Washington – The new twist to the missing Malaysia Airline flight MH370 is that the plane could have flown for an extra four hours after losing contact with air traffic control according to aviation experts.
The boeing 777 disappeared with 239 passengers on board.
It is also suspected the plane was hi jacked and landed in Pakistan or any other unknown location.
US investigators are looking into the prospect and counter terrorism officials are investigating the idea that the plane’s transponders were turned off intentionally and the aircraft was diverted when an image appeared to show debris.
Data is automatically downloaded and sent to the ground from the aircraft`s Rolls Royce engines as part of a standard monitoring programme.
Since the search efforts have proved unfruitful the hijacking theory was now ‘conclusive’, and police have raided the luxury homes of both the captain and the co-pilot of the missing jet.
The pilot Zahari Ahmad Shah, 53, and co pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid, 27, are being investigated as police in Kuala Lumpur search for signs of foul play.
The search is now concentrating on two ‘corridors’, one which extends from north west from Thailand to the Kazakstan-Turkmenistan border and the other which opens out into the southern Indian Ocean.
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