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MH370: author's claims Malaysia Airlines plane accidentally shot down angers victim
MH370 book, suggesting theory that missing plane accidentally shot down in US-Thai military exercise criticised by family of missing passengers
The Telegraph
Jonathan Pearlman in Sydney
5/18/2014
Excerpt:
The family of passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight has criticised the release of the first book on the saga, saying the publication was premature and its claims the plane was accidentally shot down were speculation.
The conjectural book by London-based author Nigel Cawthorne, titled Flight MH370 The Mystery, reportedly claims that the plane may have accidentally been shot down during joint United States-Thai military exercises in the South China Sea and that the search may have been led astray as part of a cover-up.
The book, published this month by John Blake Publishing in London, is being released less than eleven weeks after the disappearance of the Boeing 777, which was carrying 239 passengers.
No wreckage from the plane has been found despite a continuing international search, which is focused on the southern Indian Ocean.
"The drill was to involve mock warfare on land, in water and in the air, and would include live-fire exercises," says the book, according to Fairfax Media.
"Say a participant accidentally shot down Flight MH370. Such things do happen. No one wants another Lockerbie, so those involved would have every reason to keep quiet about it."
Cawthorne, who lives in London, says on his website that he has written more than 150 books, including the "Sex Lives" series, which examines the private lives of popes, US presidents, "Great Dictators" and other notable groupings.
His book on MH370 says the failure to find wreckage is "in itself is suspicious" and that even if the plane's black box is eventually found, it may not be the original black box.
"Another black box could have been dropped in the sea 1000 miles from Perth while the search was going on in the South China Sea," the book says.
The book was criticised as premature by Irene Burrows, an Australian whose son and daughter-in-law were on the flight.
"Nobody knows what happened so why would anyone want to put out a book at this stage?" she told Fairfax Media.
"There's absolutely no answers. It's devastating for the families. There are so many theories that I only want to believe one, that they were all unconscious and didn't know what was going on ... That keeps me sane. All I want is for somebody to find a bit of plane."
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MH370 book, suggesting theory that missing plane accidentally shot down in US-Thai military exercise criticised by family of missing passengers
The Telegraph
Jonathan Pearlman in Sydney
5/18/2014
Excerpt:
The family of passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight has criticised the release of the first book on the saga, saying the publication was premature and its claims the plane was accidentally shot down were speculation.
The conjectural book by London-based author Nigel Cawthorne, titled Flight MH370 The Mystery, reportedly claims that the plane may have accidentally been shot down during joint United States-Thai military exercises in the South China Sea and that the search may have been led astray as part of a cover-up.
The book, published this month by John Blake Publishing in London, is being released less than eleven weeks after the disappearance of the Boeing 777, which was carrying 239 passengers.
No wreckage from the plane has been found despite a continuing international search, which is focused on the southern Indian Ocean.
"The drill was to involve mock warfare on land, in water and in the air, and would include live-fire exercises," says the book, according to Fairfax Media.
"Say a participant accidentally shot down Flight MH370. Such things do happen. No one wants another Lockerbie, so those involved would have every reason to keep quiet about it."
Cawthorne, who lives in London, says on his website that he has written more than 150 books, including the "Sex Lives" series, which examines the private lives of popes, US presidents, "Great Dictators" and other notable groupings.
His book on MH370 says the failure to find wreckage is "in itself is suspicious" and that even if the plane's black box is eventually found, it may not be the original black box.
"Another black box could have been dropped in the sea 1000 miles from Perth while the search was going on in the South China Sea," the book says.
The book was criticised as premature by Irene Burrows, an Australian whose son and daughter-in-law were on the flight.
"Nobody knows what happened so why would anyone want to put out a book at this stage?" she told Fairfax Media.
"There's absolutely no answers. It's devastating for the families. There are so many theories that I only want to believe one, that they were all unconscious and didn't know what was going on ... That keeps me sane. All I want is for somebody to find a bit of plane."
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View the complete article at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...rs-victim.html
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