Radar data suggests missing Malaysia plane deliberately flown way off course (Week 2)

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Kidd and USS Pinckney are seen en transit in the Pacific Ocean in this U.S. Navy picture taken May 18, 2011. Kidd and Pinkney have been searching for the missing Malaysian airliner and are being re-deployed to the Strait of Malacca of Malaysia's west coast as new search areas are opened in the Indian Ocean, according to officials on March 13, 2014. 

Koswanage , Niluksi , and Siva Govindasamy. "Exclusive: Radar data suggests missing Malaysia plane deliberately flown way off course - sources." Reuters. Reuters, 14 Mar 2014. Web. 14 Mar 2014. <http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/14/us-malaysia-airlines-radar-exclusive-idUSBREA2D0DG20140314>.




In this lengthy article, which marks yet another analysis of the striking situation concerning Malaysia's flight 340, the cause of the disappearance of the aircraft is being refined and becoming more concrete. Flight data shows that the aircraft was deliberately flown hundreds of miles off-course. For investigators, this dramatically raises the chance of "foul play" (read: terrorism), and decreases the chance of a simple mechanical or structural failure. A closer look at the flight path suggests that the person who was flying the plane had a clear understanding of the flight patterns in the area, including specific waypoints along the way. In other words, the theory that the aircraft was deliberately diverted is now being backed by convincing evidence. The article concludes by stating that Malaysia is requesting raw radar data from neighbors Thailand, Indonesia and India, which has a naval base in the Andaman Islands, which means that additional evidence is still being collected at this time.