MH370: Foul play by pilot, incompetence by investigators

The evidence clearly shows that MH370 disappeared because of the deliberate actions of a pilot.

Air crash investigator Larry Vance, author of MH370: Mystery Solved.

The evidence clearly shows that MH370 disappeared because of the deliberate actions of a pilot. All of the evidence I used to explain what happened to MH370 was available to the official investigation, and yet they failed to uncover it.

The fact that such a high-profile investigation failed to uncover and disclose such basic evidence is cause for grave concern. What assurance can we have that future investigations will not suffer from equal ineffectiveness? Lessons must be learned about what went wrong, and why, and steps must be taken to prevent this from happening again.

When the investigation was turned over to the safety investigators, it seems the focus on looking for criminal involvement was lost.

By the time the flaperon was found, the safety investigation had already declared that MH370 was an unpiloted plane that ran out of fuel. It appears they examined the flaperon, and the section of the flap, with that evidence (bias) in mind. It will be debated whether intentional deception could have played a part in why the evidence on the recovered wreckage pieces was not discovered and disclosed. When the ATSB released its update in November 2016, which included its opinion that the flaps were retracted (up) at impact, I was shocked. How could they have missed such obvious evidence that actually pointed to the contrary?

It certainly looked like there was more to the story. Its conclusion at that time was a convenient fit with its rationale for continuing to search in the area where its calculations told it the wreckage would be. It provided justification for all the money spent, and for the further commitment of resources. It served the purposes of those who were dismissing the possibility of pilot involvement.

I find it difficult to believe that with all the expertise available to the MH370 investigation, nobody put the evidence together and presented it to those in charge. If that evidence was actually discovered and brought forward, and then suppressed, that would be intentional deception. If nobody discovered the evidence, that was incompetence. I believe it was incompetence.

In the case of MH370, a pilot-controlled ditching is the only theory that fits with every piece of evidence. The pilot’s motivation can be looked at with the knowledge that he planned for each aspect of the flight. The pilot knew exactly what he was going to be doing at each stage of the flight, from the departure to the controlled ditching. It is clear he knew what the consequences would be: certain death for everyone on the plane.

The evidence confirms that the aeroplane is at the bottom of the southern Indian Ocean. It is in a location specifically chosen by the pilot to make it unfindable. The fuselage of the aeroplane is basically intact, and all the occupants are still inside.

A valid question is, will MH370 ever be found? My answer is that it probably will be found some day, but most likely it will be a long time from now. It will rest where it is until eventually someone finds it by using a technology that has not yet been invented.

In my view, it is unrealistic to conduct any further searches. Without the certainties of the unpiloted-plane theory, there are too many variables to allow realistic calculations about where to look.