Kuala Lumpur: The youngest son of the pilot whose flight went down in the Indian Ocean has dismissed speculation his father may have crashed the plane intentionally, a report said today.
Ahmad Seth, son of captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, said he knew what kind of man his father was. (Malaysian jet search resumes, US sends second Poseidon plane )
"I've read everything online. But I've ignored all the speculation. I know my father better," Seth, 26, was quoted by the New Straits Times as saying.
"We may not be close as he travels so much. But I understand him," the language student added in his first public remarks.
Zaharie, 53, along with his co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid, 27, has come under intense scrutiny after Malaysian authorities said flight MH370's disappearance on March 8 was due to "deliberate" action by someone on the plane. (MH370 mystery complicates last rites for the missing)
Malaysian police have already questioned the family members of the pilots and other crew and seized a home-built flight simulator which Zaharie installed in his house.
But they have not announced finding any evidence against him. (Search for jet is complicated by geopolitics and rivalries)
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation will complete its analysis of data deleted from the flight simulator "within a day or two", its director said yesterday in Washington.
Malaysian officials had asked the FBI to help recover files deleted from the simulator's hard drive. (Missing plane's black box batteries will die by mid-April)
FBI chief James Comey did not indicate whether the results of the analysis would be made public.
Malaysia announced Monday that, based on fresh satellite analysis, the flight with 239 passengers and crew crashed into the southern Indian Ocean.
There has been no explanation why it diverted from its Kuala Lumpur-Beijing flight path and ended up thousands of miles away.
No wreckage has been found despite an intensive international search, making it hard for families of those aboard to accept their loss.
"Now, we are just waiting for the right confirmation (for the wreckage or bodies)... I will believe it (that there are no survivors) when I see the proof in front of my eyes," Ahmad Seth said.
The family of Zaharie, including his three children, have so far been avoiding the media.
Zaharie was a member of an opposition party led by veteran politician Anwar Ibrahim, who was convicted of sodomy -- illegal in the Muslim-majority country -- hours before the flight's take-off.
Ahmad Seth, son of captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, said he knew what kind of man his father was. (Malaysian jet search resumes, US sends second Poseidon plane )
"I've read everything online. But I've ignored all the speculation. I know my father better," Seth, 26, was quoted by the New Straits Times as saying.
Zaharie, 53, along with his co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid, 27, has come under intense scrutiny after Malaysian authorities said flight MH370's disappearance on March 8 was due to "deliberate" action by someone on the plane. (MH370 mystery complicates last rites for the missing)
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But they have not announced finding any evidence against him. (Search for jet is complicated by geopolitics and rivalries)
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Malaysian officials had asked the FBI to help recover files deleted from the simulator's hard drive. (Missing plane's black box batteries will die by mid-April)
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Malaysia announced Monday that, based on fresh satellite analysis, the flight with 239 passengers and crew crashed into the southern Indian Ocean.
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No wreckage has been found despite an intensive international search, making it hard for families of those aboard to accept their loss.
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The family of Zaharie, including his three children, have so far been avoiding the media.
Zaharie was a member of an opposition party led by veteran politician Anwar Ibrahim, who was convicted of sodomy -- illegal in the Muslim-majority country -- hours before the flight's take-off.
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