-based The Telegraph on March 21.
However, the verbatim words deferred as The Telegraph's copy was translated from Chinese language.
Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) had at that time refused to confirm the leak, merely stating that the published version was "not accurate".
Read the released transcript here.
In a statement, acting Transport Ministry Hishammuddin Hussein (right) said there was nothing unusual about the transcript."There is no indication of anything abnormal in the transcript. The transcript was initially held as part of the police investigation," he said, adding that the document has also been released to family members.
Hishammuddin acknowledged investigators had previously theorised the final words from Flight MH370 was from co-pilot Fariq Ab Hamid but said this remains unconfirmed.
"The police are working to confirm this belief, and forensic examination of the actual recording is on-going," the statements read.
Despite the communications appearing above board, Hishammuddin stressed investigators still believed the aircraft was deliberately diverted by someone on board.
"The international investigations team and the Malaysian authorities remain of the opinion that, up until the point at which it left military primary radar coverage, MH370’s movements were consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane," he said.
The essence of the released transcript appear to match the transcript that was leaked to UK-based The Telegraph on March 21.
However, the verbatim words deferred as The Telegraph's copy was translated from Chinese language.
Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) had at that time refused to confirm the leak, merely stating that the published version was "not accurate".
Read the released transcript here.
MH370 - “Good night, Malaysian 370″ komunikasi terakhir...
Perbualan terakhir itu berlaku pada 1.19 pagi waktu Malaysia.
Kenyataan yang dikeluarkan Kementerian Pengangkutan pada lewat malam Isnin itu menjawab soalan yang dibangkitkan pada sidang media oleh Pemangku Menteri Pengangkutan Dato Seri Hishammuddin Hussein berkaitan komunikasi terakhir antara pusat pengawal trafik udara dan kokpit.
Hishammuddin turut berkata, beliau tidak pasti sama ada wujud dua versi transkrip yang disiarkan kepada orang ramai sebelum ini dikeluarkan oleh Biro Penyiasatan Persekutuan (FBI).
“Saya tidak pasti mengenainya tetapi saya boleh mengesahkan bahawa saya turut terlibat dalam penyiasatan yang dilakukan oleh FBI sejak hari pertama.
“Transkrip merupakan sebahagian daripada siasatan. Jika ia penting bagi anda, saya akan berbincang dengan pakar sekiranya ia boleh disiarkan atau tidak,” ujarnya.
Hishammuddin turut mengarahkan pasukan penyiasat untuk menyiarkan transkrip penuh pada sidang media seterusnya jika mereka mendapat kelulusan.
“Kami tidak menyembunyikan apa-apa. Kami hanya mengikut prosedur yang telah ditetapkan,” tegas Hishammuddin.
Terdahulu pada 17 Mac, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Ahmad Jauhari Yahya memberitahu komunikasi terakhir pesawat MH370 adalah “All right, good night“ dibuat oleh Pembantu juruterbang pesawat tersebut, Fariq Ab Hamid.
Namun begitu, pihak berkuasa masih menjalankan siasatan forensik untuk menentukan sama ada kata-kata terakhir dari kokpit diucapkan oleh juruterbang atau pembantu juruterbang. – Astro Awani
MH370: New account of cockpit last words...
Malaysian authorities have issued a new version of the last communication between air traffic control and the cockpit of the missing flight MH370.
The last words spoken were "Good night Malaysian three seven zero" - and not "all right, good night" as reported.
The transport ministry said forensic investigations would determine whether the pilot or co-pilot spoke the words.
The plane, carrying 239 people, was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it disappeared on 8 March.
The plane's last contact took place at 01:19 Malaysian time.
The BBC's transport correspondent Richard Westcott says the new version of the last words is more formal and more in keeping with the way a pilot might usually speak to air traffic control than the wording previously reported.
It is not clear why it has changed or why it has taken the authorities this long to determine this, he says.- bbc.com. news
Kalau belum pasti tutup saja mulut awak PM...
Jadi mengapa dia ucapkan takziah dan minta Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan mengeluar fatwa untuk solat ghaib? Mengapa lidah rasmi UMNO, Utusan Meloya,Kosmo dsbnya umumkan yang Najib kata pesawat MH370 terhempas dan semua penumpang terkorban?
Bagi aku betul Najib tak kata MH370 itu terhempas tapi hanya pesepsi orang bila mendengar Najib sebut,"It is therefore with deep sadness and regret that I must inform you that, according to this new data, flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean".
Persepsi aku bila membaca kenyataan Najib itu membawa maksud MH370 itu terhempas di selatan Lautan Hindi atau kemungkinan MH370 hilang dalam dimensi tiga segi "Indian Ocean Triangle"???
Najib terus menyambung sambil berkata..."Malaysia Airlines have already spoken to the families of the passengers and crew to inform them of this development. For them, the past few weeks have been heartbreaking; I know this news must be harder still. I urge the media to respect their privacy, and to allow them the space they need at this difficult time." yang bagi aku membawa persepsi bahawa pihak MAS telah maklum kepada waris2 bahawa semua penumpang MH370 telah terkorban bila flight MH370 "ended in the southern Indian Ocean"
Bagi aku,sebagai PM, Najib janganlah tergopoh2 buat kenyataan tanpa alasan yang konkrit. Nanti dulu sehingga dapat bukti2 kukuh seperti terjumpa serpihan sayap atau pintu MH370 di Lautan Hindi itu barulah cakap.
