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Brazil's Navy sailors recover debris from the missing Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean. Geoff Dell, discipline leader of accident investigation at Central Queensland University, said if the black boxes of a missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 were several kilometers (miles) deep, ships might need to be almost directly over them before the signal could detect them. (AFP)
Missing Malaysia Airlines plane was 'thrown around like a fighter jet' just after it lost contact with the authorities in a bid to dodge radar, a new report has claimed.
The report, carried by the Daily Mail, quoting the Sunday Times, says Malaysian military investigators believe the Boeing was flow like a fighter jet as the pilots avoided detection.
The report, quoting a source, says drastic manoeuvres must have been taken for the plane's altitude to change so suddenly – which only points to the fact that it was deliberately trying to avoid radar signals and disappear.
Malaysia is focusing its criminal investigation on the cabin crew and the pilots of the plane -- 53-year-old captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah and 27-year old Fariq Abdul Hamid -- after clearing all 227 passengers of any involvement, police have said.
Malaysia's government has also begun investigating civil aviation and military authorities to determine why opportunities to identify and track the flight were missed in the chaotic hours after it vanished.
Banks begin to move in
Banks dealing with passengers missing with MH370 have begun contacting the relatives.
According to a report on asiaone website, a father whose son and daughter-in-law were among the missing passengers, claimed he had been contacted by a bank asking for confirmation that his son and his son’s wife were on the plane.
The report also quotes the husband of a stewardess on board MH370 who said he was contacted by two insurance companies offering to pay him compensation.
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