"Even if the pilot wants to commit suicide, the co-pilot and the cabin crew would not allow him to do so without trying something. But no one, not even the passengers did anything. Maybe it is because they have been somehow incapacitated," he said.

"Boeing and the authorities in the manufacturing country should be looking out for the plane. Maybe the plane type should be grounded," he wrote.

In further defending MAS, Dr Mahathir said the carrier had been flying with numerous aircraft, has a good track record and well-trained crew.

"If it did why did it not direct the aircraft to land safely? Is it possible for third parties to take control of the aircraft remotely?"

He also noted that it was a standard practice that when a plane crashes, a team of experts would arrive at the scene soonest to find the cause of the crash, but lamented that Boeing had shown no interest and had continued to keep mum.

Dr Mahathir said remote control technology was now very sophisticated and powerful and wondered whether Boeing had installed remote control equipment on the aircraft to prevent any hijacking attempts.

He added the onus was now on the company to demonstrate possible ways for the plane's communications system to be disabled, adding that the manufacturer must accept responsibility for building an aircraft that could vanish so completely.

"Boeing built this aircraft. Boeing must explain how all these means of tracking the plane can be disabled, can fail. Either Boeing technology is poor or it is not fail-safe.

"I would not like to fly in Boeing aircraft unless Boeing can explain how all its system can fail or be disabled," he said.

The country's longest serving premier expressed surprise that with today's array of vast and sophisticated technology to track all passenger planes, no trace of the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft had been found.

"MAS is not at fault, lax security or not. MAS flew a plane fully expecting it to perform the task. But the plane has somehow behaved differently. Who is responsible? Not MAS but certainly the makers of the plane – Boeing Aircraft Corporation," Dr Mahathir wrote in his blog chedet.cc.

The families in Beijing had expressed dissatisfaction in obtaining details of the missing aircraft, MAS had said.

"I am upset because they are blaming the wrong people. The loss of the plane is due to the manufacturer Boeing.

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has blamed aircraft manufacturer Boeing for the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 and said the company should explain how it could have produced a plane with communications and tracking systems that were so easily disabled.

In defending the national carrier which had been blamed by upset relatives of the 239 passengers on board, especially those from China, the former prime minister said he was upset that Malaysia Airlines staff were held for more than 10 hours in a hotel in Beijing yesterday.

These 4 points alone is enough to discourage investors into buying Tanco for midterm prospective.

Your discretion to invest in Tanco is advised

4) That 37,500,000 shares as payment in lieu of cash to Tony Tan is almost 11.2% of Tanco's 334.886m Issued Shares. How can Tanco survive where just Tony Tan's remuneration alone is almost 11.2% of the capital of Tanco?

3) With Tony Tan's salary package alone at RM 1.5m a year, even if each year's ESOS is exercised, Tanco actually can lay hand to (RM 2.2726m - RM 1.5m = RM 772,600 only.

How is this RM 772,600 going to help in building the Water Theme Park? Perhaps buying a few garden tables and chairs will be the ultimate scenario. Another alarm bell.

Points to take note :

1) Up to almost 37,500,000 new Tanco shares at 0.20 a share was issued to DS Tony Tan for his subscription to the Exercise because Tanco owed him almost 5 years of unpaid remuneration of RM7.5m. In a nutshell, this scenario is akin to (a) Tanco has no money to pay his salary for the past 5 years and (b) DS Tony Tan has no money to pay for the new 37.5m shares at 0.20 share.

Any which way you look at it, both major shareholder and Tnaco also has no money. What a joke !

2) Now Tanco is trying to push through the ESOS of 34.09m shares at 0.20 (the par value of Tanco shares). And more than 50% of it is in Tony Tan & family's hand. But the term of the ESOS spelled out clearly that only up to a third of the ESOS can be exercised within any given year. So it will take 3 years to rake in the proceeds of 34.09m x 0.20 = RM 6.818m.

That said, Tanco can only lay hand to RM 2.2726m a year from this ESOS, PROVIDED that each year 's allowable exercise of the ESOS are taken up.

A stock should not be judged by a day or two performance. Don't be picky on minuscule 1 or 2 sen will you?

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Volume vanished!

Wishful thinking, volume only <70,000 shares

90 pct seabed scoured, nothing of interest detected

Authorities say objects washed ashore not from MH370

Saltedfish, if that happens, I will come with supermarket trolley to buy up their block. Counting on them to vomit now

Indeed

other examples are Talam/Khir Toyo

@Ng Ying Cong, the historical example for Matrix will be PK Bhd that is so much entwined with TS Mohd Isa. In political counter like Matrix, NOTHING is forever

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak will soon replace the menteri besar of two states in the peninsula, Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia reported today.

