Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Australia, Malaysia Could be Hiding Something, Report Says

A young Malaysian boy prays, at an event for the missing Malaysia Airline Flight 370, at a shopping mall, in Petaling Jaya, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 18, 2014. After a four-month hiatus, the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is about to resume in a desolate stretch of the Indian Ocean, with searchers lowering new equipment deep beneath the waves in a bid to finally solve one of the world's most perplexing aviation mysteries. AP Photo/Joshua Paul, File

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is costing more than it should, said an aviation expert, adding that Malaysian aviation officials did not follow the proper protocols.

The aviation expert, Des Ross, also said the officials know more than they are letting on, suggesting there’s some kind of cover-up or conspiracy.

“If proper protocols had been followed, we would not be looking for the aircraft today,” he said, according to the Malaysian Insider.

He said that the official version of what happened to the plane does not add up. “The flight had never entered Cambodian airspace,” Ross said, added there was confusion initially after the plane went missing with 239 people on board on March 8.

Ross also suggested there’s a lot of information that hasn’t been released.

“What is the secret they were guarding? Why is there still no information in the public domain about what happened that night during the first four hours?” Ross said, via Free Malaysia Today.

In this map provided on Sept. 24, 2014, by The Australian Transport Safety Bureau, details are presented in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean. After a four-month hiatus, the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is expected to resume Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014, in a desolate stretch of the Indian Ocean, with searchers lowering new equipment deep beneath the waves in a bid to finally solve one of the world's most perplexing aviation mysteries. (AP Photo/The Australian Transport Safety Bureau) EDITORIAL USE ONLY