The New York Times reported:
The first turn to the west that diverted the missing Malaysia Airlines plane from its planned flight path from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing was carried out through a computer system that was most likely programmed by someone in the plane’s cockpit who was knowledgeable about airplane systems, according to senior American officials.Instead of manually operating the plane’s controls, whoever altered Flight 370’s path typed seven or eight keystrokes into a computer on a knee-high pedestal between the captain and the first officer, according to officials. The Flight Management System, as the computer is known, directs the plane from point to point specified in the flight plan submitted before each flight. It is not clear whether the plane’s path was reprogrammed before or after it took off.The fact that the turn away from Beijing was programmed into the computer has reinforced the belief of investigators — first voiced by Malaysian officials — that the plane was deliberately diverted and that foul play was involved. It has also increased their focus on the plane’s captain and first officer.
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Sun+ 3/18: MH370 captain ‘practised landing at 5 Indian Ocean airports’ (headline only)
MalayMail 3/15: "...the Uighur is still in Turkey and apparently was never on the plane..
MySanAntonio 3/18: China finds no terror link to its nationals on jet
MalaysiaToday 3/18: Cops find five Indian Ocean practice runways in MH370 pilot’s simulator, BH reports
Programmed waypoints like this with changes of speed and altitude as well as direction, and ensuring the results in terms of TIMING to arrive at a articular point in space and time, sounds like an ideal task for an accurate FLIGHT SIMULATOR
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