Kuala Lumpur
Flight 370 diverted on purpose: A final investigation into the 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has determined that someone manually steered the plane off course, though it does not identify a culprit. After taking off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing, Flight 370 is believed to have headed south before crashing in the Indian Ocean, killing all 239 people on board. “We are not of the opinion it could have been an event committed by the pilots,” said Kok Soo Chon, head of the Malaysian investigating team. “We cannot exclude that there was an unlawful interference by a third party.” The 495-page report faulted air traffic control in both Malaysia and Vietnam for failing to monitor radar continuously and also for failing to quickly report the plane as missing. The chairman of Malaysia’s Civil Aviation Authority, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, promptly resigned.