Update On Missing Malaysian Plane: The Plane Might Be In Africa

Mr Shah wearing 'democracy is dead' T.shirt

The main pilot of the missing Malaysian plane Mr Shah, a father-of-three, was said to be a 'fanatical' supporter of the country's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim - jailed for homosexuality just hours before the jet disappeared. It has also been revealed that the pilot's wife and three children moved out of the family home the day before the plane went missing.

Some senior US officials believe it is possible the plane was taken as part of a ‘dry run’ for a future terrorist attack – in order to find out whether a plane can be hidden from radar and satellites. However data shows that the missing jet was deliberately dropped to a height of just 5,000ft to avoid commercial radar after it turned away from its routine path, it was claimed today.

Investigators have told Malaysian newspaper that the Boeing 777 could have flown low over the Bay of Bengal, avoiding radar in a number of countries.
On military radar, investigators told the New Straits Times, the aircraft would have registered as just a blip. But the stresses on the 200 ton aircraft flying at that height would have been enormous and highly dangerous for the structure.

Investigators said they believed whoever was controlling the plane had flown close to land, or over it, in what is known as 'terrain masking' - using the surrounding landscape to keep out of sight of radar.
The technique is used by pilots of military aircraft to fly to their targets without detection - but it is dangerous and in the dark it would be extremely difficult, calling on great skills.


Maneuvering a large aircraft this way would be a feat judged to be almost impossible, but investigators say they are certain that the aircraft did drop to 5,000ft or possibly lower, in what is thought to be an attempt to avoid commercial radar. 

So Whoever disabled the plane's communication systems and then flew the jet must have had a high degree of technical knowledge and flying experience, putting one or both of the pilots high on the list of possible suspects, Malaysian officials and aviation experts said. And there is still hope that the passengers are still alive in an unknown location. There are 25 countries currently searching for the plane....who knows, the missing plane can be anywhere, even here in Africa.