Accidents
Manual Inputs Likely Changed MH370 Flight Path: Report
Lack of evidence precludes definitive conclusion about cause of disappearance, however
A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER approaches Hong Kong's Chep Lap Kok Airport. (Image: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Aero Icarus)
A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER approaches Hong Kong's Chep Lap Kok Airport. (Image: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Aero Icarus)

The final safety investigation report into the March 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 released Monday by the Malaysian Ministry of Transport reaches no conclusions about the ultimate cause, but authorities determined that the changes to the flight path probably did not result from “anomalous systems issues” alone, suggesting at least some human intervention in the resulting diversion. “It should be recognized that there is a significant lack of evidence available to the team to determine with any certainty the reasons that the aircraft diverted from its filed flight plan route,” said the report. “However, the change in flight path likely resulted from manual inputs.”