An aviation expert has again claimed that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was hijacked by Russians, saying that there was one Russian on board the plane seated in first-class who was only feet away from the aircraft’s electronics and equipment bay.
Jeff Wise, a CNN aviation panelist and science author who has followed the Flight 370 disappearance, has posited for months that the plane was taken to Kazakhstan. He, however, has admitted that he doesn’t know why Russia would want the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.
Wise told the South China Morning Post this week there were three Russians on board the plane, and one of them was seated just a few feet away from the area they needed to access the plane’s flight data. One of the Russians was sitting in first-class near the aircraft’s electronics and equipment bay, he said, adding a potential hijacker may have tampered with it to throw off authorities.
