MH370 PILOT ‘DITCHED PLANE INTO OCEAN'

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has hinted that flight MH370 may never be found as searchers prepare to start scouring a huge area of ocean off the coast of Western Australia.

His comments came as a New Zealand-based investigator suggested the pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane could have deliberately depressurised the cabin depriving those on board of air, then staged a controlled ditching into the Indian Ocean.

In his new book, veteran air accident investigator Ewan Wilson claims the “ditching” would explain why no debris from the plane has been found, with the aircraft sinking to the bottom of the ocean in one piece.

Wilson said he arrived at his shocking conclusion after considering every possible scenario.

Theory ... one expert believes Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah staged a controlled ditching of the plane into the Indian Ocean.

He believes Captain Zaharie locked his copilot out of the cockpit, then survived long enough either by repressurising the aircraft or breathing his own more extensive air supply, to evade radar and execute his plan.

Pilot involvement ... the latest theory could explain why no debris has been found.

Wilson has not been able to provide any conclusive evidence to support his theory.

Speaking on ABC Radio in Brisbane this morning, Mr Abbott did not offer any assurance the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 would be located.

“They are now going to search the entire probable impact zone which is something like 60,000 square kilometres of the ocean floor off the coast of Western Australia,” Mr Abbott said.

“If the plane is down there and the best expert advice is that it did go into the water somewhere off the coast of Western Australia, if the plane is down there is a reasonable chance we’ll find it.”


No clue ... Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished on March 9 with 239 people on board.

No clue ... Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished on March 9 with 239 people on board. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

He said his government was “determined to do the right thing by the Australian families who lost their loved ones in this plane, and determined to do the right thing by all bereaved families”.

“We’ve got a long way to go before we’re going to get this one up,” Mr Abbott cautioned.

Endless hunt ... Prime Minister Tony Abbott has hinted that Flight MH370 may never be fou

Endless hunt ... Prime Minister Tony Abbott has hinted that Flight MH370 may never be found. Picture: Getty Source: News Corp Australia

“My understanding is they’re going to start (searching) in the next month or so but the search could take up to a year.”

Six Australian nationals were among 239 people on board the flight that disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8.

An earlier report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau concluded that the passengers and crew may have died from hypoxia. -News.com.au

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