MH370 Search Update: Aviation Expert Suggests That Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight Could Be ‘Intact’--Report
Missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 remains a mystery even after nine months of its disappearance. The search for the plane continues but no traces of the missing airliner have been found yet. However, a pilot of Boeing 777 attempts to debunk several theories swirling around that allegedly claim explaining the unsolved mystery of MH370 and its location.
Writing for Australia's The Daily Telegraph, Boeing 777 pilot Byron Bailey tries to explain what did not happen to MH370. According to Bailey, the aircraft is "so automated that if something happened to the Flight Crew, or even if they left the cockpit shortly after takeoff," the jet is capable of reaching to its destination on its own with the help of "preprogrammed computer Flight Profile."
Bryon Bailey introduces himself as a former senior captain with a "major international airline flying a B777," the type of the plane MH370 is. Addressing the theories, the experienced aviate says that he is "bemused by the media coverage given to self proclaimed experts." By saying that, he reportedly refers to the people who have "never flown a modern fly-by-wire computerised glass cockpit airliner."
In the beginning of his article, he addresses the theory that claims that someone on the flight may have "tampered" with the flight system. Another theory, the captain talks about suggests that the plane ran out of fuel after flying for over seven hours on autopilot mode before finally going down. He notes that if there was a crash, debris from the plane should have been floating around on the sea and the shores. However, nothing has emerged.
As per Bailey, with the help of profile programmed into the FMS computer of the missing Boeing 777 would have "flown itself automatically" to Beijing, unless there were changes made to the flight profile by human intervention. Furthermore, the aviation veteran suggests that if the plane was on autopilot, it can't simply wander in the sky.
The missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing on March 8, 2014 with 239 people on board while travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The plane carried at least six Australians and people from 15 different nations. Within a few minutes of its take off, the Malaysian jet went off the radar. Multinational efforts were employed immediately after the news broke out. However, no traces have been found yet. On March 24, 2014, the Malaysian government declared that MH370 "ended in Indian Ocean."
The pilot notes that the Boeing 777 consists of 80 computers. He explains that except two engines, mostly all the other systems are "triplicated to ensure a practically fail safe operation." Debunking several rampant theories and speculations about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Bailey explains that for the change in its flight path requires "deliberate manual intervention" by an expert.
In the end, he says that Boeing 777 is "very large" to go missing like this and not be found. He believes that the plane is "intact" submerged in "6000m of water." He suggests searching "long enough" for MH370 could possibly lead to its discovery. Additionally, he rules out few previously suggested scenarios including explosive decompression theory, hijack, bombing and total electricity failure.