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MH370 pilot plotted course over southern Indian Ocean

Australian officials have confirmed that data recovered from a home flight simulator owned by the captain of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 showed that someone had used the device to plot a course to the southern Indian Ocean, where the missing jet is believed to have crashed.


July 29, 2016  By The Guardian

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), which is leading the search for the plane off Australia’s west coast, told the Guardian on Thursday that “the MH370 captain’s flight simulator showed someone had plotted a course to the southern Indian Ocean”.

It is not known whether the simulation was made by Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, but the simulator was in his home. | READ MORE

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