article_snippet: ’ fly-past of the pilot’s home island of Penang before being deliberately landed on the water and sinking intact thousands of miles away, according to a British pilot who claims to have identified the pilot’s home island of Penang final resting place.
article_snippet: The unusual overflying of Penang is ‘perhaps the only clue to the perpetrator’ he says.
article_snippet: The unusual overflying of Penang, pictured, where Captain Hardy is from, is ‘perhaps the only clue to the perpetrator’
article_snippet: Captain Hardy also believes the riddle of the aircraft odd dog-leg flight path immediately after take-off from Kuala Lumpar is down to the aircraft performing a final ‘fly-past’ of Malaysia’s Penang island to allow someone to have ‘a last emotional look.
article_snippet: ‘quite remarkable’ by flying in and out of the airspace of Malaysia and Thailand eight times noting: ’I’ve never seen anything like that
article_snippet: After flying along the border the jet performed a sharp u-turn towards Penang, one of three turns made in quick succession. '
article_snippet: Somebody was taking a last emotional look at Penang.
article_snippet: The clue explained: ’I thought of this at 5am, went downstairs and researched where the air crew were from.
article_snippet: co-pilot Hamid said: ‘Someone did a nice long turn and looked down on Penang.
article_snippet: It’s perhaps the only clue to the perpetrator.
highlights_snippet: Overflying of Penang is ‘perhaps the only clue to the perpetrator’ he says .
  