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it's not just the despairing family and friends of the 239 men women and children who were on board Malaysia Airlines flight mh370 who deserve answers about what happened to the plane everyone who flies needs to know where the Boeing triple7 is and why it ended up there big modern airliners can't just vanish without explanation in a few days there'll be another a grim mh370 milestone it will be five years since the plane went missing but tanika weeks whose husband Paul was a passenger will never lose hope this mystery will eventually be solved and to help but she's meeting Malaysia's Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad to convince him more must be done three on the meadow oh this is the real maze maze of amazes the enduring pain of mh370 is written in lives like tanika weeks and her son's eight-year-old Lincoln and six year old Jack how does a mother tell them their father Paul is never coming back that no one even knows where he is the her when you look at Lincoln and Jack I mean look at them there's six and eight little babies and I just go what happened and it just easy actually know what Paulie wanted to do with them and he's not beer I just feel so awful I just want to like grab him [Music] mh370 it's the flight number that will haunt public imagination a Boeing triple7 is missing flight mh370 with vanished from radar contact the early hours of March 8 2014 239 men women and children perished no clue to their fate has ever been found every single plane crash has an answer mh370 we have nothing but good things be about to change with Malaysia's strong man Prime Minister back in charge mr. prime minister what do you think happened to mh370 tonight an unprecedented meeting with dr. Maha Chia and on his order access to the investigations secret fault is this flap a smoking gun in aviation traitors in history [Music] [Applause] you can see it's actually turn to the left then start a long turn to the right and then do another left turn in the five years since mh370 disappeared sixty minutes has been chasing the truth every day that went by the mystery grew deeper and this became very quickly unlike any accident in aviation history with every new breakthrough suspicion even certainty to some aviation experts has closed in on MH 370's captain zaharie ahmad shah he was killing himself unfortunately he was killing everybody else on board and he did it deliberately but in all that time those in charge of the Malaysian investigation have never agreed to answer the allegation that the pilot in command committed the worst crime in aviation history until now I read none there is one of the a nice night nightmare my nightmare that to find out that one of our flights are gone missing crisis manager for watcher orgy was in charge of Malaysia Airlines response on that terrible day five years ago he's one of the top level players in the mh370 tragedy who's now speaking for the first time how many things went wrong that night everything went wrong in all your decades of experience has anything like this ever happened before no never it was on the early morning of 8th of March at 2:30 in morning when I received a force first phone call that we have lost contact with mh370 and then I knew that there was something wrong seriously wrong so we immediately activated our code rate I left my house immediately to our military operation center quad was not only managing a crisis unlike any in aviation history for him it was also personal the man at the controls of mh370 was a man he knew well popular Malaysia Airlines pilot captain zaharie Ahmed Shah was there anything peculiar about his final words his final words was goodnight mh370 his voice was calm relatively calm there was no signs of anxiety or so there's nothing abnormal with his last words most people in the professional aviation industry believe that after that transmission zahary hijacked his own aircraft killed those on board by depressurizing it and flew it to its doom in the middle of nowhere in southern Indian Ocean for journalist and author Ian Higgins mh370 has become a professional obsession what would the world have been thinking when mh370 went missing well I think the world would have been thinking that this plane must be found and will be found within a few days because they are always found of wreckage or whatever or the debris and people thought well one two three four days will have the answer to a mystery in Perth snake awakes and who then infant sons at home were waiting for a call from her husband Paul drew to land in Beijing on mh370 two weeks later Charles Woolley was with her when Malaysia Airlines finally declared there was no hope I remember saying then that 18 days was such a long time to wait 1,800 days has been hell on earth for the past five years jenika has refused to give up hope of finding an answer for what happened to Paul now that hope he's taking her to Malaysia for weeks on donita's behalf sixty minutes has been in contact with Malaysia's iconic leader Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and in a move that stunned even his closest advisors he's agreed for the first time to meet a relative of one of those lost on mh370 Denis ko will plead her case directly to dr. mahat ear to reopen the investigation to renew the search for the flight that took her husband here for a very good reason darling they helped find daddy do you see this meeting with dr. Mahoney as your last hope yes this is it this is this is my last-ditch effort and as I said it's the pinnacle it's as high as I can go and it just been nice to you know speak with him and really get him to understand we're us as the families are coming from how significant is it in your view that dr. Maha Tia has agreed to meet with Tanika I think it's very significant I think what it shows is that despite all he is open to listening to the possibility of reopening a search and of course if he were to decide on such a course of action the country which supports him greatly would be right behind him [Music] what makes this meeting remarkable is that four years or authorities here have closed ranks against foreigners