Malaysian authorities on Tuesday released the transcript of communications between the cockpit crew of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and air traffic controllers, saying the exchanges showed nothing untoward.
File photo: A woman takes a photo of a screen showing lit candles for relatives of passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 before a meeting at the Metro Park Lido Hotel in Beijing. (AFP/Wang Zhao)
"There is no indication of anything abnormal in the transcript," said Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein in a statement.
Hishammuddin’s communications team on Monday evening tweeted that the transcript will be made available during the briefing for relatives of the passengers and crew on board MH370.
“Last conversation in transcript (between) ATC (air traffic controllers) & cockpit at 0119 (M’sian time) is ‘Good night Malaysian three seven zero’,” tweeted the team.
Hishammuddin’s communications team also said on Monday the authorities are investigating if the last words from the cockpit were by the pilot or co-pilot.
MH370 had gone missing on 8 March with 239 people on board en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, sparking an international search effort.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on 24 March announced that the flight had ended in the southern Indian Ocean.
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