Former Malaysian PM says Boeing know the truth as search for MH370 enters 'new phase'

A FORMER Malaysian Prime Minister says the government are not to blame for the disappearance of flight MH370 and that it is on plane maker, Boeing, to tell the world how and why the plane vanished into thin air.
BLAME: Dr Mahathir Mohamad says Boeing need to take responsibility [BARCROFT]

Dr Mahathir Mohamad says Boeing need to explain how the aircraft lost communication and the company "must accept responsibility" for the missing flight.
Writing in an opinion piece, the country's fourth PM said it is unlikely the plane just floated to a safe landing in the middle of the ocean and must of left some piece of wreckage.
He wrote: "I am very upset over MAS employees being held hostage in Beijing by the relatives of the passengers of MH 370.
"I am upset because they are blaming the wrong people. The loss of the plane is due to the makers Boeing.
"Some equipment on the aircraft must have been disabled. Even the backup must have been disabled.
"Boeing built this aircraft. Boeing must explain how all these means of tracking the plane can be disabled, can fail."
He said that to disable the plane's communication must have fairly easy for no one on board or in the control centre to notice.
He continued: "How can Boeing produce a plane that is so easily disabled? Surely the co-pilot would want to inform ground stations that the plane was not flying according to the scheduled route.
"The passengers may not notice but the co-pilot would. So would the cabin crew. They are all trained to deal with emergencies if not immediately, at least later.
"The co-pilot would notice and for his own life he would have tried to do something. Was he disabled? Were all the crew members and the passengers disabled?"

TRACKING: The search continues [EPA]

“Boeing built this aircraft. Boeing must explain how all these means of tracking the plane can be disabled, can fail.”

Mahathir Mohamad, former PM

Dr Mahathir said he does not know where the Boeing 777, that was carrying 239 passengers when is disappeared on March 8, could be.
He added: "The flight of all passenger planes can be tracked even on a personal mobile phone. I can do it on my phone. If the plane landed I can watch it landing and taxiing.
"When a plane crashes on land or sea there would be debris or oil slick. None has been found so far.
"Can it be that the plane remained intact on crashing and sank with no trace and no one launching the lifeboat doors as we are told all these aircrafts are equipped with?
"Can one believe this plane quietly floated down into the raging sea and sank conveniently in the deepest part (7miles deep) of the Indian Ocean?
"Boeing must answer all these questions.
"Boeing must accept responsibility for building an aircraft that can disappear in mid-air so completely."
 

NEW SEARCH: Aussie PM Tony Abbott said it is "possible" it may never be found [EPA]

The search for the plane remains ongoing after a US drone searched a large area of the Indian ocean bed last week. Nothing was found.
But now a new search, which could take months, will be launched to focus on the darker depths of the sea.
Yet Australian PM Tony Abbott said it is "possible" the plane may never be recovered.
He said: "By this stage, 52 days into the search, most material would have become waterlogged and sunk.
“It would be a terrible outcome. It would leave the families with a baffling uncertainty forever.
"A plane can’t just disappear. It must be somewhere."
The new search is expected to be completed in eight months and will try to cover more than 20,000 square miles.
In this huge mission, the search for the plane is set to cover four large areas where 'pings' were detected since its disappearance almost three months ago.
Mr Abbott said: “It may turn out to be a false lead but it is the best lead that we have and we are determined to pursue it... We will search it all."