MH370, which had been traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, disappeared on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board. The Boeing 777 aircraft last communicated with air traffic control at 1.19am when the plane was flying over the South China Sea. Minutes later, it completely disappeared from civilian radar screens during a routine handover from Malaysia to Vietnamese radio channels.
Analysis of radar and satellite data shows it suddenly changed course and flew back across Malaysia before turning south of Penang and then towards the southern Indian Ocean.
This change of course, may have been made deliberately by Mr Shah in an attempt to get a glimpse of his hometown before crashing, it has been claimed.
Simon Hardy, a UK aviation expert, revealed to investigators at Australia’s “60 Minutes” his new theory, by running a flight simulation.
He said: “If you look very carefully, you can actually see the plane dips to the left, before starting a long turn to the right, followed by another left turn.
Captain Zahari Shah made
