Yesterday Twitter user @nihonmama released the first two folders from the secret Malaysian police report into MH370. Some parts relating to Zaharie’s flight simulator had been released earlier, but the bulk of this material is coming into public view for the first time. Here is “Folder 1: Pilot” and here is “Folder 2: Co-pilot.”
I was particularly interested in the section containing the psychological evaluation of the pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, found on page 111. As it is in Malaysian, I had to type it into Google Translate to make any sense of it. As I have absolutely no understanding of Malaysian I am copying it and pasting it below without any changes. Corrections welcome!
Hon. Datuk Mazlan bin Mansor
Deputy Director (Intelligence / Operations),
CID,
Royal Malaysian Police,
Bukit Aman,
50560, Kuala LumpurHon. Dato ‘
Expertise help the Ministry of Health in Malysia Investigation Missing MH370: The study “Psychosocial and Behavioural Pattern” crew MH370.
Letter from Hon. Dato ‘no. ref: JSJ KPN (PR) 35/3 dated July 3, 2014 and the terms of reference of the assessment panel “behavioral pattern and psychosocial crew of MH370 is referenced.
2. The sub-committee meeting between Kiraja Malaysia Police (PDRM) and KementerianKesihatan (MOH) was held in Room Mesyusarat, Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, Perak on 7 July 2014. The purpose of this meeting was to obtain an independent report (independent) The above assessment.
3. Here is the panel sub-committee has been established.
[The letter lists three officials from the Ministry of Health and six officials from the Royal Malaysian Police]
4. Assessment conducted on flight MH370 pilot Captain Zaharia Ahmad Shah and co-pilot, en. Fariq Ab. Hamid, have been guided by reference listed:
i. Quoting witnesses related conversations pilot, Captain Zaharia Ahmad Shah, total of 40 person which includes 5 members, 20 co-workers, friends WeChat 9 and 6 public witnesses.
ii. Quoting witnesses related conversations pilot, Mr. Fariq Ab. Hamid total of 9 people including 3 members of the family, his girlfriend, and five colleagues.
iii. Quotes clips CCTV video at KLIA’s movement, patterns of behavior and expression on the face (facial expression) Zaharie co-pilot En. Fariq before their flight dated 07.03.2014.
iv. Quotes CCTV video clips KLIA Zaharie on 26.02.2014 before his flight to Denpasar, Indonesia and on 03.03.2014 before his flight to Melbourne, Australia.
v. Medical reports Zaharie.5. Based on these reference sources, we have studied the background Zaharie including education, personality and coping (coping style), relationship with spouse, children, family members, friends and colleagues, including his interests and hobbies. Attention has also been given to her relationship with her maid. His physical health problems are investigated including asthma and diseases of the spine, which caused him to have to take treatment drugs painkillers “analgesics.” Religious and political tendencies he observed.
6. We also reviewed the background of the co-pilot Mr. Fariq including education, personality, relationships with family members, friends and colleagues.
7. Highlights are as follows:
7.1 In the field of career, Zaharie is an experienced pilot and a competent and respected by peers.
7.2 Available Zaharie not share the same interests with his family members. However, the difference in interest is acceptable. His family was also not reported any change of pattern of behavior (behavioral pattern) before his flight was on 07/03/2014.
7.3 Information from friends and colleagues Zaharie show that he was a friendly, warm and jokes. They are also not reported any change of pattern of behavior before his flight was on 03/07/2014.
7.4 Problems spinal pain he was a fairly chronic physical problems rather than a new stressor.
7.5 Review of comparisons based recording video clips CCTV KLIA on 26.02.2014, 03.03.2014 and 03.07.2014, found him tending to smoke before her flight and movements of his time smoking was similar in all three videos. At KLIA CCTV video clip on 03/07/2014, Zaharie not show any sign of anxiety or depression.
Finally, we have not found, any changes in terms of psychological, social and behavioral patterns Zaharie Ahman Shah before his flight was on 03/07/2014. We also did not find any demolition of psychological, social and behavioral patterns of co-pilot En. Fariq Ab Hamid before his flight was on 03/07/2014.
