Malaysia plane crash CIA conspiracy: Analyst

An analyst has cast doubt on the authenticity of the reported crash of Malaysian passenger jet in the Indian Ocean, touting CIA’s conspiracy in the mishap.

In an article for the Press TV website, Gordon Duff said the aircraft, operated by Malaysia Airlines, was equipped “with controls in place that allow the CIA to remotely pilot the plane in case of emergency.”

In a press conference in Kuala Lumpur earlier on Monday, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak cited new satellite information indicating the ill-fated plane had flown “to a remote location, far from any possible landing sites.”

Meanwhile, Malaysia Airlines has sent a text message to relatives of people on board Flight MH370 that the plane went down in the Indian Ocean with no survivors.

Duff said, “What we are certain of is that in light of today’s announcement, a series of seemingly plausible rationales for what we really know to have been utterly impossible are being concocted.”

China has also demanded that Malaysia hand over data that show the missing Malaysian passenger jet crashed in the Southern Indian Ocean.

“We know the media has never addressed simple technical issues that a simple ‘fact check’ on Google could have rectified. Did they lie on purpose? Did someone tell them to lie?” wrote Duff.

Flight MH370 with 239 passengers and crew vanished from radar screens early on March 8, less than an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur on a scheduled flight to Beijing.

At least 150 Chinese citizens were on board the missing plane.