MH 370: Missing Malaysian Airliner

[Peter Lemkin]

An as yet unexplained delay in reporting [or inventing] this story....... reporting call from co-pilot here http://digital.nstp.com.my/nst/books/140412nstnews/#/7/

Hmmm....its asking for money...funny about that...I'll try to find a free copy...sorry.

here....[ATTACH=CONFIG]5891[/ATTACH] Its going to be small print - best to enlarge text on your screen.

...and today that story above is called into doubt - although in a very odd way, IMHO.....

MH370 Tragedy: Hishammuddin refutes newspaper report co-pilot made phone call






KLUANG: Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein has refuted a front-page report of a local newspaper which claimed that the co-pilot of the MH370 aircraft had made a telephone call when it was flying low near Penang.

He said, he should have been aware of it (the phone call) earlier, if the claim by the newspaper was true.
"I cannot comment (on the newspaper report) because if it is true, we would have known about it much earlier," Hishammuddin, who is also defence minister, told reporters after performing a prayer ('solat hajat') at the Taman Sri Lambak Mosque here today.

He said he had adopted the approach not to confirm anything without any corroboration or verification since the beginning when Flight MH370 was reported missing.
He said it was irresponsible for any quarters to take the opportunity to make a baseless report.

The search team, the minister said, had received numerous indicators in the South China Sea, satellite images by China, claims of finding safety jackets and boats to oil spills, the search and rescue expanded to the South China Sea, Andaman Sea and now in the Indian Ocean.

"We received numerous leads and we followed them but unfortunately, it was a roller-coaster ride, whereby we received information and investigated (them) but they were baseless," he added.

He hoped the public understood what he was going through because such baseless information not only affected operations but also the families of the passengers and the crew of the aircraft.

Flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, left the KL International Airport at 12.41am on March 8 and disappeared from radar screens about an hour later while over the South China Sea. It was to have landed in Beijing at 6.30am on the same day.

Meanwhile, Hishamuddin also announced the names of two senior officers of the Department Of Civil Aviation who would fly to Australia soon to join the Joint Agency Coordinating Centre.

Hishamsuddin led 500 people in a special prayer ('solat hajat') for the passengers and crew of the MH370 aircraft.

He said, Buddhist and Hindu residents in the Sembrong parliamentary seat also held their respective prayers for the safety of the passengers and crew of the aircraft.

Hishammuddin, who is also member of parliament for Sembrong, said Kahang State Assemblyman R. Vidyanathan and Paloh State Assemblyman Teoh Yap Kun headed the prayer ceremonies for their respective religions.