Awang Selamat, a pseudonym used by the newspaper to express its editorial stance, states that a few potential candidates have been identified to replace the menteri besar of the two states the newspaper did not name.

The start of bad luck for Matrix which is so entangled with MB Mohd Hassan, one of the 2 MBs that will be replaced soon

The land that was so;d to Can Cable Sdn Bhd will rake in a profit of about RM3m. Don't be surprise if the full year result shows a net profit of around RM4m due to this.

It is important that the full content of the black box is made public so that the family members of the victims on board that flight along with the international community that helped provide assistance to find the black box and those individuals all over the world that expressed their concerned about MH 370 will be able to find out what happened that lead to the downing of that jet. My concern is if the black box is given the Malaysian gov't to analyze it, they may goof it up just like they have consistently goofed up on every part of this missing MH 370 flight ordeal right from failing to act when the flight disappeared from radar, not act when the military radar detected the jet had changed flight direction and giving the infamous confusing and conflicting press statements on SAR plans.

Please dont give custody of the Black Box to the ruthless Kang Kong govt.The contents will be deleted and new recordings will be fabricated. The pilot may be blame and ultimately Anwar. The conspirators are working overtime in putrajaya?

Wow, not bad a haul for one counter. A new Mercedes S-Class plus $400k-number plate. Can I send in my cv wiki?

Independent of the MH370 tragedy, MAS lost RM1.17 billion in the last financial year.

Before that Ahmad Jauhari said that MAS had turned around and predicted it to return to profitability in 2014. Now, he should resign as in 2014/2015, MAS will lose even more billions.

Even before MH370 disappeared, MAS was already losing billions of ringgit. With the disappearance of MH370, its reputation and a slice of the market is lost.

How in the world can the present CEO turn MAS around and make it soar again when he failed to do it earlier? What crap is he talking? There is no other option except that his head must roll.

Actually, this is a simple issue. All that is required is for MAHB together with the Umno-BN government to instruct MNRB (which runs Malaysian Reinsurance Berhad), and Bank Negara Malaysia to issue a blanket insurance policy to AirAsia.

This is to guarantee AirAsia that MAHB and the government shall be responsible for all losses arising from damage to aircraft, loss of use, bodily injuries to staff, passengers, including loss of profits arising from flight delays, takeoffs, delivery of ground services, etc.

Then AirAsia's fears are gone, right? MAHB maintains its stand that airport, runways, etc, are all 101 percent real world standards, not Malaysia Umno/MCA cronies standards. Issue solved.

A national disaster of immense proportion it may be but blunder after blunder exposes the weakness and the laid back attitude of all and sundry involved.

Another case for IGP to investigate. I am sure he'll get to the bottom of it just like the mangosteens.

I am told MAS is a ISO9001:2008 compliant company. The matter with the batteries is a major noncompliance. I wonder which is the certifying body. I also wonder what other expired parts their planes are using.

The CEO and those senior engineering executives must be fired.

lets see got Singapore-Boleh or not Lol

Jared Lim, Daim's son Dani Wira Daim, Ex-Bursa chairman Azlan Hashim, Soh Chee Wen all investigated by Singapore Central Bank and Police
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/singapore-cops-start-probe-on-companies-linked-to-daims-son

lets see got Singapore-Boleh or not Lol

Jared Lim, Daim's son Dani Wira Daim, Ex-Bursa chairman Azlan Hashim, Soh Chee Wen all investigated by Singapore Central Bank and Police
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/singapore-cops-start-probe-on-companies-linked-to-daims-son

Another Asiasons co-founder is Jared Lim. His wife, Dian Lee — daughter of Malaysian property tycoon Lee Kim Yew, who founded Malaysia-listed Country Heights Holdings — is linked to Clearwater Developments, which owns a 7-per-cent stake in Blumont.

According to Reuters, the Singapore central bank said it is now working with white collar crime police unit the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) on possible breaches of the Securities and Futures Act related to trading in those three stocks.

- See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/singapore-cops-start-probe-on-companies-linked-to-daims-son#sthash.TlWco0SJ.dpuf

SINGAPORE, April 3 — Singapore’s police force and central bank are investigating suspected trading irregularities in companies at the centre of a penny-stock crash last year, the Monetary Authority of Singapore said late yesterday.