Apa yang pelik lagi, dua tiga hari kemundian Hishammuddin pula buat kenyataan kononnya masih ada harapan penumpang2 MH370 itu survive.
Persoalannya apa bezanya berakhir di Lautan Hindi dengan terhempas di Lautan Hindi? Aku rasa anak Hishammuddin boleh buat tafsiran lebih baik daripada bapanya.
Jadi yang mana satu yang betul...bukan saja aku yang confuse, malah waris2 penumpang MH370 pun lagi confuse dengan kenyataan2 kangkong tak bertampung keluar dari mulut seorang PM... -T/Sekole
Jadi adakah...
Several theories have been put forward about MH370
What happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370...
Did one of the pilots commit suicide?
One theory is the plane was deliberately flown off course by one of the pilots on a “suicide mission.”
An official source said because of the plane’s drastic change in course it was unlikely to have been caused by a plane malfunction or on board fire.
He said: “It just does not hinge together. [The investigators] have gone through processes you do to get the plane where it flew to for eight hours. They point to it being flown in a rational way.”
“This has been a deliberate act by someone on board who had to have had the detailed knowledge to do what was done.
“Nothing is emerging that points to motive.”
Attention has turned to 53-year-old pilot Captain Zaharie Ahmed Shah, whose marriage to Faizah Khan, the mother of his three children, was reportedly becoming more fractured.
Was there an on board emergency?
The crew and passengers could have become incapacitated by a sudden decompression, due to a drop in altitude caused by an on board emergency.
An official close to the investigation revealed that the Boeing 777 plummeted more than 23,000ft after it changed course.
This would explain why the plane flew on for several hours before plunging into the sea when it ran out of fuel while all on board remained unconscious.
US aviation analyst Mary Schiavo said: “It explains so many pieces that didn’t fit together before. Now, if we have a scenario where something happened, the plane made a dramatic turn and dropped from 35,000ft to 12,000ft.
“This scenario would fit what a pilot would do in the event of a catastrophic on-board event, such as a rapid decompression, a fire, an explosion.
“That’s what you would have to do, descend, get down and turn around and try to get back to an airport that could accommodate an ailing plane.”
Did someone hijack the plane?
Some believe the plane was hijacked – either by a rogue crew member or one of the passengers.
American intelligence agents are urging the Malaysian authorities to look into the backgrounds of Captain Zaharie Ahmed Shah and his co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid, 27.
One source said: “There seems to be nothing in the life of Fariq Hamid to suggest a motive for hijacking.
“The personal life of Zaharie Shah, however, is far more complex and is in the process of being unravelled.”
It has emerged was a supporter of a political opposition leader recently jailed in Malaysia.
Shah’s wife faces questioning in an investigation supported by the FBI as the search for the plane enters its third week.
Police are also examining reports that he received a two-minute phone call from a mystery woman shortly before MH370 took off, using a mobile number obtained using a false identity.
The SIM card was bought in Kuala Lumpur – despite it being a requirement in Malaysia for people to fill out a form detailing their identity card or passport number when purchasing one.
A flight simulator seized from the pilot’s home is still being examined
Two Iranian Asylum-seekers who bordered the plane on stolen passports have also come under scrutiny.
Pouria Nour Mohammad Merhdad, 19, and Delavar Seyed Mohammad Erza, 29, are believed to have purchased the stolen passports in Kuala Lumpur.
CCTV footage realised of them appeared to have been doctored, so they had different upper bodies and faces but different legs.
Malaysian police admitted the video still of one man had been placed on top of the other when they were photocopied and said: "It was not done with malice or to mislead."
Could an on board fire have incapacitated the the passengers and crew?
Some have put forward the possibility that a fire broke out on board the aircraft, and those on board were overcome by smoke.
Aviation expert Chris Goodfellow believes speculation about the plane’s communication systems being turned off may have been the result of pilots reacting to an electrical fire.
He said: “For me the loss of transponders and communications makes perfect sense.
“There was most likely a fire or electrical fire. In the case of fire the first response is to pull all the main busses and restore circuits one by one until you have isolated the bad one.
He said that despite heroic attempts by the pilots to land the plane, they were most likely beaten by smoke.
He said: “What I think happened is that they were overcome by smoke and the plane just continued on the heading, probably on George (autopilot) until either fuel exhaustion or fire destroyed the control surfaces and it crashed.
Did something happen in the cargo hold?
There has been speculation a bomb could have been hidden in crates of mangosteens the Boeing 777 was carrying.
A source in Kuala Lumpur said it would not be difficult to “bury” some kind of explosive material inside the fruit, particularly if it was in the centre of a crate.
Once concealed, the device could then be detonated by someone on board the plane when it was in the air using a device such as a mobile phone.
Others have looked to a a cargo of lithium batteries on board the plane.
Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari had denied the aircraft was carrying any dangerous items before it emerged it had been loaded with the batteries.
He said the authorities were investigating the cargo, but did not regard the batteries as hazardous - despite the law dictating they are classed as such - because they were packaged according to safety regulations.- express.co.uk
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