An unnamed source cited by The Sunday Times added that officials are now convinced that the plane was “flown very low at a very high speed”.
The source concluded: “And it was being flown to avoid radar.”
The low altitude would fit in with a report by Malaysia’s New Straits Times newspaper that co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid tried to make a mid-flight phone call shortly before the plane disappeared.
In order for the phone signal to reach the reported telecommunications tower near the Malaysian city of Penang, the plane would needed to have been flying under 7000 feet.
The newspaper report said the signal ended abruptly before contact was established.
The source concluded: “And it was being flown to avoid radar.”
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It is also possible that the flight surged to 45,000 feet - 10,000 above its normal cruising altitude of 35,000 feet - after disappearing, before dropping to as low as 5000 feet, reports by investigators have suggested.The low altitude would fit in with a report by Malaysia’s New Straits Times newspaper that co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid tried to make a mid-flight phone call shortly before the plane disappeared.
In order for the phone signal to reach the reported telecommunications tower near the Malaysian city of Penang, the plane would needed to have been flying under 7000 feet.
The newspaper report said the signal ended abruptly before contact was established.
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