Posted on 03/16/2014 6:58:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Fellow pilots in Malaysia Airlines have come out in defence of Capt Zaharie Ahmad Shah as the probe into the disappearance of MH370 refocuses on the crew and passengers.
The pilots who had worked with the veteran colleague over the years said they did not believe that he was capable of sabotaging his own flight.
“He is such a kind-hearted person and would not have been able to think of anything like this,” said a close friend of Zaharie.
“Zaharie is always smiling and ready with a joke,” said another pilot who has flown alongside Zaharie previously. “He won’t do something like this.”
On reports in several blogs and Facebook pages that Zaharie had been introduced by a fellow pilot to a religious teacher named Syeikhul Hadith Maulana Abd Hamid at Madrasah Miftahul Ulum, a former colleague said this was not true.
According to one of the blogs, the pilot had taken part in tabligh (Islamic missionary) activities and had expressed his wish to contribute to the development of Islamic schools.
Zaharie’s Facebook page, which he last updated on Jan 3, gave no indication of him harbouring any extremist views. Many of his postings reflected his political beliefs, which are in support of Pakatan Rakyat and critical of Barisan Nasional, while others highlighted his hobbies, including flying and upgrading his flight simulator, cooking, and home improvement projects.
I will say it still could be a failure such as an electrical problem. However it is funny it would occur during the hand off from Malaysian air control to Viet Nam air control.
“I don’t think the ELT would be detectable in a water crash”
I understand ELT to be a totally independent system that is detectable in a water scenario. That’s it purpose. It can be affixed to life rafts or whatever and ping for a few days time. Small. Self contained. Maybe the size of a Coke can.
MY THEORY-——How can BAD GUYS get in cockpit if it was a 707 you could store THEM in LOWER 41 AVIATION BAY —WHICH IS JUST BELOW THE COCKPIT WITH METAL BARS -—YOU CAN JUST LIFT THE BARS UP AND PULL YOUR SELF UP INTO THE COCKPIT-—IT WAS STATED THAT SOMEONE MUST HAVE TURN OFF A TRANSMITTER FROM THE AVIATION BAY OF THE 777 AND RETURNED TO THE COCKPIT-——MY THEORY IS THAT THE BAD GUYS WERE IN THE AVIATION BAY ON TAKE OFF——I have never been in a 777 cockpit but have spent many hour( 1000) in the 707 cockpit and lower 41 during flight.
If bad guys were in electric bay in the 777 on TAKE OFF ,THEY COULD EASY TAKE OUT THE PILOT AND COPILOT WITH GAS
We all know how secure they keep the cockpit...
My theory is that the chief pilot’s keyboard SHIFT key got stuck, and from then on there was no way back!
Yes, and probably sealed from water, but the signal still has to penetrate the water. Maybe in very shallow water that may not be much of a problem, but we're talking about deep water -- ocean water over 12,000 feet deep (Indian Ocean, if that's where it is).
If the ELT were sufficient for water crashes they wouldn't need a ULB.
And, there you go.
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