The co-pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 made a desperate call from his mobile phone as the plane was flying low near Penang, in the morning it mysterious vanished, it is reported. (Photo: Reuters)
The co-pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 made a desperate call from his mobile phone as the plane was flying low near Penang, in the morning it mysterious vanished, it is reported. (Photo: Reuters) Reuters

More than six months after the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared on its way to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, the tragedy continues to grab headlines as various aviation or security personalities speak their mind about the first of two aviation tragedies to hit the embattled air carrier in a span of four months.

On Monday, former Kiwi International Airlines Chief Executive Ewan Wilson told aviation experts in Birmingham that he believes pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah planned the crash of the jet and killed the rest of the 227 passengers and crew by shutting down the oxygen supply.

Before closing the oxygen tank, Wilson believes that the chief pilot purposely shut out co-pilot Fariq Hamid to provide him the freedom to shutter all inflight communications unhampered. After doing so, Zaharie turned the plane around, but it eventually ran out of fuel and likely crashed into the southern Indian Ocean.

Wilson shared more of his theories about the action of Zaharie in his book titled Goodnight 370. He also listed five suicide plane tragedies since 1982 and counted that 422 passengers perished in these mishaps. These are Japan Airlines Flight 350 in 1982, Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 in '994, SilkAir Flight 185 in in 1997, Egypt Air Flight 990 in 1999 and Mozambican Flight TM 470 in 2013.

The role of the pilots in the crash of the aircraft has led Wilson to propose mental health screening for aviators.

"Pilots are humans and susceptible to the same problems as anyone else. They perform a stressful job and are under significant pressure to maintain their expertise and professional standing," Wilson said, quoted by Metro.

"We have shown why hijacking by a passenger or accidental depressurization are highly unlikely scenarios. By a process of elimination, this leaves pilot suicide as the only other serious option in our analysis of what occurred on March 8," Wilson added.

In forwarding his theory of pilot suicide, Wilson wants to give family members of MH 370 passengers and crew some form of closure because many of them want to believe more in conspiracy theories that the jet didn't crash but is hidden in some isles.

"But I don't think it is. It is lost forever," Wilson said.

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