Thank you.
“CARING, TEAMWORK PROFESSIONALISM AND WE ARE WORKING CULTURE”
I who am following orders,
Dr. HJH. RABA’IAH BINTI MOHD. sALLEH
MMC NO: 25878
Director & Consultant Psychiatry (Forensic)
Special Grade “C”
Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta
Perak Darul Ridzuan
I find this to be a truly remarkable document. We’ve been hearing rumors that the investigation found no evidence that suggested Zaharie could have a psychological predilection for suicide/mass murder, but here it is at last in black and white, with details such as the fact that his pattern of smoking before a flight was unchanged before MH370. It is hard to imagine that anyone contemplating his own imminent death could exhibit such sang froid.
Indeed, I don’t think there has ever been a case where someone who is known to have carried out such an act had such an outward appearance of being balanced and well-adjusted. Andreas Lubitz, for example, had experienced years of psychological upheaval trouble, at one point temporarily washing out from Lufthansa’s flight training program, before destroying Germanwings 9525.
In my estimation this psych evaluation must be regarded as powerful evidence that Zaharie did not hijack MH370.
After the jump, the letter in the original Malay, as re-typed by me from the report.
YBhg. Datuk Mazlan bin Mansor
Timbalan Pengarah (Risikan/Operasi),
Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah,
Polis Diraja Malaysia,
Bukit Aman,
50560, Kuala Lumpur
YBhg. Dato’,
Bantuan Kepakaran Kementerian Kesihatan Malysia dalam Siasatan Kehilangan MH370: Kajian “Behavioural Pattern dan Psikososial” krew MH370.
Surat daripada YBhg. Dato’ no. ruj: JSJ KPN (PR) 35/3 bertarikh 3 Julai 2014 dan terma rujukan utama panel pengkajian “behavioural pattern dan psikososial krew pesawat MH370 adalah dirujuk.
2. Mesyuarat sub-committee antara Polis Kiraja Malaysia (PDRM) dan KementerianKesihatan Malaysia (KKM) telah diadakan di Bilik Mesyusarat, Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, Perak pada 7 Julai 2014. Tujuan mesyuarat ini diadakan adalah untuk mendapatkan satu laporan yang berkecuali (independent) di atas penilaian tersebut.
3. Berikut adalah panel sub-committee yang telah ditubuhkan.
4. Penilaian yang dijalankan terhadap juruterbang pesawat MH370 Kapten Zaharie Ahmad Shah dan pembantu juruterbang, en. Fariq Ab. Hamid, telah berpandukan sumber rujukan yang tersenarai:
i. Petikan percakapan saksi berkaitan juruterbang, Kapten Zaharie Ahmad Shah, sejumiah 40 orag yang merangkumi 5 orang ahli keluarga, 20 orang rakan sekerja, 9 orang rakan WeChat dan 6 orang saksi awam.
ii. Petikan percakapan saksi berkaitan pembantu juruterbang, En. Fariq Ab. Hamid sejumlah 9 orang yang merangkumi 3 orang ahli keluarga, teman wanita beliau, dan 5 orang rakan sekerja.
iii. Petikan klip-klip video CCTV di KLIA mengenai pergerakan, corak tingkah laku dan mimik muka (facial expression) Kapten Zaharie bersama pembantu juruterbang En. Fariq sebelum penerbangan mereka yang bertarikh 7.3.2014.
iv. Petikan klip-klip video CCTV KLIA Kapten Zaharie pada 26.2.2014 sebelum penerbangan beliau ke Denpasar, Indonesia dan pada 3.3.2014 sebelum pnerbangan beliau ke Melbourne, Australia.
v. Laporan perubatan Kapten Zaharie.
5. Berpandukan sumber rujukan tersebut, kami telah mengkaji latar belakang Kapten Zaharie termasuk pendidikan, personaliti dan daya tindak (coping style), perhubungan dengan isteri, anak-anak, ahli keluarga, kawan-kawan dan rakan sejawat termasuk minat dan hobi beliau. Perhatian juga telah diberi kepada perhubungan beliau dengan pembantu rumahnya. Masalah kesihatan fizikal beliau juga diteliti termasuk penyakit asma dan penyakit tulang belakang yang menyebabkan beliau perlu mengambil rawatan ubat-ubatan penahan sakit “analgesics.” Kecenderungan keagamaan dan politik beliau juga diamati.
