MH370 report raises no red flags on crew, aircraft

Analysts say report mostly restated what was already known

KUALA LUMPUR:

An investigation into missing flight MH370 has found no red flags relating to the crew or mechanical issues, according to an interim report released on Sunday.

An international team of investigators probed the captain and co-pilot’s personal, psychological, and financial profiles, and also looked into the backgrounds of the 10 cabin crew.

Their lengthy report, released on the first anniversary of the disappearance, mentioned no findings that cast suspicion on them.

“There were no behavioural signs of social isolation, change in habits or interest, self-neglect, drug or alcohol abuse of the Captain, First Officer and the Cabin Crew,” it said.

Analysts said the report mostly restated what was already known.

“There is nothing much to go on with the new report,” said Gerry Soejataman, a Jakarta-based aviation consultant. “This is because there is little to analyse.”

The report stressed that the investigation was ongoing and that “new information that may become available may alter this information.”

Published in The Express Tribune, March 9^th, 2015.