CLOSED BUT NO CLOSURE

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, missing since 2014, was probably steered off course and flown to the southern Indian Ocean, said a report. It gave no new clues, sparking anger

INTO THIN AIR

MH370 vanished on March 8, 2014, en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people. It is not clear why the jet abandoned its route shortly into the flight and then cruised south over the Indian Ocean

NO HEADWAY

“The team is unable to determine the real cause for the disappearance of MH370," concluded the largely technical report

THE THEORIES

Analysis by the Australian government suggested MH370 ran out of fuel before plummeting. Other investigators speculated that a person was at the controls until the very end. Monday’s report didn’t support either theory explicitly. The plane’s loss of communications before veering off track was more likely due to systems “being manually turned off”

FAINT CLUES

A few pieces of wreckage from MH370 did wash up in Africa but no bodies have ever been recovered. The disappearance triggered the largest hunt in aviation history. But no sign of the jet was found in the Indian Ocean search zone and the Australian-led hunt was suspended last year. Malaysia says the hunt could be resumed but only if new clues emerge

‘MANIPULATION’

The report released on Monday said it was difficult to attribute the change in course to system failure. “It is more likely that such maneuvers are due to the systems being manipulated,” it said. The 449-page report offered little to solve modern aviation’s biggest mystery There’s nothing to suggest the plane was evading radar, or evidence of behavioral changes in the crew, it said. Significant parts of the aircraft’s power system, including the autopilot function, were probably working. “The possibility of intervention by a third party cannot be excluded,” said Kok Soo Chon, chief inspector of the MH370 investigation team The report documented shortcomings among Kuala Lumpur air traffic controllers: they were too slow to initiate emergency procedures and there was no evidence to suggest they were continuously monitoring radar displays