6. Kami juga telah mengkaji latar belakang pembantu juruterbang En Fariq termasuk pendidikan, personaliti, perhubungan dengan ahli keluarga, kawan-kawan dan rakan sejawat.
7. Rumusan kami adalah seperti berikut:
7.1 Di bidang kerjaya, Kapten Zaharie adalah seorang juruterbang yang berpengalaman dan kompeten serta dihormati oleh rakan sejawat.
7.2 Didapati Kapten Zaharie tidak berkongsi minat yang sama dengan ahli keluarga beliau. Walau bagaimanpun, perbezaan minat ini adalah sesuatu yang boleh diterima. Keluarga beliau juga tidak melapurkan apa-apa perubahan dari corak tingkah laku (behavioural pattern) sebelum penerbangan beliau pada 7.3.2014.
7.3 Maklumat dari kawan-kawan dan rakan sejawat Kapten Zaharie menunjukkan bahawa beliau merupakan seorang yang peramah, mesra dan boleh berlawak jenaka. Mereka juga tidak melapurkan apa-apa perubahan dari corak tingkah laku sebelum penerbangan beliau pada 7.3.2014.
7.4 Masalah sakit tulang belakang beliau merupakan satu masalah fizikal yang agak kronik dan bukannya merupakan suatu stressor baru.
7.5 Kajian berpandukan perbandingan rakaman klip-klip video CCTV KLIA pada tarikh 26.2.2014, 3.3.2014 dan 7.3.2014, mendapati beliau cenderung merokok sebelum pnerbangan beliau dan gerak-geri beliau semasa merokok adalah sama di ketiga-tiga video tersebut. Pada klip video CCTV KLIA pada 7.3.2014, Kapten Zaharie tidak menunjukkan apa-apa tanda kegelisahan ataupun kemurungan.
Akhir kata, kami tidak mendapati, apa-apa perubahan dari segi psikologi, sosial dan corak tingkah laku Kapten Zaharie Ahman Shah sebelum penerbangan beliau pada 7.3.2014. Kami juga tidak mendapati apa-apa perubuhan dari segi psikologi, social dan corak tingkah laku pembantu juruterbang En. Fariq Ab Hamid sebelum penerbangan beliau pada 7.3.2014.
Akhir kata, kami tidak mendapati, apa-apa perubahan dari segi psikologi, sosial dan corak tingkah laku Kapten Zaharie Ahman Shah sebelum penerbangan beliau pada 7.3.2014. Kami juga tidak mendapati apa-apa perubuhan dari segi psikologi, social dan corak tingkah laku pembantu juruterbang En. Fariq Ab Hamid sebelum penerbangan beliau pada 7.3.2014.
Sekian, terima kasih.
“PENYAYANG, PROFESSIONALISM DAN KERJA BERPASUKAN ADALAH BUDAYA KERJA KITA”
Saya yang menurut perintah,
Dr. HJH. RABA’IAH BINTI MOHD. SALLEH
MMC NO : 25878
Pengarah & Pakar Perunding Psikiatri (Forensik)
Gred Khas “C”
Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta
Perak Darul Ridzuan
@KarenK: In the book Goodnight Malaysian 370, the authors interviewed a friend that believed that Zaharie had requested the assignment to Melbourne to see his daughter at the end of February.
@TBill, “..in a court of law we may not have the evidence to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt…”. Agree fully that this will likely never happen. Perhaps, through a process of elimination (if M9-MRO is ever found) investigators can determine what did not happen and look at safety in avaition in general. What is frustrating is that we cannot be that gullable and accept the RMP reports as truthfull and fully comprehensive. The reports contain what the MY government wants it to be. We have a saying “what is heaviest must weigh the heaviest”. For the MY government this is liability, saving face, self protection, cultural aspects etc. and not the pursuit of the truth.
