Is Malaysia pulling out of the search for MH370? That is the question now being asked by UK aerospace Engineer Richard Godfrey who has a new location for the missing Boeing 777.
On his website Mr Godfrey has posted a new blog that says that the “expected new search for MH370 by Ocean Infinity will not be taking place after all. He claims that:
The sticking points in the current negotiation appear to be:
1. Malaysia insists on controlling the search by Ocean Infinity in real time.
2. Malaysia insists on having its own people on board to control the search area.
3. Malaysia insists on taking custody of any evidence found.
Mr Godfrey said: “Malaysia has no intention to approve a search by Ocean Infinity, unless they have full control of where Ocean Infinity will search, with their own people on board the Armada vessel, custody of what is recovered from the MH370 wreckage (if found) and what information is made publicly available. Ocean Infinity quite rightly cannot accept all those terms, especially having other people on board their vessel. If Malaysia wanted to agree to Ocean Infinity’s proposal, they would have done so by now.”
Mr Godfrey adds that “it appears that some people in Malaysia are worried that Ocean Infinity will succeed in finding MH370 in this new underwater search. If Malaysia does not agree to the OI proposal and OI decide not to search without an agreement with Malaysia, then Malaysia is in danger to lose control of the search and OI will miss the opportunity to be recompensed $70 M.”
He adds that “the risk for the Malaysian government is that evidence may come to light that shows that the Malaysian government or Malaysian Airlines is culpable. The Malaysian government and Ocean Infinity are not saying anything publicly about the sticking points in the negotiations. Malaysia fears that a new search would actually find MH370 and prove the Captain was culpable. This would mean that Malaysia and their sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional, as the owner of Malaysian Airlines, would be subject to 238 multi million dollar compensation claims from the families of the other passengers and crew.”
