Washington: New reports on the missing Malaysian jet says path change was programmed into the aircraft’s computer navigation system by someone in the cockpit. Media reports on Monday reinforces the increasing belief among investigators that the aircraft was deliberately diverted.
According to officials the plane’s controls were altered after typing seven or eight keystrokes into a computer situated between the captain and the co-pilot.
The computer is called the Flight Management System. It directs the plane from point to point specified in the flight plan submitted before a flight. It is not clear whether the plane’s path was reprogrammed before or after it took off.
The development comes as Australia joins the search of the remote Indian Ocean for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.