A navigational radar on Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue boat shows details during a search in the Andaman sea area around the northern tip of Indonesia’s Sumatra island for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Monday, March 17. Photo: Chaideer Mahyuddin
Facing criticism worldwide for a delayed release of radar information which might have showed a missing airplane, Air Force officials defended their actions yesterday.
Radar data possibly related to the missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370 wasn’t withheld; instead the data was never checked until a request was made on March 11, three days after the plane’s disappearance, said Air Marshal Monthon Satchakon, Air Force spokesman. The radar information was eventually given to Malaysian officials seven days later.
Also there is no certainty the unidentified plane picked up by radar systems was the lfight in question although it did match the projected flight path by Malaysian aviation officials.
Air Marshal Monthon Satchakon, spokesperson for the Air Force, said the Thai Air Force’s inspection of its radar data came only after a request was made by Malaysia on March 11.
Monthon added thata there was no hidden agenda nor was the Air Force conspiring with Malaysia to cover up anything, NNT reported.
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