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WORLD NEWS A11
Saturday 6 August 2016

Malaysia confirms Flight 370 course was on pilot’s simulatorÂ

Well wishes are written on a wall of hope during a remembrance “It is sheer nonsense! I In Malaysia, Jacquita Gon- but the government should
don’t believe it at all. We zales, whose husband Pat- be more forthcoming with
event for the ill fated Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in Kuala Lum- were told in the past that rick Gomes was a crew information. Why is France
both the plane and the pi- member, said there were still not releasing details on
pur, Malaysia. Malaysia has confirmed one of the pilots of Ma- lots had no problem and many unanswered ques- the flaperon after so long?”
now we are told there tions about the Indian she said. “It’s very frustrat-
laysia Airlines Flight 370 had plotted a course on his home flight was something wrong with Ocean flight path in the ing. We are like yoyo going
the pilot,” said Li Xinmao, captain’s simulator. up and down all the time.”
simulator to the southern Indian Ocean, where the missing jet is whose daughter Li Yan and She said it was unclear She also said police ques-
son-in-law Luo Wei were when he last flew the route tioned all crew families in
believed to have crashed. among the many Chinese on the simulator. She also the early days of the trage-
passengers on the flight. noted reports citing a pri- dy and had told them that
(AP Photo/Joshua Paul) “It is another irresponsible vate investigator that a all crew members were
thing the Malaysian gov- flaperon — a small section cleared.
ernment has done to try to of the wing that washed Liow said Thursday that
fool the relatives and cover ashore on Reunion island French authorities were
up the truth and the con- off East Africa last year — still waiting for documents
spiracy. We relatives strong- was broken off, indicating from several parties includ-
ly protest it and strongly de- controlled ditching of the ing Boeing, and insisted on
mand the discovery of our plane. holding on to the wing part
loved ones,” he said. “I am not blaming the pilot, as court evidence.q

EILEEN NG showed Zaharie had con-

Associated Press ducted a simulated flight

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia to the southern Indian

(AP) — Malaysia acknowl- Ocean less than a month

edged for the first time before the plane vanished

that one of the pilots of along a similar route. The

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 magazine cited the dis-

had plotted a course on covery as strong evidence

his home flight simulator to that the disappearance

the southern Indian Ocean, was a premeditated act of

where the missing jet is be- mass murder-suicide at the

lieved to have crashed. hands of the captain.

Australian officials oversee- “Until today, this theory is still

ing the search for the plane under investigation. There is

last month said data recov- no evidence to prove that

ered from Capt. Zaharie Captain Zaharie flew the

Ahmad Shah’s simulator in- plane into the southern In-

cluded a flight path to the dian Ocean,” Liow said.

southern Indian Ocean. “Yes, there is the simulator

Malaysian officials at the but the (route) was one of

time refused to confirm the thousands to many parts of

findings. the world. We cannot just

On Thursday, Transport Min- base on that to confirm (he

ister Liow Tiong Lai told lo- did it).”

cal journalists that the flight Liow didn’t say when the

path was found on the sim- Indian Ocean path was

ulator. He also cautioned flown on the simulator. He

there were “thousands” of stressed that international

destinations on the simula- experts and Australian offi-

tor and no evidence that cials have agreed that the

Zaharie flew the plane in most likely scenario was

that area or deliberately “uncontrolled ditching” of

crashed it. the plane.

A recording of the news The latest development in

conference was made the saga of the world’s big-

available to The Associat- gest aviation mystery un-

ed Press on Friday. nerved families of the vic-

New York Magazine re- tims, who blame Malaysia

ported last month that an for a cover-up and incom-

FBI analysis of the device petence.