MH370 Chinese authorities have eliminated the possibility of Chinese passengers being involved in terrorism and sabotage activities on the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the Chinese ambassador to Malaysia confirmed. 

Huang Hui Kang said the Chinese authorities found “no reason or evidence” to suspect an Uygur passenger from Xinjiang was involved in sabotaging the plane.

“As for the rest of the 151 Chinese passengers, we have found no evidence to show they were involved in any attempt against MH370. Hence this has eliminated any suspicion of terrorism and sabotage from them,” Huang told a media briefing at the Chinese Embassy today.

According to the manifest of the missing flight, there were 152 passengers from China, one from Hong Kong and one from Taiwan.

The flight, which was originally scheduled to depart to Beijing, China, from KLIA, lost contact with the air traffic control centre at 1.30am on March 8.

After a week of investigations, it was confirmed that MH370 was deliberately flown westward and the focus of the SAR operation is now on two corridors, a northern corridor from Kazakhstan to northern Thailand and a southern corridor from Indonesia to the southern Indian Ocean.

According to Huang, Interpol has cleared the two Iranians, who used stolen passports to board the flight, of involvement in a terrorism attack.

Focus on crew members

He said that the investigation is now focused on the crew members of the flight as the disconnection and changing course of the flight were done deliberately by an individual or a group of experts.

“Of course, as the investigation is on-going, all possibilities cannot be excluded. We still need to wait patiently,” he said.

Malaysian police have searched the houses of the pilot and the co-pilot of the missing plane and confiscated the flight simulator of the pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah.

The police are investigating four possibilities - terrorism, sabotage, psychological problems and personal problems - of the passengers and crew under Section 130C of the Penal Code.

Asked how China would assist Malaysia in searching for the plane, Huang said China would use its satellites and radar technologies to enhance the search operation in the northern corridor.

However, he stopped short of saying whether China would share its radar data with Malaysia, but reiterated that China would give full support in the search for the plane.