Pilot shares theory of missing MH370 flight that saw 239 people disappear

19 February 2024 , 13:01

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Mike Glynn weighed in on the MH370 mystery (Image: Sky News)

A retired pilot has weighed in on the mystery of the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 and shared how the crash could have been deliberate.

His theory comes nearly 10 years after the jet vanished without a trace on March 8, 2014. The plane disappeared over the South China Sea during a flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing on March 8, 2014. It was reported that the plane became lost from the surveillance radar screens around 40 minutes into the flight.

One week after the plane was declared missing, the Malaysian prime minister at the time, Najib Razak alleged there was a "high degree of certainty" that communications with MH370's cockpit were deliberately halted.

Police were spotted carrying debris from an unidentified aircraft in the east of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion (AFP/Getty Images)

Over the years, dozens of theories have been made, including that the disappearance was part of a murder-suicide by the captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 53. However, this theory was never confirmed by officials.

Now, former Qantas pilot and RAAF training captain Mike Glynn, has explained how simple it would have been for someone in the cockpit to alter the fate of more than 200 passengers onboard the plane that day.

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He said there are many ways that someone in the cockpit could have deliberately caused the disappearance and said the person could've made "sure the door's locked, so no one can get in. Nothing that anyone could do." The retired pilot then spoke about the jet's outflow valves, which manage the release of air to pressurise the cabin to ensure a safe environment.

The Malaysia Airline flight went off the system around 40 minutes into the journey (AFP via Getty Images)

"When you open these outflow valves, the aircraft depressurises very quickly," he told Sky News. "If the aircraft is not going to descend, you'll start to feel very hypoxic within three or four minutes." The pilot was asked whether the door of the cockpit was "tricky" to lock. In response, he said it wasn't and said it was designed to keep people out.

"The door will automatically close, and you can lock it with this switch," he explained. "And you can also, there's a manual deadbolt that prohibits any sort of entry into the flight deck. You can have a full-on attack on the door, it's not going to change a thing." Glynn will appear on Sky News Australia's latest documentary - MH370: Ten Years On this week. It is the latest instalment of a series of documentaries into the disappearance.

Monica Charsley