scrutinizing Malaysia's handling of mh370 defending the country's reputation with official silence but with dr. Matias new government that silence may be breaking coming up damning evidence The Smoking Gun is an eerie course he plotted on a home flight simulator program why MH 370's captain is to blame there's nowhere to land anywhere even close to that part of the world and why malaysia says he isn't commit mass murder no way no possibly no possibility so they like the captain zaharie day I know that's next on 60 minutes [Music] five years on and the theories around what happened to mh370 ranged from the mystifying to the ridiculous but the one that most international experts now agree is the only reasonable explanation based on known facts is that mh370 was hijacked by its own pilot captain zaharie Ahmed Shah who then committed an act of mass murder but while his name rings in infamy around the world here in Malaysia his innocence is considered an almost sacred truth I think it's pretty simple they don't want to lose face it's very important in Asian cultures it's a government owned airline and it's not a good look for Malaysia to have one of its Nationals one of its pilots take 238 innocent people to their deaths but Malaysia Airlines crisis manager for watcher og will always defend his captain for the record did captain zaharie deliberately crash mh370 into the southern Indian Ocean and kill everyone on board we don't believe so for a person to actually take the lives of 239 passengers and crew on board including his own life must be a completely deranged person and madmen crazy none of that is a character of Captain sorry anybody that knows captain would immediately tell you that he's not this kind of person that would do such a thing Peter Chong is another close friend of zaharie Ahmed Shah the true were bonded by their passion for politics which some speculate was the motivation for captain zaharie to deliberately crash his plane so he was very politically active he was very politically concerned have you allowed yourself to believe the possibility that captain zaharie did commit mass murder to commit mass murder no way no possibility no possibility certainly not the captain's a holiday I know do you accept that you may not have really known him I mean do we really know people obviously that is a possibility but very small percentage one of the greatest mysteries in the riddle of mh370 is how and where captain zaharie spent his final days and hours was this a man preparing to commit one of Aviation's most terrible and heartless crimes and if so why captain zaharie's last hours alive could provide the telling clue those who point to zaharie's guilt believe he was outraged at the trumped up conviction of a man he believed was Malaysia's political Saviour Anwar Ibrahim the conviction was handed down just hours before captain zaharie took off in mh370 his also speculation he left a note behind never revealed by the authorities journalist Ian Higgins there was a pretty extraordinary coincidence but did he leave a message and either it was never found or it got into other hands or unless it's some part of the puzzle we don't know about is that there was no claim of responsibility and what's the point of doing something like that making a political protest if you don't let anyone know why you're doing it while a motive for captain zaharie's involvement is almost impossible to pinpoint too many The Smoking Gun of his guilt is an eerie course he plotted on a home flight simulator program only weeks before he guided mh370 into the night skies of Kuala lumper the course mapped by captain zaharie is chillingly close to the presumed actual route of mh370 you've made no sense whatsoever it went up the streets of Malacca as mh370 did and turned left South to the southern Indian Ocean there's nowhere to land anywhere even close to that part of the world what could only be in a suicide flight but despite this damning evidence senior Malaysian officials still maintain there was nothing suspicious about captain zaharie's flight simulation even though for the first time tonight they admit it did stand out among the thousand other flight simulations recovered from his computer nothing unusual for pilots to have assumed later Central and they use that for training why do you think he would have tracked a course deep into the southern Indian Ocean okay he also tracked a thousand and the flights didn't even end in the middle of no the only one out of the thousand place was in South Indian Ocean to land nowhere does that make sense I do not know I cannot explain to you why that one particular flight landed in south mean ocean but if you are trying to lead me that he tried to ditch the aircraft I I wouldn't want to buy that but why would you map a route to the middle of nowhere because it's a difficult route for training purposes that would be ideal but I don't understand it's a difficult route to where where is he hoping to line the plane you know water somewhere maybe he's intending to land the plane he nolde for training purposes so is it just a coincidence that it did happen no one no history may tell us coming up inside the investigations secret vault theory to think this fragment represents giant aircraft lying somewhere at the bottom of an ocean with its passengers and crew a desperate plea to Malaysia's leader applause the McGee buck malice and fresh hope for answers mr. prime minister what do you think happened to mh370 that's next on 60 minutes [Applause] [Music] how are you feeling about meeting the cross de Nica week's is in Malaysia on an extraordinary mission and this is d-day a scheduled meeting with prime minister mahadji ax to plead her case to resume the search for mh370 this isn't just about 239 people on a Boeing triple7 this is about eight million people every day they get on a flight and you know wives husbands family members off the holidays work they get on a plane and we don't know what happened it's unheard of for a world leader of dr. mahat ears standing to make time for a personal plea like Denis cos everyone's tense until Malaysia's 93 year old strong man makes his entrance good afternoon 60 minutes jenika weeks