@VictorI, I have not yet read the book (I should though) but when I saw the list of previous flights, Melbourne indeed stuck out and is likely a request flight. If Zaharie wanted to see his daughter why pay for a flight (he was a penny pincher after all) when he could just commandeer a flight there.
@LouVilla
Given the speed and altitude (44,700 feet) stated in the report, (both of which are at and a bit beyond B777 performance limits) it is simply impossible that a GSM phone could have communicated with a tower at all.
Therefore, either the flight path depicted is wrong, and badly wrong, or the attempted log on never happened. Take your pick.
The only reason the phone log on is of any significance is that it places MH370 at Penang and supposedly verifies the radar.
I can’t swallow it.
@KarenK
I also assumed the Melbourne flight was a visit (the Wilson book is also my favorite) but I was surprised how short the stay. The Melbourn flight outbound date was in the FI, but did not include return flight and date.
Yes only one the flight to Melbourne.
Interesting lack of Perth flights to get familiarity with SIO waypoints and air traffic. I must assume the MAS 777’s did not do the Perth/KLIA route.
@Jeff
“And while we’re at it, you’ve complained constantly that you think they’re idiots, so I don’t know why you’re acting all shocked that I disagree with them.”
True enough. Although my criticism has had less to do with their analytics, and more to do with how they acted upon them. To be fair, I am biased toward risk aversion. I would even go on to say that I think the evidence in hand for extending the search to the North is not strong enough to justify the expense. I am repeating myself, here.
Wrt —
“Therefore, either the flight path depicted is wrong, and badly wrong, or the attempted log on never happened. Take your pick.”
Both likely never happened.
@Ventus45, FL447 must be an error right? If only because it is also Air France flight number 447. Very odd.
@TBill, MAS serviced flights to Perth as of 1985. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/malaysia_airlines_destinations
@TBill, I should have added “perhaps not with 777” apologies for not being precise.
I’ve asked this question before and have never gotten a response. Why would MY protect Z? I’ve read a lot of assumptions that the MY government has pressured Z’s family in to protecting him. Wouldn’t MY want to “roll him under the bus” and put this whole thing to rest? [Move on world – there is nothing to see here.] Albeit, a rogue suicidal pilot never looks good on a company resume, but having the greatest unsolved avionics mystery seems much worse.
@KT- I think they are playing run out the clock games. If they find reason the clock stops. So its not about finding guilt. This might be more to do with insurance claims or just hoping everyone will forget.
@VictorI
“@KarenK: In the book Goodnight Malaysian 370, the authors interviewed a friend that believed that Zaharie had requested the assignment to Melbourne to see his daughter at the end of February.”
well, another hint that Australia was really in his head those days…
Each side is claiming a mountain of evidence where really none exists. It’s all guesswork and opinion.
While waiting for the storms in phantasyland to run out, I think I understand how FS9, after pausing and changing parameters on the MAP page, continues the simulation after pressing the ‘P’ key without control inputs:
– last IAS (unless changed while paused)
– last longitudinal trim
– last heading
– last bank
– pitch=0; AoA=0; FPA=0
In the first second or so, the airplane rotates to the AoA for which it is trimmed. While pitch and AoA increase, the loadfactor will generally be less than unity, so the airplane will accelerate downwards and develop a vertical speed less than zero (in the second simulation about -500 to -600 fpm). Depending on thrust, drag, and FPA, the IAS increases or decreases. Without pilot inputs, once the trimmed AoA is achieved it will be maintained, and the airplane continues on a phugoid, centered on a steady-state FPA determind by the thrust-drag balance.
CORRECTION: “second simulation” should read “first simulation”.
A link to a collection of press articles concerning the simulator data.
http://www.mosti.gov.my/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/20MAC2014.pdf
@KarenK, @Ventus45:
FL447: Is it Z himself who have handed in that data? It should be checked by someone at least, no?
FL477 in the mobile phone report, it is probably from early days and based on the military radar altitude reading. That reading was inaccurate and has since been dismissed. MH370 was flying more like FL300 at that time.
