KUALA LUMPUR, APR 13: Amid
reports that the co-pilot of the missing Malaysian plane made a desperate call
from his mobile phone moments before the jet went off the radar, Malaysia today
said it cannot be confirmed unless the information can be verified by the
authorities.
“Unless we can have verifications, we can’t comment on these reports,” Acting
Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told reporters here.He said the authorities have received several reports and leads, including from
local and foreign media organisations, but when probed, they turned out to be
baseless.When asked if any calls had been made from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight
MH370 cockpit, he said: “As far as I know, no.”
However, he said that he did not want to speculate on “the realm of the police
and other international agencies” investigating the case.“I do not want to disrupt the investigations that are being done now not only
by the Malaysian police but the FBI, MI6, Chinese intelligence and other
intelligence agencies.”The New Straits Times, citing sources, yesterday reported that co-pilot
Fariq Abdul Hamid made a desperate call which ended abruptly, possibly “because
the aircraft was fast moving away from the (telecommunications) tower”.The call was made as the jet was flying low near Penang island on
Malaysia’s west coast, the morning it went missing.The Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 — carrying 239 people,
including five Indians, an Indo—Canadian and 154 Chinese nationals — had
mysteriously vanished on March 8 after taking off from Kuala Lumpur.
Fariq and Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah have come under intense scrutiny after the
plane mysteriously vanished.
Investigators last month indicated that the flight was deliberately diverted
and its communication systems manually switched off as it was leaving Malaysian
airspace.
The probe into the missing plane have been focused on four possible areas —
hijack, sabotage, as well as personal and psychological problems.
The FBI has been assisting police, including sharing intelligence and
expertise.
Police have not cleared the 227 passengers of the flight MH370 of possible foul
play. Clearance has also not been given to the crew.Local media reports today said police are investigating a company involved in the
cleaning of flight MH370 cabin before it departed from Kuala Lumpur
International Airport (KLIA).Malaysia refuses to confirm report of call from missing plane
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