New Theory on MH17's Strayed Flight Path
New theory about why Malaysia Airlines MH17 diverting its flight path has emerged. The aircraft was flying many miles north the flight paths it had used on previous days to Kuala Lumpur from Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, when it was shot down in Donetsk region of east Ukraine.
Picture: Fred Neeleman/EPA
President of European Cockpit Association Nico Voorbach who flew the same journey for KLM predicted that poor weather might be the reason why MH17 diverted its course. Voorbach claimed to hear that the pilot was trying to avoid some showers. "I think there were thunderclouds. You would ask air traffic control to divert left or right, and they would give you the permission," he said.
According to the last minutes conversation between the pilot of the doomed jet and local air traffic control, MH17 was supposed to be flying 35,000 ft above per pilot's request but was turned down and was instructed to fly at 33,000 ft instead to avoid crosspath with other flights. Malaysia Airlines stated that their pilots were just following the lead. It clears the doubt that many speculators said earlier.
Malaysia's transport minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai told a press conference, "MH17's flight path was a busy major airway, like a highway in the sky. It followed a route which was set out by the international aviation authorities, approved by Eurocontrol, and used by hundreds of other aircraft."
The minister insisted that MH17 flew at an altitude that was deemed safe by the local air traffic control and it never strayed into restricted airspace. "The flight and its operators followed the rules but on the ground, the rules of war were broken," he said.
Regarding to Voorbach's and many others' claims that weather led MH17 to changing its flight plan, Malaysia Airlines director of operations Izham Ismail that wasn't the case. At least there wasn't on the reports.
With the whole world's eyes are on the incident, all airspace in eastern Ukraine has been closed since the crash.
Source: The Guardian
Picture: Fred Neeleman/EPA
President of European Cockpit Association Nico Voorbach who flew the same journey for KLM predicted that poor weather might be the reason why MH17 diverted its course. Voorbach claimed to hear that the pilot was trying to avoid some showers. "I think there were thunderclouds. You would ask air traffic control to divert left or right, and they would give you the permission," he said.
According to the last minutes conversation between the pilot of the doomed jet and local air traffic control, MH17 was supposed to be flying 35,000 ft above per pilot's request but was turned down and was instructed to fly at 33,000 ft instead to avoid crosspath with other flights. Malaysia Airlines stated that their pilots were just following the lead. It clears the doubt that many speculators said earlier.
Malaysia's transport minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai told a press conference, "MH17's flight path was a busy major airway, like a highway in the sky. It followed a route which was set out by the international aviation authorities, approved by Eurocontrol, and used by hundreds of other aircraft."
The minister insisted that MH17 flew at an altitude that was deemed safe by the local air traffic control and it never strayed into restricted airspace. "The flight and its operators followed the rules but on the ground, the rules of war were broken," he said.
Regarding to Voorbach's and many others' claims that weather led MH17 to changing its flight plan, Malaysia Airlines director of operations Izham Ismail that wasn't the case. At least there wasn't on the reports.
With the whole world's eyes are on the incident, all airspace in eastern Ukraine has been closed since the crash.
Source: The Guardian