he's gracious and just a little frail but this is a man who formerly led his country for nearly 25 years and has now returned to take charge Thank You mr. prime minister for taking the time today to come here and speak to me was very grateful this is the first time the Prime Minister has met with a relative from mh370 I just wanted to put a personal appeal to you to continue to search for the plane and in some way bring all our loved ones home we intend to continue and nowadays with electronic detection it may be possible for us to to find where the plane had come down well that sounds very hope because it is very important obviously for us and five years on to have that right and their opportunity to lay my husband to rest and bring him home to us not knowing what happened is extremely distressing because you don't know whether he is someway or not hey I appreciate that very much mr. prime minister it seems you do understand the heartache of the families of the victims on board how would you feel if you had someone on board god forbid it should happen to me but I think I will be very very upset very upset especially as the search is you terminated the meeting goes for nearly 30 minutes the Prime Minister clearly has strong views on the mh370 investigation not knowing whether there are life hood or did not knowing where they may be I mean this is extremely upsetting what do you think happened to mh370 one of the things I heard from the very beginning was that the plane was hijacked but a plane of this size going down into the sea anyway or on land must leave science by here there is absolutely no evidence its trench as if suddenly the plane just vanished being here in Malaysia it seems there's a sense of national pride in captain zaharie's innocence is that a blind pride I cannot think that a person who has been flying for so long a very senior pilot would want to do that I don't know how he can make it disappear I don't think anybody can answer this question we are committed to resume the search if there's a credible evidence and we would like to see that we can we can find a plane and to give closure to the families after our meeting with dr. mahat ear he instructs his Transport Minister Anthony Lok who has refused all previous interviews about mh370 to talk to us his national pride blinding you to the possibility that captain zaharie could be responsible well I mean until and unless we find a plane and we found a black box nobody can put any blame to anybody but is there a flow in cancelling him out well I think I do not discount anything I do not think that we discounted any evidence so but I think it's not fair to blame anybody at this point of time but when we look at his history we look at the flight simulator program of his home mapping I think similar course into the southern Indian Ocean we have never discounted any possibilities and we has to commit it for search and to find the plane so I mean as files we are concerned were one main focus is that we are we hope that there are more credible evidence that will surface in in the months to come so that search can be can be resumed then by way of helping prove Malaysia's renewed commitment to the investigation the minister grants us what has been denied to all other media for years direct access to the actual wreckage of mh370 it's eerie to think this fragment represents a giant aircraft lying somewhere at the bottom of an ocean with its passengers and crew fewer than 30 pieces of wreckage which may belong to the plane have ever been found only three including this one have been confirmed as mh370 in the greatest of all aviation mysteries this is hallowed ground for international air crash investigators who've never had the chance to examine it this piece of wreckage is key to finding out what really happened to the aircraft but our access only emphasizes a new commitment to openness we've discovered in Malaysia I think one thing among others is that for the first time the television crew has actually seen the wreckage seeing the flat now it's quite an achievement in its own right it's quite scoop journalistically but it's more than that I think what it shows is that the Malaysians are starting to open up they're opening up to the west to Western journalists it all shows a capacity to look at this again to come to impossible conclusions as to what might have happened to the aircraft [Music] but for that to happen a decision must be made at the very top from dr. Maria himself very much loved and very much many people look up look up to him so whatever he thinks and feels will automatically garner the support of a vast majority of Malaysians Grace Nathan is the official spokesperson for the relatives of those lost on mh370 her mother and Daisy was among them she's astonished at news of Denis cos private meeting with dr. Maha Chia how important is it to get Prime Minister my idea across the line if Tanika has planted a seed in his mind about finding mh370 I think it's integral I think it will be the his decision or his vote of confidence would be what sets everything in motion because he's not only the Prime Minister but he's a very revered man he has the ultimate say and if he says it's a goal then we can rest assured that it will happen do you mr. prime minister pledge to never give up the search for mh370 Ruthenian aircraft is nothing but losing people is something else I mean you can't you can't sleep thinking about it we has what has happened what has happened you keep on asking yourself that question and you get no answer for as long as there is hope you we will continue to think of ways and means to find out thank you very much for your time mr. prime minister I really appreciate that it's clear dr. maha dia has been touched by de Niggers plea please don't give up on us thank you for now it's between a prime minister and a mother and the hope that mh370 isn't lost forever it's just missing waiting to be found when the world wills it hello I'm Sarah abou thanks for watching to keep up with the latest from 60 minutes Australia make sure you subscribe to our Channel you can also download the 9 now app for full episodes and other exclusive 60 minutes content

