A POLITICAL PROTEST?
The US intelligence community is leaning towards the theory that “those in the coughpit” were deliberately responsible for whatever happened to the plane, a US official told CNN.
According to British media reports, police are investigating the possibility that
Captain Shah hijacked his own aircraft in a political protest.
The pilot was a political fanatic and “obsessive” supporter of Malaysia’s opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, The Mail on Sunday reported.
Hours before Flight MH370 left Kuala Lumpur, the pilot is said to have attended a controversial trial in which Ibrahim — who has been harassed and jailed on successive charges of homosexuality and sodomy — was jailed for five years.
Police sources say Captain Shah was a political activist and fear that the court decision left him profoundly upset.