Flight MH370 was flown into water, says crash expert

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[color=rgb(118, 118, 118)][/size][size=1.125rem]Larry Vance tells 60 Minutes the ‘flaperon’ found in Madagascar was extended at time of landing, suggesting rogue pilot brought plane down[/size][/color][/font][/size][size=2.25rem]
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[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][font=Guardian Text Egyptian Web][/size][size=medium]A section of wing from missing [/color][color=rgb(0, 86, 137)][url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/malay ... ight-mh370]Malaysia Airlines flight MH370[/url][/color][color=rgb(51, 51, 51)] shows evidence it was extended upon landing, suggesting a rogue pilot brought it down, an air crash expert says.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][font=Guardian Text Egyptian Web][/size][size=medium]World expert air crash investigator Larry Vance believes no other theory can explain the fate of the doomed aircraft.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][font=Guardian Text Egyptian Web][/size][size=medium]“Somebody was flying the airplane into the water,” he told Channel Nine’s 60 Minutes program on Sunday.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][font=Guardian Text Egyptian Web][/size][size=medium]The Australian search has been based on the theory the jet was not under human control when it crashed with 239 people on board, en route from [/color][color=rgb(0, 86, 137)][url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/malay ... ight-mh370]Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on 8 March 2014[/url][/color][color=rgb(51, 51, 51)], after it inexplicably veered off course and headed south over the Indian Ocean.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][font=Guardian Text Egyptian Web][/size][size=medium]Vance believes a small section of wing, called the flaperon, found a year ago off the coast of Madagascar, shows “definite evidence” it was extended at the time of landing – and the extending can only be activated by a person.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][font=Guardian Text Egyptian Web][/size][size=medium]The failure to find floating debris could also be explained by a slow, controlled landing, he said.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][font=Guardian Text Egyptian Web][/size][size=medium]Australian Transport Safety Bureau crash investigator Peter Foley agreed the crash could have been the work of a rogue pilot. He said analysis from French authorities showed it was possible the plane was in a “deployed state”.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][font=Guardian Text Egyptian Web][/size][size=medium]The flaperon is in the hands of the French, and Malaysian investigators have been unable to take possession of it, a year after its discovery.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][font=Guardian Text Egyptian Web][/size][size=medium]“I think it’s been a frustration for the investigation,” Foley said.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][font=Guardian Text Egyptian Web][/size][size=medium]He conceded that if the plane was piloted until the end, it could have landed outside the current search area: “There is a possibility there was someone in control at the end and we’re actively looking for evidence to support that.”[/size][/font][/color]
[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][font=Guardian Text Egyptian Web][/size][size=medium]It was recently revealed the captain’s home flight simulator showed a month before the doomed flight, he plotted an almost identical route deep into the southern Indian Ocean.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][font=Guardian Text Egyptian Web][/size][size=medium]Foley said the reason it hasn’t been included in an interim report on the investigation was a “question for the Malaysians”, but it should form part of a final report.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][font=Guardian Text Egyptian Web][/size][size=medium]Another piece of evidence, a wing part recently found in Tanzania, was being analysed to determine if it was extended at the end of the flight.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][font=Guardian Text Egyptian Web][/size][size=medium]If it was extended, it meant someone was in charge of the aircraft,Foley said.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][font=Guardian Text Egyptian Web][/size][size=medium]However, Vance said the discovery of the flaperon, which showed damage consistent with the force of water, should have prompted experts to conclude the crash was caused by a rogue pilot.[/size][/font][/color]
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[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][font=Guardian Text Egyptian Web][/size][size=medium]“Everybody should then have concluded in my opinion that this was a human engineered event, there’s no other explanation,” he said.[/size][/font][/color]
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