MH370 Malaysian PM Admits 2nd Jet Involved

A suspicious second commercial airliner is a subject of interest in the Malaysia Airlines aircraft and 239 persons, and the operation cannot be declared as a lost plane until hard evidence exists that the plane crashed, Malaysia’s prime minister said in a CNN interview Thursday. Until Malaysia provides detailed evidence about a second MAS Boeing 777 used in the hijack, there is also no proof that the 239 passengers actually boarded the jet being sought.

“The military radar, the primary radar has some capability,” Prime Minister Ryzak said. “It tracked an aircraft which did a turn back, but they were not exactly sure whether it was MH370. What they were sure of was that the aircraft was not deemed to be hostile.

Deborah Dupré had reported on April 3 that two jets were used in the hijack operation. [See: Two MAS Jets Used In MH370 Operation]

Dupré then reported on flight paths of the two jets, according to data before it was deleted from the Internet. (See: Malaysia Airlines Timeline, Flight Path You’ve Not Been Told}

Until today, however, officials have remained silent about the second MAS Boeing used in the hijack operation.

“They were not sure it was MH370,” Ryzak said about one of the two jets used and tracked.

“It was behaving like a commercial airliner,” he said, concurring with Dupré’s earlier reports.

Families and loved ones have been outraged over the Malaysian officials saying they were preparing to issue death certificates when only 45 days had passed of the 239 passengers being missing and no proof of a crash existed. With two jets used, even if one is found crashed, questions would remain regarding whereabouts of the second jet the passengers might have boarded.

“Right now, I think I need to take into account the feelings of the next of kin – and some of them have said publicly that they are not willing to accept it (crashed) until they find hard evidence.”

Malaysian officials had already said the plane had been lost, there were no survivors, and death certificates were being prepared.

Speaking on CNN, Najib Razak said that it was likely that the plane, with 239 people on board, crashed.

“On the balance of the evidence, it would be hard to imagine otherwise,” he said. ”To be honest I found it hard to believe,” he said, describing his reaction on being told by his experts that a plane en-route to China was in fact half way towards Antarctic.

“It is a bizarre scenario.”

Until the plane is confirmed as being lost, however, bereaved families will be unable to claim compensation under the Montreal Convention.

The Malaysian government has faced harsh accusations of covering up what it knows about the Boeing 777. Mr Razak said the country will release the findings of its own report into the incident.

There is evidence that two planes were used in the hijack. It is uncertain that the 239 passengers actually boarded MH370, since two planes were used and seemingly switched, one reason there was a sudden gate change before leaving Kuala Lumpur.

The “missing” but not lost plane, according to Malaysia Airlines and its international investigative team, is a Boeing 777-2 registration 9M-MRO. It operated March 8th as flight MH370 Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.  

There is evidence that another Boeing 777-2 owned by Malaysia Airlines, Registration 9M-MRQ was also involved in the hijack operation. (See: Malaysia Airlines Timeline, Flight Path You’ve Not Been Told)

“I have directed an internal investigation team of experts to look at the report, and there is a likelihood that next week we could release the report,” Ryzak said.