An aeroplane expert and engineer has revealed exactly how missingcould have met its demise, following the heartbreaking halt on the search for the plane. He believes this "perfect crime" could have crash-landed in only a handful of locations.
Recent efforts by marine robotics company Ocean Infinity have been unexpectedly suspended due to the time of year, after fresh hope that the , would finally be found. The plane which vanished on March 8, 2014, during its flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, continues to fuel one of the biggest enigmas in the history of aviation and is the deadliest single incident involving a missing plane.
Malaysia's transport minister, Anthony Loke, told AFP: "They have stopped the operation for the time being, they will resume the search at the end of this year." He added: "Right now, it's not the season." However, Ismail Hammad, Chief Engineer at Egyptair believes he has the answers to save everyone "money and time" and finally find the plane that has wreaked havoc on authorities and families.
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First and foremost for Ismail the explanation is simple. Despite hundreds of conspiracy theories Ismail is convinced this is the work of a "hijacker" - the question is where it crashed when their plan failed. He said: "If the hijacker was looking for the perfect crime that would remain a mystery for a hundred years, he would have to land on one of the abandoned airstrips or lakes in the maze of the Philippine archipelago, which consists of 7,641 islands.
“Such airstrips are spread out and end in the sea, lakes or swamps, and not fly in a straight line to fall into the waters off the city of Perth , in an area that can be predicted by calculating the rate of the fuel consumption."
However, the hijacker’s presumed lack of experience is also a significant pointer as to where the enormous plane could have ended up. Ismail said: “Whatever the pilot’s experience he would not be able to fly easily and accurately in a straight line on such a long straight route, above an open area of water, at night for such long hours”
The engineer said navigation from the coast of Malaysia to the south of Indian ocean would mean it could fall in front of Perth. However, whether or not the pilot was navigating with just a compass or if they did have a GPS system, they would have been able to navigate themselves over the Philippines islands because if they knew them and their cities lights well.”
Ismail added the autopilot computer is difficult to programme with just coordinates of a point in space. He added: “Likewise, a pilot alone would not be able to continue flying a big aircraft like B777-200 for 9 hours since take off till vanishing, including the 3 hours on average it takes to check the condition of the aircraft and its documentations before the taking off according to the aviation regulations.”
Ismail concluded that without the autopilot system or navigation aids, using the aircraft's magnetic compass the search area should be narrowed to the Malacca strait to the Perth coast considering “all those stresses”.
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