Malaysian Plane Pilot

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  Malaysia Believes MH370 "Mass Murder-Suicide By Pilot": Ex Australia PM

  Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has claimed "very top" level Malaysian officials believed vanished Flight MH370 was deliberated downed by the captain in a mass murder-suicide.

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  MH370 Pilot's Sister Hits Back at 'Rubbish' Speculation

  The sister of MH370's pilot has launched a staunch defense of her brother against suggestions that he played a role in the flight's disappearance, as speculation over the mystery has intensified ahead of its first anniversary.

• Malaysia changes version of last words from missing flight's cockpit

  The last words spoken by one of the pilots of the missing Malaysian Airlines airliner to the control tower were "Good night Malaysian three seven zero", Malaysia's civil aviation authority said, changing the previous account of the last message as a more casual "All right, good night."

• US examines pilot simulator data as Malaysia plane search falters

  The FBI is helping Malaysian authorities to analyse data from a flight simulator belonging to the captain of a missing Malaysian airliner, a US official said on Wednesday as investigators grasped for clues 12 days after the plane vanished.

• Files were deleted from flight simulator: Malaysia

  Investigators are trying to restore files deleted last month from the home flight simulator of the pilot aboard the missing Malaysian plane to see if they shed any light on the disappearance, Malaysia's defense minister said on Wednesday.

• Nothing suspicious found in flight simulator of MH370 pilot

  Investigators have found nothing suspicious in initial search of a home-made flight simulator, personal computers and e-mails of the pilots of the missing Malaysian plane, amid continued speculation over fate of the aircraft carrying 239 people.

• Co-pilot of missing Malaysian Airlines plane planned to marry pilot girlfriend: report

  Fariq Abdul Hamid, the co-pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, was planning to marry Captain Nadira Ramli, a fellow pilot from another airline AirAsia, Sabah-based Daily Express reported today.

• 'Good night': Haunting final contact from missing Malaysian Airlines jet

  The last words from the cockpit of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 - "all right, good night" - were uttered after someone on board had already begun disabling one of the plane's automatic tracking systems, a senior Malaysian official said.

• Final words from missing Malaysia jet came after systems shutdown

  The final words from the missing Malaysian jetliner's cockpit gave no indication anything was wrong even though one of the plane's communications systems had already been disabled, officials said on Sunday, adding to suspicions that one or both of the pilots were involved in the disappearance.

• Investigators pilot identical plane, 're-enact' missing Malaysia Airlines jet's flight path: official

  Investigators probing the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370 piloted an identical Boeing 777-200 on the missing plane's suspected flight path, in a re-enactment confirming their belief that it banked west, a senior Malaysian military official said Sunday.

• Pilots of missing Malaysia Airlines plane under scrutiny after mystery

  The captain of a missing Malaysian jet is said to be an engineering buff who assembled his own flight simulator, while friends of the co-pilot are defending his reputation after one report portrayed him as a cockpit Casanova.

• Pilot of missing Malaysian flight an aviation tech geek

  The pilot of a Malaysia Airlines jet that went missing on Saturday enjoyed flying the Boeing 777 so much that he spent his off days tinkering with a flight simulator of the plane that he had set up at home, current and former co-workers said.