Majority of us agreed with this write up by one of our senior pilot.
A DEAD PERSON CANNOT SPEAK UP AND DEFEND HIMSELF.
I WILL-- ON HIS BEHALF AND OTHER RELEVANT PARTIES MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE, WHO TOO WOULD NOT OR COULD NOT DEFEND THEMSELVES
I have at the onset, to declare that l was at one time the Director of Flight Operations of the airline, was the Chief Pilot Flight Safety before that, was an aircraft accident investigator and hence very familiar with ICAO Annex 13 and had close working relationship with the related Aviation Authority and Investigation Agencies.
I have since retired and have no personal interest whatsoever in the incident. But the public must not be misled by a theory that is said TO BE THE TRUTH.
Captain Zaharie was very much my junior, was my subordinate, (so was his lifelong friend and fellow B777 Captain) and in the early years, was my copilot; a decent fellow and level headed person. Very dedicated to his job, a good pilot- whereupon he was later made an instructor and eventually Examiner of Airmen.
The disclosures by his lifelong friend and fellow B777 Captain can be accepted as POSSIBILITIES BUT NOT NECESSARY BE THE TRUTH.
Yes First Officer Fariq could be tricked to leave the cockpit and got himself locked out.
What proof is there?
It can likewise be said that somebody could barge into the cockpit when it was opened to allow a cabin crew in, to bring the pilots' after takeoff drink, at that stage of flight. And took over control of the aircraft.
What proof is there?
When locked out, it was said, FO Fariq could have tried to call Penang Control Tower. But it is hard to believe that he carried the handphone in his pocket when he left the cockpit. And it is equally hard to believe that he had the control tower's phone number. And why call Penang when the flight originated from Kuala Lumpur?
If true, him being locked out of the cockpit, without reference to the Navigational Aids, Radio stations and Flight Management Computer, he and everybody else would not be able to tell ( at night) the position the aircraft was at.
With the transponder off, the aircraft would just appear as a blip on the radar screen with no height reference. So what evidence is there to assert that whoever was at the control flew the aircraft up to 40,000ft to quicken the effect of depressurization?
Besides, for its weight at that stage of flight, the aircraft was not within its performance capability (yet) to climb to 40,000 feet.
Yes, an easy, quick and painless way to kill the occupants in the cabin, is to depressurize the aircraft. By just manually opening the outflow valves, the cabin within a matter of minutes will climb to the aircraft's altitude; in this case 35,000ft. Why the need to make the aircraft struggle to climb to 40,000 feet? The effect is the same. The occupants will die quickly after the oxygen from the facemasks, depleted.
But what proof is there that that happened?
That Captain Zaharie had a bad and troubled married life; is a bit hard to belief, after him having had 3 adult children. And that he had been sleeping around with the beautiful stewardesses; he didn't look and behave like a playboy. Besides our Malaysian stewardesses do not behave cheap. On the contrary, during the flights' layovers, they are protective of one another.
To surmise that all pilots sleep around with the stewardesses, is irresponsible. Maybe a few, the playboy kind, do. But the majority are happily married and are responsible husbands and fathers. Captain Zaharie was amongst the majority.
If indeed he was suicidal, there would be tell tale signs. And if his intention was to kill the people on board, why didn't he just shut down both engines and crash the aircraft into the South China Sea? Why the need to depressurize the aircraft to kill all on board and sit alone in the darkness of the night, probably crying for 6 hours till the aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed in the South Indian Ocean? It's hard to farthom. Yes, its possible.
But where is the proof?
The fundamental objective of an aircraft accident investigation, in acordance with ICAO Annex 13, is not to opportion blame or liability. The report has to be written ( including the ensuing analysis) based on facts and facts alone. Assumptions, presumptions, opinion and theories are not acceptable ---for lack of evidence.
It is for this very reason, for lack of evidence, that the ensuring report could not be conclusive as to what actually happened to the flight.
Yes, the accident report was voluminous- 495 pages because it has to contain a lot of factual information as required by Annex 13: .the aircraft navigation system .the aircraft comunication system .the aircraft autoflight system .the aircraft flight management system, (the boilerplate description of B777 systems) amongst many other areas to be addressed. These technical information, the source is naturally has to be from the aircraft manufacture's manual. And they are necessary for the purpose of analysing the occurence. And of course for ordinary layman, a non-technical person, to understand.
Without evidence, most importantly the recordings from the cockpit voice recorder and Digital Flight Data Recorder, the report naturally could not be conclusive with its findings. But it did state that for the aircraft to end up in the South Indian Ocean, it had to be a deliberate act of somebody who knew exactly what to do.
The article shamelessly surmised " The Malaysian regime was said to be one of the most corrupt in the region". That's a matter of opinion. But what relevance has it to the accident?
The article too mention "It was also proving itself to be furtive, fearful and unreliable in its investigation of the flight"
The report could have easily concluded that in all PROBABILITY that the aircraft went missing because it was flown away by a mad pilot. And put a closure to the case.
But proof has it got?
Now, having spent hundreds of millions of dollars, ( $160 million) haven't the government done more than enough to search for the missing aircraft? With that amount of money, we could have built several schools and hospitals.
In conclusion, l would like to appeal to all to stop all these conspiracy theories. Let the families of the victims move on with life.
More people ( 269) were killed when KOREAN AIR B747 aircraft, Flight KE 007 was shot down when nearing Sakhalin Peninsula on 1st September 1983.
More people were killed when KLM & PAN AM B747s collided on the runway in Tenerife.
More people were killed in World Trade Centre on 9/11.
Finally, l have to say this: 3 things are certain in life : CRITICISM, TAXES & DEATH. To avoid criticism, don't say or do anything. To avoid taxes, stay in the jungle or on a desert island. But DEATH, no matter who you are, rich or poor, young or old, weak or strong, one would face death. And the thing about death is that we don't when, where and how we would die. AND IT CAN BE DUE TO FATE THAT ALL THOSE ON BOARD THAT MISSING AIRCRAFT MET THEIR DEATH(?) THAT WAY. MAY THEY ALL REST IN PEACE. LET'S MOVE ON WITH LIFE.
CAPT. KAMIL 19 JUNE 2019
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