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Channel: 60 Minutes Australia

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Keywords: 60 Minutes, 60 Minutes Australia, Liz Hayes, Charles Wooley, Tara Brown, Liam Bartlett, Allison Langdon, Tom Steinfort, Ellen Fanning, Peter Overton, Ray Martin, Jana Wendt, Jeff McMullen, Jennifer Byrne, Mike Munro, Richard Carleton, Tracey Curro, Peter Harvey, George Negus, Ian Leslie, Sarah Abo, MH370, being 777, malaysian airlines, plane, Malaysian Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad

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Length: 26min 15sec (1575 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 03 2019

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Not sure this is the whole thing (26 minutes long on a program called 60 minutes).

Here is /u/sloppyrock 's summary.

A bit of a ramble due to TV show editing jumping between events and interviews.

Ok, zero new evidence. Not to those following this anyway.

Mrs Weeks as expected, was the main feature and did provide an emotional impact. Quite moving see her get the news 5 years ago. She presents very well.

Focus was on her meeting with Dr Mahatir where he leaves open the possibility of renewed search with improvements in tech. despite having what appears to be genuine feelings for the relatives nothing firm on opening the search again imo. She leaves with the plea "don't give up on us"

The "explosive" evidence was the flight sim data.

Interview with MAS' crisis manager who was a friend of Zaharie. Unsurprisingly he denies Z did it.

Ean Higgins provides commentary, but thankfully does not present his work of speculative fiction.

Interview with Peter Chong a close friend of Zaharie who was noted as being politically active. He too denies Z as the culprit but did leave open a tiny possibility. Confronted with the flight sim evidence he was uncomfortable with it being the only one of a thousand routes that went nowhere. Insists it was for training. He won't throw his friend under a bus.

They revisit Anwar's jailing preceding the flight.

Short interview with Grace Nathan saying that if Dr M says search, it will happen. She sounded somewhat optimistic given it is so rare for someone like Mrs Weeks to have direct access to the PM.

Anthony Loke was instructed to talk to 60 Minutes by Dr M, but he stuck to the "new evidence required" line before renewing the search.

We got to see the flap but it was brief and nothing of note was seen or done.

Well put together and keeps it in the forefront of people's minds as the anniversary approaches.

👍︎︎ 20 👤︎︎ u/pigdead 📅︎︎ Mar 03 2019 🗫︎ replies

A nice informative piece, although I became quite annoyed at the presenters insistent intent on blaming the Captain, which of course, no one can or should actually do at this stage given that there is very little concrete evidence (even though I believe it has a reasonably high probability) which, even if true, would have very little bearing on the search.

👍︎︎ 3 👤︎︎ u/Stubird75 📅︎︎ Mar 03 2019 🗫︎ replies

Thank you for responding. It’s frustrating.

👍︎︎ 1 👤︎︎ u/Taters0290 📅︎︎ Mar 05 2019 🗫︎ replies