Who is Fariq Hamid?

Co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid Mr Fariq joined Malaysia Airlines in 2007 at the age of 20, but only recently started co-piloting the Boeing 777. The son of a senior civil servant in Selangor state, he studied aviation at a flight school on the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi.

What really happened to flight MH370?

The aircraft crashed into the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 229 lives, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from shore, southwest of Halifax International Airport, Nova Scotia, where the plane was attempting an emergency landing.

Who Shot Malaysia Airlines flight 17?

All 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed….Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

Shootdown
Date	17 July 2014
Summary	Shot down by a Buk 9M83 surface-to-air missile transported from Russia on the day of the crash

Who is MH370 pilot?

Richard Godfrey, 71, believes he has located the doomed jet’s exact resting place – on the sea bed some 1,200 miles west of Perth, Western Australia. He also has a theory as to how it ended up there. The aerospace engineer believes the pilot, Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, had a political motive, he told The Times.

Who was the co-pilot of MH370?

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board when it disappeared, never to be seen again. Co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid was known to break aviation rules by having guests in the cockpit, but he was rising up in his career and was nearly fully qualified.

What is the highest a plane can go?

around 41,000 feet
All aircraft have a specified ‘service ceiling’ that defines the maximum height that it should be operated at. For most modern commercial jets today, this is around 41,000 feet. The exact level will depend mostly on the engines’ performance (it is designed to be the maximum that still allows efficient operation).

Did Russia shoot down a passenger plane?

Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KE007/KAL007) was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alaska. On September 1, 1983, the South Korean airliner servicing the flight was shot down by a Soviet Sukhoi Su-15 interceptor.