Another aspect with different point of view:
Story Claimed U.S Involved in Missing Malaysian Plan ... learn more @
http://mycommunitystar.com/new-story...alaysian-plan/


On Monday, June 16, 2014 5:13:53 PM UTC+5, nam sak wrote:
I am not as convinced as Mr. Goodfellow that it was an accident but

his article is worth reading. It is non sensational and tries restrict

itself to known facts. Agreed the known unknown cargo issue is major

but with the amount of obfuscation the Malaysians have been guilty of

I would be just as, if not more interested in the unknown unknowns.



It seems common sense to say that the Malaysians should not be in

charge of the investigation. The major problem with that is that the

Malaysians are probably the only ones that have any idea what happened

and will simply continue to cover up, falsify and destroy evidence if

they are not allowed to give their false findings.



I have a suspicion the relatives' whistle blower fund has the best

chance of getting to the bottom of this.





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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ey-hiding.html



Flight MH370: What are they hiding?



Former pilot Chris Goodfellow maintains his view that the loss of

MH370 was due to an accident but says matters should be turned over to

Britain's Air Accidents Investigation Branch to find out what really

happened

By Chris Goodfellow

7:01AM BST 16 Jun 2014

In the early days of the search of MH370, when the mainstream media

was favouring a terrorism-hijacking scenario or questioning if one of

the pilots was suicidal, I put forward an alternative theory - that

the loss of the airplane might have been the result of an accident.

This theory was picked up on the web and went viral. I did not seek or

expect such an enormous response: I wrote simply as a pilot with some

knowledge of the issues defending two fellow pilots who were being

much-maligned and who could not defend themselves.

More than three months have elapsed since the Boeing 777 vanished

after taking off from Kuala Lumpur in the early hours of March 8,

bound for Beijing. Yet the mystery of how a modern aircraft can

disappear from the face of the earth continues to fascinate and

appall. In this era, when delivery companies like UPS and FedEx

routinely track vehicles via global satellite positioning (GPS), it

seems incredible that this passenger jet, capable of auto-landing in

total fog, did not carry a device broadcasting its position in real

time and independent of all other systems on board. If one good thing

comes out of this accident, it will be a new regulation making the

fitting of such a device compulsory.

Since the aircraft belonged to Malaysian Airlines and the incident is

presumed to have started in Malaysian airspace, the lead nation in the

investigation is Malaysia. In my opinion, this is the Achilles heel of

the inquiry. The majority owner of Malaysian Airlines Systems (MAS) is

PMB, a Malaysian government holding company. MAS has clocked up net

losses of $1.3?billion (£766?million) in the past three years. This is

a clear conflict of interest, which has resulted, intentionally or

otherwise, in a bungled investigation. If the bungling is intentional,

then might it have something to do with the cargo that MH370 was

carrying (more of which later)? Until this matter is resolved, the

disappearance will continue to be surrounded by conspiracy theories.

For me, the answer is clear: the one party benefiting from the

continuing state of confusion surrounding MH370 is Malaysia.

The disappearance of this twin-engine wide-body airliner is without

parallel in modern aviation, a mystery replete with questions. But

what is certain is that something fast and furious occurred on that

aircraft as it flew over the South China Sea.

There is always the possibility of design flaw in anything mechanical,

and there is an established procedure by which aircraft manufacturers

and regulators handle these issues. Service Bulletins (SBs) issued by

manufacturers, and Airworthiness Directives (ADs) issued by regulators

keep the industry informed. The Boeing 777 has had its share of such

notices, and there are two in particular that are relevant to MH370 -

one involving a short-circuit in the hose feeding emergency oxygen to

the crew, and one warning of possible rupturing of the aircraft

pressure vessel due to the mounting of a satellite communications

antenna.

The former was responsible for a well-documented accident (fortunately

on the ground at Cairo) involving an Egyptair 777. The resultant fire

destroyed the cabin and burned a hole through the plane, and would

have been catastrophic if it had occurred in mid-air. The satellite

antenna issue could also be fatal, tearing the aircraft's skin and

resulting in rapid depressurisation. It is time for the Malaysian

authorities to show that checks and modifications regarding these

issues and contained in SBs and ADs were complied with.

But the issue that requires most clarity remains the plane's cargo. It

took almost three weeks for the world to learn that MH370 had been

carrying a consignment of lithium-ion batteries. But we do not know

for sure how many. What else of a hazardous nature was being carried?

Published cargo records show neither the real shippers nor the real

recipients. The international community should demand total

transparency from the Malaysians in regard to this. After all, huge

resources have been spent by Australia, China, the United States and

others on the so-far fruitless search for debris in the Indian Ocean.

The US is party to the MH370 investigation for two reasons: American

citizens were aboard, and the aircraft was American-built. The FBI has

all but cleared Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the flight's captain, and Fariq

Abdul Hamid, his co-pilot, of deliberately causing the disaster. Sure,

the captain may have disagreed with his government on some issues, but

that does not make him a suicidal mass-murderer. If making a point was

his aim, why did he not nose his aircraft straight towards the

Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, two of the world's tallest buildings

and a headline-grabbing target? His young co-pilot was about to get

married and had a wonderful career ahead of him. There is no evidence

of either man having been motivated by Islamic extremism.

In the end, everything comes back to the Malaysian authorities.

Criminal and civil liability can be big motivators when it comes to

cover-ups. If crucial maintenance checks - on the bonding of satellite

antennae for example - were being delayed by a loss-making airline to

save money, we need to know. If dangerous cargo was being carried to

augment revenues, we should be told. The wreckage of MH370 could give

us the answers, but we don't have it. The Malaysians need to come

clean.

I will maintain my view that the loss of MH370 was due to an accident

until it is proved otherwise. As I stated three months ago in my

online post, the crew were almost certainly dealing with a major

emergency when they made their unannounced turn to the west. Why west?

Because they were diverting towards the island of Langkawi, on the

west coast of Malaysia. Langkawi's international airport boasts a long

runway which is easy to approach, a must for a large aircraft in

trouble. The 777's silence could be accounted for by a sudden major

fire that knocked out all its systems, or the crew being distracted by

their tasks.

At the time that I proposed my theory, the only radar track produced

by the Malaysian military showed the aircraft turning west off its

scheduled flight path and tracking towards Penang. A few days later,

the Malaysians produced another track indicating that MH370 overflew

Penang before navigating up through the Straits of Malacca. These

course alterations were cited as evidence of human intervention, but

they could be the result of the autopilot making its way through

pre-programmed waypoints - if indeed the aircraft performed these

manoeuvres. Doubt has been cast on all the radar tracks produced by

Malaysia in relation to this matter. Maybe MH370 never went west.

Where to search now? There have been sightings from the Bay of Bengal

to the Maldives. For the moment, attention remains in the southern

Indian Ocean, way to the west of Australia. Mapping of the seabed is

expected to be followed by a renewed search in the late summer. That

region has been the focus of the search following pings received from

MH370 by an Inmarsat communications satellite. But these calculations

have been the subject of much controversy.

Only one thing is certain: Malaysia has lost all credibility in regard

to the MH370 investigation and should yield control to a competent and

impartial authority. That is why I believe matters should be turned

over to Britain's Air Accidents Investigation Branch. Founded in 1915,

it enjoys an unrivalled reputation for thoroughness and independence.

Maybe then we will begin to make some progress towards resolving the

mystery of the MH370 ghost flight.



Chris Goodfellow is a retired businessman and former pilot who lives

in Florida. He is a graduate of McGill and Cornell universities and a

former director of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority