Legal twist in MH370 disappearance

MALAYSIA Airlines has been ordered by a US court to reveal what it knows about MH370 after the carrier claimed a “third party” was to blame for the flight’s disappearance.

A motion to compel, granted in part by US District Court judge Ketanji Brown Jackson ordered Malaysia Airlines to disclose any evidence it had of any third-party involvement.

It followed Malaysia Airlines’ own claim in its response to the next of kin suing the carrier, that a “third party tortfeasor (wrongdoer) was responsible for Flight MH370”.

Lawyers for the families questioned if the airline was referring to Boeing, as the manufacturer of the 777-200ER.

“If that third party is Boeing, then Boeing’s liability would be the critical and perhaps the only issue in this case,” said the motion to compel.