Alleged MH370 Hijackers Could Deceive Military Into Ignoring the Plane Using This TRICK

© AP Photo / Rob GriffithIn this March 22, 2014, file photo, Flight Officer Jack Chen uses binoculars at an observers window on a Royal Australian Air Force P-3 Orion during the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Southern Indian Ocean, Australia
In this March 22, 2014, file photo, Flight Officer Jack Chen uses binoculars at an observers window on a Royal Australian Air Force P-3 Orion during the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Southern Indian Ocean, Australia - Sputnik International
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Despite the fact that Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared five years ago, its fate remains a mystery prompting numerous sleuths to investigate various theories about what happened to the plane.

Alleged hijackers on the MH370 could have flown along so-called flight information regions (FIRs) to avoid detection by the Thai and Malaysian militaries, RAF navigator Steve Pierson told Jeff Wise, author of the book "The Plane That Wasn't There". According to Pierson, after disappearing from the secondary radar near a waypoint called IGARI, MH370 flew along the borders of the Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok FIRs.

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This trick could’ve made the air traffic controllers in each of the FIRs think that the other one would handle the plane, the RAF navigator explained. Civilian controllers normally check with each other to avoid confusion in such situations, he added, but since the plane only showed up on military radars, it remained unnoticed by both sides.

"That's quite clever. If you fly down the FIR boundary the controller on each side might assume the other was controlling you. They might think: 'Oh, that must be the other country's aircraft, that's not my problem, I won't worry about it.' And the other country thinks: 'Oh, that's their problem, I won't worry about it'", Pierson said.

A man arranges artwork for an exhibition marking the Day of Remembrance for MH370 event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Saturday, March 4, 2017 - Sputnik International
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The author of an investigative book about MH370, Jeff Wise noted that the alleged hijackers' plan had apparently worked and the plane's presence on military radars remained unnoticed until the records were brought up after the jet's disappearance. Pierson added that the individuals knew "exactly what they were doing" and alleged that they could have had a military background.

However, the official investigation, which lasted for several years after the plane's disappearance, has failed to reach any conclusion on the reason why MH370 changed its course and disappeared from radar screens in the region. The aircraft’s remains have still not been found, and multiple enthusiasts are pursuing different theories in a bid to locate where the plane crashed or landed, because some have suggested it was deliberately hijacked.

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Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared on 8 March 2014 while carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. It disappeared from civilian radars at 17:21 UTC, but was spotted on military radars until 18:22.

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