Aeroplane engineer says there is 'cunning hijack plan' behind missing MH370 flight

Aeroplane engineer says there is 'cunning hijack plan' behind missing MH370 flight Egyptair Chief Engineer Ismail Hamad has shared what he believes to be the "cunning plan" behind the disappearance of MH370 — one of aviation's greatest unsolved mysteries An aviation expert and engineer revealed the "cunning plan" behind the most infamous aircraft disaster in history - the vanishing of flight MH370. The ill-fated Boeing 777, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members, disappeared on March 8, 2014, while travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The aircraft continues to lie at the centre of aviation's most horrific mystery and is the deadliest individual incident involving a missing aircraft. Recent efforts by marine robotics company Ocean Infinity function on a "no find, no fee" basis, with devastated grieving relatives anxiously awaiting answers. The initial search was mounted off the Perth coastline in 2018. Additional searches have taken place in 2025, and earlier this year, reports the Daily Star. Following the January suspension and March re-launching of the search, Ismail Hamad, Chief Engineer at Egyptair, told The Daily Star: "Had the aircraft flown toward the southern Indian Ocean using the autopilot system reliant on Inertial Reference Systems (IRS) of navigation, it would have been located during the initial search off the coast of Perth, Australia. "This conclusion is based on a simple integration of satellite data and fuel consumption equations for the aircraft without even accounting for the other factors such as the weather conditions and the crosswinds which their effects are precisely corrected by the autopilot system and its laser gyroscope aids which are highly sensitive in determining direction and maintaining the aircraft's orientation without being affected by any external factors." Hamad claimed there was a simple, yet horrific plan that explains the tragedy. He said: "In my opinion, the [hijakcer]'s method of vanishing with the aircraft was far more cunning in planning but simple and easy to execute. He relied for heading on the aircraft's standby magnetic compass which is a primitive in work. That makes the pilot himself uncertain of his exact landing location as a result of the impact of weather conditions and operational factors on the aircraft, not to mention the compass's inherent deviation from the Earth's magnetic north." While several conspiracy theories continue to circulate, Hamad remains firmly convinced that a "hijacker" was behind the incident, with the critical question being where the plane went down when their plot fell apart. He explained: "If the hijacker was looking for the perfect crime that would remain a mystery for a hundred years, he would have to land on one of the abandoned airstrips or lakes in the maze of the Philippine archipelago, which consists of 7,641 islands. "Such airstrips are spread out and end in the sea, lakes or swamps, and not fly in a straight line to fall into the waters off the city of Perth, in an area that can be predicted by calculating the rate of the fuel consumption." Hamad added: "Whatever the pilot's experience he would not be able to fly easily and accurately in a straight line on such a long straight route, above an open area of water, at night for such long hours". The engineer pointed out that navigating from the Malaysian coastline towards the southern Indian Ocean would indicate a crash site near Perth. He said if the pilot had GPS technology at their disposal, they could have navigated through the Philippines islands "if they knew them and their cities' lights well". Hamad emphasised that inputting basic spatial coordinates into the autopilot computer presents considerable difficulties. He explained: "Likewise, a pilot alone would not be able to continue flying a big aircraft like B777-200 for nine hours since take-off until vanishing, including the three hours on average it takes to check the condition of the aircraft and its documentations before the taking off according to the aviation regulations." Hamad concluded that without autopilot systems or navigational aids, relying solely on the aircraft's magnetic compass, the search zone ought to be narrowed down to the stretch between the Malacca strait and the Perth coastline when taking into account "all those stresses".