Note that the investigators release just enough information about this co-pilot’s cellphone so that they can point an accusing finger at him and take the heat off Captain Shah.
And yet in this previous article from March 24 investigators throw cold water on the most important cell phone call of all — made by Captain Shah from the cockpit before the flight:
Malaysian police have denied two British media reports that they are investigating a mobile phone call from the cockpit of Malaysia Airlines MH370 before take-off.
Police Inspector-General Kahlid Abu Bakar on Monday dismissed reports in Britain’s Mail on Sunday that police were investigating a call senior pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah made on his mobile phone shortly before the plane took off from Kuala Lumpur.
The story was the second in a week to make claims about a pre-flight phone call, following a similar one in fellow UK newspaper The Sun.
Police initially declined to comment on the existence of the two-minute call made from the cockpit of the Boeing 777 aircraft.
But Inspector-General Kahlid said that if the newspaper could provide the telephone number “that would be helpful”.
“If not ... it is mere speculation,” he said.
Everyone else who spoke to the pilot on his phone in the hours before the flight took off has already been interviewed.
Oooops!!!!! Now the denial —
Malaysia says no mid-flight phone call from MH370 cockpit
http://news.asiaone.com/news/malaysia/malaysia-says-no-mid-flight-phone-call-mh370-cockpit
Note: “from MH370 cockpit” — just the cockpit???
Hows about from the galley or the bathroom???
Actually, it's just the opposite. The hijacker(s) would have wanted to maintain radio silence (forgetting to turn off the plane's Inmarsat transceiver was obviously an oversight). Turning on your cell phone violates radio silence. Thus, it argues against the copilot being one of the hijackers and points the finger at the captain or somebody else who knew a lot about triple-sevens.
E.g., perhaps the copilot found himself locked out of the cockpit by the captain. He turns on his phone to send out a mayday, no longer having access to the airplane's VHF. But there's no service. He and others set about trying to break into the cockpit. The pilot depressurizes the cabin, knocking out his tormentors. Then the plane comes within range of a cell tower and the copilot's phone checks in, but its owner is knocked out, so no call is made.