Breaking News: Data suggests 'skilled' flyer turned jet

A MALAYSIAN jet that vanished a week ago appears to have changed course and continued flying for hours, a senior Malaysian military official says, citing radar data indicating a "skilled, competent" pilot was at the controls.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official cited Malaysian military radar data that investigators believe indicate the Boeing 777 may have radically changed course and headed northwest towards the Indian Ocean.
"It has to be a skilled, competent and a current pilot," the official said.
"He knew how to avoid the civilian radar. He appears to have studied how to avoid it."
The intended flight path for the Kuala Lumpur-Beijing flight was to be north over the South China Sea and Vietnam.
The new information, coupled with multiple corroborative but unconfirmed reports, suggests the investigation into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was increasingly focusing on something going wrong in the cockpit.
[link to www.news.com.au]

Last Edited by Possum on 03/15/2014 12:30 AM