{"id":3454,"date":"2018-05-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/aviation-experts-uncover-chilling-new-mh370-theory\/"},"modified":"2018-05-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T00:00:00","slug":"aviation-experts-uncover-chilling-new-mh370-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/news\/aviation-experts-uncover-chilling-new-mh370-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Aviation experts uncover chilling new MH370 discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aviation experts have re-examined the mysterious route taken by MH370 the day it vanished with 239 people on-board.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over four years since the tragedy occurred, experts say they now have more answers about what brought the plane down.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Simon Hardy, a Senior Boeing 777 pilot and instructor, told <em>60 Minutes<\/em> believes the plane was used in a murder-suicide mission by Captain Zaharie Amad Shah. It\u2019s believed that Mr Zaharie flew the plan over his hometown of Penang for an <em>\u201cemotional goodbye<\/em>\u201d, before he crashed the plane into the Southern Indian Ocean <em>\u201cwhere it could never be found\u201d<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Hardy revealed he made the discovery by recreating Mr Zaharie\u2019s flight plan from the military radar. The pilot avoided detection by flying along the border of Malaysia and Thailand, crossing in and out of each country\u2019s airspace. This is where the plane\u2019s transponder turned off.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cAs the aircraft went across Thailand and Malaysia, it runs down the border, which is wiggling underneath, meaning it\u2019s going in and out of those two countries, which is where their jurisdictions are.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo both of the controllers aren\u2019t bothered about this mysterious aircraft. Cause it\u2019s, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s gone. It\u2019s not in our space anymore\u2019.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf you were commissioning me to do this operation and try and make a 777 disappear, I would do exactly the same thing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned, it\u2019s very accurate flying and I think it did the job, because we know, as a fact, that the military did not come and intercept the aircraft.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many have wondered why the plane ended so far off course in Penang, but Mr Hardy believes it was so Mr Zaharie could see his hometown for the last time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI spent a long time thinking about what this could be, what technical reason is there for this?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAnd after two months, three months of thinking about it, I finally got the answer \u2014 somebody was looking out the window.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt might [have been] a long, emotional goodbye or a short, emotional goodbye to his hometown.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former Senior Investigator with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Larry Vance told the program the pilot \u201cwas killing himself\u201d and took the plane to the most remote place to make it \u201cdisappear\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cUnfortunately, he was [also] killing everybody else on board, and he did it deliberately.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe was taking it to a predestination, <\/em><em>some place<\/em><em> that he had planned to take it, and he flew that six hours to get it there.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull previously said in 2016 that it was<em> \u201cvery likely the captain planned this shocking event\u201d.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A new investigation is expected to end in mid-June.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Mohd Rasfan\/AFP\/Getty Images&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you or someone you know is experiencing mental health issues or suicidal feelings know there is help out there. Please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeline.org.au\/\">Lifeline<\/a> on 13 11 14 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondblue.org.au\/\">Beyond Blue<\/a> on 1300 224 636. 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