The companies named are linked to an intricate network of Malaysian corporate figures including Mohammad Azlan Hashim, who is currently a director of Khazanah Nasional and formerly the executive chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, and Datuk Wira Dani Daim, the son of former Finance Minister Tun Daim Zainuddin.

- See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/singapore-cops-start-probe-on-companies-linked-to-daims-son#sthash.TlWco0SJ.dpuf

（中國‧北京1日訊）繼馬航日前承認MH370失事當天曾兩次動用衛星電話與其聯繫後，馬軍方代表週二在北京表示，目前正在對機上衛星電話是否存在呼出展開調查，但暫時無法向公眾透露進展。
馬航主管業務的副總裁於上月27日與在京家屬溝通時，首度公開承認，MH370失事當天，馬航地面指揮中心曾兩次嘗試通過衛星電話呼叫MH370航班，但均未得到回應。他並未給出兩次呼叫的具體時間，也沒有提供衛星電話服務供應商的名稱。
週二下午在北京麗都飯店舉行的溝通會上，有家屬追問，馬方是否已對機上有無電話撥出展開調查。馬軍方代表對此回應稱，一個位於吉隆坡的調查委員會正在調查MH370從機場登機門推出後所發生的所有事情，目前已針對衛星電話的調查請求傳遞給這一委員會，待調查結束後，將由調查委員會向公眾公佈調查結果。
此前，馬航飛行主管阿末尼沙曾表示，雖然MH370航班上配備有衛星電話，但馬民航空管部門考慮到衛星電話不屬於有關程序規定的動作，同時飛機已移交胡志明空管區，便沒有動用衛星電話聯絡MH370。
http://news.sinchew.com.my/node/357561

The new low-cost carrier terminal klia2, the opening of which was delayed several times, will finally be opened in May with only two airlines - Cebu Pacific and Malindo Air - operating there initially, Public Accounts Committee chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said today.

He added that AirAsia will move in later, after the system is up and running and klia2 is shown to be able to operate with a lower number of passengers in the initial stages.

The new low-cost carrier terminal klia2, the opening of which was delayed several times, will finally be opened in May with only two airlines - Cebu Pacific and Malindo Air - operating there initially, Public Accounts Committee chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said today.

He added that AirAsia will move in later, after the system is up and running and klia2 is shown to be able to operate with a lower number of passengers in the initial stages.

Dump....

It will be a shock if no action is taken against every one of them who have contributed to the debacle in MH370, nothing less of a sack is acceptable. Can the BN do that, or will they get promotions instead?

What really is beyond belief is why the BN, particularly Umno, is not able to see what is happening in the Malaysia political landscape. After this MAS incident, we have proven to the world how incompetent we are, and dare I say how stupid we can be.

A country with a so-called best education system in the world has produced countless jokers and sadly, they are concentrated in BN. Nothing very intelligent is ever spoken by almost all of the BN leaders.

Why can't they see all this? Do we all have to suffer for generations to come?

The group hoped to top Malaysian government officials will meet them and answer their many queries, promising that they will act in a "reasonable and legal way" throughout their stay.

"We hope Malaysia will show sincerity by arranging for someone someone of authority to speak to us with the relevant data at hand and will be able to communicate the truth," said Jiang.

Jiang said that more relatives are expected to arrive from Beijing in the coming days but is unable to confirm the exact number. The logistics are being handled by MAS.

He also indicated that family members are unlikely to be heading to Australia, which is heading the search in the suspected crash site, unless there the evidence of the plane's whereabouts is uncovered there

Earlier today, the group of 35 landed at KL International Airport (KLIA) this morning, but were quietly whisked to a hotel in Subang Jaya through another exit, as reporters waited at the arrival hall.

Upon realising this, reporters rushed to the hotel to interview the relatives, only to find that they were holding a meeting with government and MAS representatives.

Meanwhile in China, about 30 minutes before Najib’s announcement, MAS began informing relatives of this and that there were no survivors.

MAS group CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yayha later defended this, saying that the aircraft is running low on fuel at its last known location in a remote part of the Indian Ocean, therefore the prospect of survival for an extended period of time is "extremely, extremely remote".

His red-eyed son then shouted "We want evidence, truth, and our loved ones!" while others wiped their tears.

On March 24, Najib had announced that MH370 had "ended" in the Indian Ocean based on analysis of satellite data. He stopped short of saying that it crashed.

"Secondly, we demand that the Malaysian government apologise for last week’s confused communications and for holding up the search and rescue effort.

"Thirdly, we demand that the Malaysian government and MAS apologise for irresponsibly saying that the aircraft is destroyed without survivors without a shred of evidence," Jiang Hui told reporters.