The early discovery that the plane’s communications system was disabled had seemed to suggest that the plane was either hijacked or its disappearance orchestrated by a pilot. Apparently, turning off that system requires a keyboard input and manually switching a number of cockpit controls in sequence.
Since that fateful night when controllers lost contact with Flight MH370, Shah has moved in and out of prominence as a suspect and focus of public theorizing.
Public scrutiny focused on his potential links to Malaysian political opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and the discovery of the flight simulator at his home, a development which led pilots to come out and tell the public that it is essentially not unusual because they also do that too.
There was also outrage at theories implicating Shah as the pilot’s friends and family came forward to defend him, and their accounts characterize him as a grandfather and veteran pilot widely respected by his colleagues, who brimmed with enthusiasm for flying, cooking and home repair hobbies.
And while it became clear early on in the investigation that someone was in control of the plane when it veered off-course, theories abounded that mechanical difficulties could have led the pilot to change course.
There is no point speculating further until more evidence surfaces. But in the meantime, it serves no purpose to malign the pilot who well may have been in a struggle to save the aircraft from a fire or other serious mechanical issue, some critics say.
Malaysia’s Police Inspector-General Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar told local media Saturday 23 July that no information had been passed to investigators in the U.S. including the FBI. More importantly Malaysian authorities deny any such report ever existed.
It is either that Jeff Wise is making this story up which is character for Jeff Wise, or worse that somebody else has perpetrated a hoax by passing him a fraudulent false document.
When conspiracy theorists stoop as low as inventing false evidence to falsely corroborate their convictions, then nothing they say should be listened to. They have discredited themselves and their silly pilot suicide theory.