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Interesting PRC news picked up this after it disappeared, I wonder who leak the info?
Air Force chief denies Malaysian jets were scrambled after MH370
APRIL 11, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR,
April 11 — A report that military aircraft were deployed to pursue Malaysia Airlines’ MH370 on March 8 is “totally false”, according to Royal Malaysian
Air Force (RMAF) chief General Tan Sri Rodzali Daud, confirming Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein’s denial over Twitter.
Hishammuddin’s communications team denied the CNN report that cited an unnamed senior government official as saying that RMAF jets
were scrambled at about 8am on March 8, shortly after the Beijing-bound passenger plane went off civilian radars and subsequently
reported missing.
“In my capacity as the Chief of the Royal Malaysian Air Force, I can confirm that the above allegations (are) totally false,” said Rodzali, in
brief statement.
The US network CNN reported that RMAF had mounted a hunt even before authorities were able to corroborate the Boeing 777-200ER had
turned back from its original flight route to Beijing to fly over the peninsula.
CNN reported the source as saying that the Malaysian air only informed the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) of this deployment three
days after the event, on March 11.
The news network also reported that the final message from MH370 to air traffic controllers, “Good night, Malaysian three-seven-zero” was
uttered by pilot, Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, and not co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid as previously disclosed.
MH370 departed from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 12.41am on March 8, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew on board, and
was scheduled to land in Beijing at 6.30am the same day.
Air traffic controllers lost contact with the red eye over the South China Sea, some 120km off the coast of Kelantan, just as it was to enter
Vietnamese air space, where the initial search mission were focussed.
After a week of scouring the South China Sea, searches were redirected to the Indian Ocean following an analysis of satellite data from
United Kingdom satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat and the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) showing that the
plane had turned back west and headed out to the Indian Ocean.
Australia is now leading a multinational hunt for the plane where satellite data last tracked its signals before it vanished entirely.
Air Force chief denies Malaysian jets were scrambled after MH370
APRIL 11, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR,
April 11 — A report that military aircraft were deployed to pursue Malaysia Airlines’ MH370 on March 8 is “totally false”, according to Royal Malaysian
Air Force (RMAF) chief General Tan Sri Rodzali Daud, confirming Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein’s denial over Twitter.
Hishammuddin’s communications team denied the CNN report that cited an unnamed senior government official as saying that RMAF jets
were scrambled at about 8am on March 8, shortly after the Beijing-bound passenger plane went off civilian radars and subsequently
reported missing.
“In my capacity as the Chief of the Royal Malaysian Air Force, I can confirm that the above allegations (are) totally false,” said Rodzali, in
brief statement.
The US network CNN reported that RMAF had mounted a hunt even before authorities were able to corroborate the Boeing 777-200ER had
turned back from its original flight route to Beijing to fly over the peninsula.
CNN reported the source as saying that the Malaysian air only informed the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) of this deployment three
days after the event, on March 11.
The news network also reported that the final message from MH370 to air traffic controllers, “Good night, Malaysian three-seven-zero” was
uttered by pilot, Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, and not co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid as previously disclosed.
MH370 departed from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 12.41am on March 8, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew on board, and
was scheduled to land in Beijing at 6.30am the same day.
Air traffic controllers lost contact with the red eye over the South China Sea, some 120km off the coast of Kelantan, just as it was to enter
Vietnamese air space, where the initial search mission were focussed.
After a week of scouring the South China Sea, searches were redirected to the Indian Ocean following an analysis of satellite data from
United Kingdom satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat and the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) showing that the
plane had turned back west and headed out to the Indian Ocean.
Australia is now leading a multinational hunt for the plane where satellite data last tracked its signals before it vanished entirely.
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