@VictorI,
I’m a bit late to this party, but here in the UK where it is based, the Daily Mail is well known for its penchant for making stuff up, and generally stirring up trouble…
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/02/03/romania-immigration-daily-mail-lord-wallace_n_4717229.html
…even Listverse have compiled a page on its collective fictions.
http://listverse.com/2015/06/23/10-egregiously-false-stories-in-the-daily-mail/
LouVilla asked, “FL447 ?”
That is proof that the military radar was not properly calibrated for altitude, and the speed and altitude reported at any one time should not be taken too literally. That may be part of the reason that Malaysia is reluctant to release the raw radar data.
FL340 and M0.84 seem more likely, based on the overall path from IGARI to the last radar capture at 18:22.
@RetiredF4: The news reports say the simulator data was deleted on Feb 3, 2014. That corresponds to the date of the Shadow Volume.
@Ventus45 ..what Nederland said above. Plus, my view is that there
probably is a primary radar reading somewhere that shows
MH370 at or around 45000 feet – but it’s simply inaccurate (due to
reading being taken at radar limit of (range) operation, in
distance or in radar limit angle of elevation).
Something similar happened in the case of Gol Transportes Aéreos
Flight 1907 (the wiki doesn’t mention the following, but the
applicable episode of Air Crash Investigation does), where TCAS
was non-operational in one of the aircraft, which then collided.
Subsequently, pilots in the Embraer Legacy 600 where accused of
altering their flight level (erractically), based on recordings
of the primary radar readings for the altitude of the Embraer
Legacy 600. Later, when the FDR of the Embraer was checked, it
was found it had been maintaining a consistent flight
level – so the primary radar data was deemed as having been
inaccurate.
Also, it may have slipped your mind, but remember that the
Malaysians use frequencies that in other countries would
be assigned to GSM, but in Malaysia such frequencies are available
for other format, non-GSM, mobile phone use.
VictorI / othes: rebel
It is safe to say (from FB) that Z invested a lot of emotions in the elections and identified with the party. He sided with the youth on the streets relative to the brute force by which they were met. He took sides for the aspects of modernity, secularity, youth, and Western, liberal orientation that the party stood for. And he had a dog in the fight — none less than the party (inofficial) leader. So his identification did not stop with support, he tried to attract followers.
I don’t see his temperament (after the elections etc) as that of open defience, he was not the guy to lead any young troops in a revolution. It is to me more of disillusion and disappointment and perhaps a feeling of being politically naive, and provoked and led. His political comments on FB stopped immediately and he had to swallow being led by the people he had opposed, who unabashedly pushed around the limits of political liberties or social ideals as they wished.
So I don’t think his FB remarks are suggesting he is prone to terroristic violence, but him being politically engaged in a very heated election process should have been considered by the psychological evaluation. And yes that he apparently went through a sensitive period in his life (family-wise). I also believe that his chronic pains may have had a great impact on his life and lifestyle, regarding his ability to stay afloat and make good descisions about his life. Here, in these days, at least a state employed would be offered councelling regarding procreative ways to handle your daily life to stay healthy. Clearly, getting a flight sim and sitting down for hours also when you are not flying, when you have a deteriorating spine, doesn’t sound ideal to me. Z’s relationship with health care, if they don’t amount to more than stated in the PR, looks to me like mutual avoidance, or at the very least as something that MAS should have intervened in. But then there’s the pilot fear of admitting to anything not suggesting 100% health, I suppose.
@Ret.F4
“A link to a collection of press articles concerning the simulator data.
http://www.mosti.gov.my/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/20MAC2014.pdf”
That’s bizarre. Where did you find it?
I am not aware of any similar “media analytics” / “clippings collections” by MY government agencies on other aspects of the mystery. And MOSTI is the MY Science & Tech Institute, isn’t it? Why assemble this, and who was it for?
Were they looking at how well their kite was flying?
