Australian ex-prime minister says missing passenger jet likely mass murder-suicide

Published February 19, 2020 10:38pm ET



Authorities believe the pilot of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared mysteriously six years ago, flew the plane down in an act of mass murder-suicide.

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott revealed the theory on Wednesday in an interview with Sky News. Abbott said the Malaysian government has long suspected that pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah intentionally flew the plane off course and crashed it into the Indian Ocean, killing all 239 people on board.

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