Final investigation report on the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 points out on the possibility that the plane was flown off its charted course by someone aboard the aircraft.
Four years since the investigation was launched to look for the missing Boeing 777 plane, authorities finally put their concluding theories to the fore.
According to Washington Post, Malaysian officials overseeing the probe announced on Monday that they now have an idea as to why the Beijing-bound flight from Malaysia ended up gone from the radar.
It turns out that someone inside the plane may have deliberately taken control of the aircraft and plunge it into oblivion. This is opposite to the initial findings saying that MH370 suffered a mechanical malfunction that hindered it from sending off a mayday call or perhaps disabled its transponder, which could have helped investigators to pinpoint its location.
The change of flight path eventually sent all of the 239 people, including passengers and flight crew, to their doom.
In the Safety Investigation Report released by the Malaysian government, it indicates that the MH370 probe team couldn't find exact evidence as to how the missing aircraft diverted from its route on air.
"... the change in flight path likely resulted from manual inputs," the report said, adding that there is a "possibility of intervention by a third party." This means that certain acts of terrorism should still not be ruled out from the list of probable causes.
The final report concluded by saying that the team "is unable to determine the real cause for the disappearance of MH370."
Relatives, friends, and loved ones of those who perished expressed their disappointment to what is considered to be one of the most expensive plane wreckage searches in the history of aviation, as stated in this report.
On March 2014, Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah flown the Boeing plane off the Malaysian airspace leaving the last words, "Good night, Malaysia."
With less than an hour since its departure, ground control lost contact with the plane. Several inquiries were made about its whereabouts but not one from the crew heeded.
No distress calls or even text messages received from the ones on board as well.
The last flight data led authorities to believe the plane cruising above the Southern Indian Ocean before its eventual crash.
In January 2017, the first search operation conducted by Ocean Infinity ended, to be carried out by a private company which, in turn, concluded its own investigation in May of this year.