Ref previous post. Delete that. Having done a quick trawl of the MOSTI website it’s clear that they do routine media monitoring for mentions of them and their work… here http://www.mosti.gov.my/en/media-centre/media-monitoring/
@Paul Smithson
I had the same questions in mind, but can offer no answer. I found it by a google search on “MH370 simulator pdf”
When searching for “pdf” sometimes files turn up which are otherwise behind a wall.
It would btw be interesting to hear a pilot comment on the fit-for-flight certifications that Z had to do, as brought up by me some posts above. They are from the Police Report. He made several a year when healthy (assumedly) but stood over for years when he was not (assumedly). That might be as it is for someone with a broken vertebra, but it would be of value to hear someone comment on the status of these and the possibility to captain a plane with a certificate that would be several years old.
Are these (yearly uptated) not technically necessary, but more of something that the employer will throw at you to figure you out and/or keep people busy and/or polishing the general statistics records?
FL447?:
Oops. I thought you were discussing the list of previous flights. Sorry.
Clearly everything in the press needs to be treated as everything in the press. With a lot of care and a lot of silence.
@RetiredF4, @Paul Smithson:
The pdf is in a calendaric online archive at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. Since a department or section referred to as “Cyber Security” is highlighted in the articles about the sim, and the remaining two or three articles seems to be about earthquake and tsunami warning systems, my guess is that the Ministry is subscribing to a clippings service and is collecting the articles where its name or the name of a subdivision is mentioned.
@Johan. Yes, got that – thanks. See my immediate follow up post
@Paul Smithson:
Sorry, got that now. I had my head down.
@KT
I cannot find the quote right now, but recently read Malaysia Airlines saying they were protecting their employees, paraphrasing here, from unfair suspicion in the MH370 case. It strikes me that is not exactly a valid thing to say, in the USA at least. My employer would have hung me out to dry if I was guilty, and if I was not guilty but suspected, they would have cooperated fully with the investigation. Each year we had annual training and sign off that we would comply. Management understandably wants to keep their money and not go to jail, so they do want to be blamed for cover-up or anything illegal.
Somebody has done a lot of work.
I do not know if it is usefull though.
https://mind42.com/mindmap/58437269-91fe-407a-83c0-d8c3df958589
Another mind map from the same source about the investigation
https://mind42.com/public/33b49c96-cd7c-4ff7-b179-83a907699597
@KT
This protective attitude was also discussed by Barbara Petersen in her recent Popular Mechanics write-up (which I thought was superb):
“”The motives of some of those involved (in the probes) can leave you speechless,” said John Goglia, a safety consultant and former member of the National Transportation Safety Board. “Most Western countries have laws designed to keep politics out of air crash investigations. But that is not the case in much of the rest of the world.””
I think we need to resolve ourselves to differences in cultural attitudes on airline crash investigations and handling. The “mystery” of MH370 has a little bit to do with it not being being addressed as openly as NTSB would have addressed it.
@VictorI
Something to bear in mind if entertaining a loiter west of Sumatra, would be the danger posed by the RMAF’s interceptors. The SU30s have a very capable air interception radar. I simply cannot imagine a scenario where Z would want to risk hanging around, before making his exit into the SIO.
@ROB
A reduction in altitude at 18:40 for at least a minute could indicate that MH370 wanted to avoid detection by Indonesian radar before heading south and thought Bar Nicobar islands were safe in comparison.
Regarding his 2007 accident.
He lived at his last address already at the time of the accident in 2007 (probably as early as 2003):
9 PERSIARAN WANGSA
BAIDURI 2
47500 SUBANG JAYA
SELANGOR
Which can be seen on several documents in the PR.
That is within a kilometre of the Medical Centre (Subang Jaya) that sent him to surgery and treated and followed up on him thereafter.
But as far as I can understand, the accident happened in Seremban, whether ladder or paraglider. There is mention of an Emergency Room and a ER Doctor, but it doesn’t say explicitly that that is at the Seremban Special Hospital — or if he in fact consulted three instances that day. It seems like a long way to travel to Seremban (66km) to see a doctor if he wasn’t there when it happened.
According to some list of peoples and phone calls he may have had acquaintances in Seremban. Maybe he fell off a ladder, maybe he flew a kite, maybe he used the trampoline, maybe he fell off a terrace. He probably didn’t exercise parachuting or free fall from an airliner — but who knows. Fall he did.
@Nederland
No offence meant, but I’m not a fan of the altitude drop at 18:40. I believe the plane was on it’s way south by then.
@Johan
The paragliding acciedent is as per FI, p. 20:
“He had spinal injury on 28 January 2007 in a
paragliding event. He sustained a fracture of the 2nd lumbar vertebra and underwent surgery on 30 January 2007 in a private health care facility.”
@ROB
Nobody knows for sure, but MH370 was apparently trying to avoid Indondesian FIR. If you extrapolate that behaviour it does make sense to continue to fly in a westerly direction at 18:40 regardless of intention. Otherwise MH370 would have been detected by Indonesian radar imo. Makes more sense than any other method of loitering in that area.
@Nederland:
Thanks for that. Forgot about the FI.
It looks like the French investigation is now finished.
***
MH370: no suspicious elements in passenger profiles, according to French investigators
The intelligence gathered by the French investigators on the people on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, mysteriously disappeared nearly three years ago, do not reveal suspicious elements on their profiles, AFP learned Friday from multiple sources.
239 passengers and 12 crew members were on board the Boeing 777, which disappeared on 8 March 2014 shortly after its take-off from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The wreckage of the plane, which could have been damaged in the Indian Ocean, has never been found.
On Thursday, relatives of the four French victims were received in Paris by the three investigating judges and investigators, as part of the judicial investigation opened on the French side. Among the subjects mentioned was the confirmation of the absence of suspicion on the profiles of passengers and crew members after “a screening which proved negative” by the Directorate General of Security (DGSI), a source close to the survey told AFP.
“We were told that the research had not produced anything,” confirmed Ghyslain Wattrelos, who lost his wife and two of his children in the disappearance of the plane.
In particular, suspicions arose when the Malaysian authorities revealed the presence on the flight of two Iranian passengers with stolen passports. For Interpol, they were probably migrants seeking to travel to Europe.
Mr Wattrelos deplored a lack of cooperation on the part of the American company Boeing and the British satellite operator Inmarsat. He reiterated his call for the “raw data” of satellite communications which would, in his view, better understand the route of the aircraft.
http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1027825/mh370-pas-delements-suspects-dans-les-profils-des-passagers-selon-les-enqueteurs-francais.html
Per: ” a lack of cooperation on the part of the American company Boeing and the British satellite operator Inmarsat. ”
Very telling indeed, what are they hiding from?
@all
Has anyone else noticed the sms sent to and from two Egyptians nos on pages 192 & 193.
Was that ever explained before?
Wow. And Malaysia reportedly saying they’re ending the search in two weeks.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-06/mh370-search-to-end-in-two-weeks–malaysia-says/8167136
I’m not entirely sure what this means — in the past I’d been under the impression that when 120 sq km was finished there would be no more active searching, but investigation would be suspended, not closed. This new report sounds more final. Guess we’ll see.
@JeffWise
The language is convoluted, but I think he means that a report will be published (presumably by the ATSB) on “the search phase ONLY”, that’s all, at best, nothing more.
The existing tripartite policy of “the INVESTIGATION” will be “suspended” holds, which specifically means, “no final report”, which further means, that on the third anniversary on 8th March 2017, there will be another “one liner” Interim Report that will be as useless as the previous one.
Whether or not a 4th Interim is ever produced is of academic interest only.
@all
“Mr Wattrelos deplored a lack of cooperation on the part of the American company Boeing and the British satellite operator Inmarsat. He reiterated his call for the “raw data” of satellite communications which would, in his view, better understand the route of the aircraft.”
Anyone who has dealt with the French (as I have for many years) would recognize this as typical “frog talk”. Anyone who is not French is by definition an uncooperative scumbag.
Like the French have really been forthcoming in this investigation. Draw your own conclusions. The French are weasels.
… the only “conclusions” is there is no proof of these accusations..