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Missing MH370: Pilot Received Call From Mystery Woman Before Take-Off, Says Report
Malaysia Star ^ | Sunday March 23, 2014

Posted on 03/22/2014 11:18:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The captain of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 received a two-minute call shortly before take-off from a mystery woman using a mobile phone number obtained under a false identity, as investigators question the pilot's estranged wife, a British newspaper reported.

It was one of the last calls made to or from the mobile phone of Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah in the hours before his Boeing 777 left Kuala Lumpur on March 8, reported The Mail on Sunday.

Investigators are treating it as potentially significant because anyone buying a pay-as-you-go SIM card in Malaysia has to fill out a form giving their identity card or passport number.

Introduced as an anti-terrorism measure following 9/11, this ensures that every number is registered to a traceable person.

But in this case police traced the number to a shop selling SIM cards in Kuala Lumpur. They found that it had been bought 'very recently' by someone who gave a woman's name - but was using a false identity.

The discovery raises fears of a possible link between Captain Zaharie, 53, and terror groups whose members routinely use untraceable SIM cards. Everyone else who spoke to the pilot on his phone in the hours before the flight took off has already been interviewed.

In a separate development, The Mail on Sunday had learned that investigators were now poised to question Zaharie's estranged wife in detail.

Although the couple - who have three children - were separated, they had been living under the same roof.

The mystery caller emerged when Malaysian investigators examined the phone records of both Zaharie and his co-pilot, 27-year-old Fariq Abdul Hamid.

Investigators were keen to trace the caller and interview them, although they have stressed that the fact that the SIM card was registered to a non-existent ID card does not necessarily indicate a criminal or terrorist connection.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boeing777; fariqabdulhamid; iran; kualalumpur; malaysia; mh370; mysterywoman; southchinasea; waronterror; wildgoosechase; zaharieahmadshah
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1 posted on 03/22/2014 11:18:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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“...although they have stressed that the fact that the SIM card was registered to a non-existent ID card does not necessarily indicate a criminal or terrorist connection.”
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Yeah, right! Yes, sure we believe you. /sarc


2 posted on 03/22/2014 11:22:54 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: nickcarraway

This just gets curiouser and curiouser! Next thing you know, the passengers will be found on some island, making imitation space ships, and acting a whole lot like zombies.


3 posted on 03/22/2014 11:31:18 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: nickcarraway

Well, wow, “a mystery woman”. I bet he won’t want to go home now...


4 posted on 03/22/2014 11:31:31 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: nickcarraway

She just wanted to wish him a safe trip and warn him to watch out for black holes.

If only he’d listened.


5 posted on 03/22/2014 11:34:43 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (If you don't stand up, you don't stand a chance.)
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To: lee martell

maybe more like LOST......cue spiral....


6 posted on 03/22/2014 11:41:28 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: nickcarraway

Dead in Pockistan.


7 posted on 03/22/2014 11:43:31 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: nickcarraway
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8 posted on 03/22/2014 11:46:27 PM PDT by barmag25 (There is nothing that a man needs that he can't find in the North Georgia mountains.)
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9 posted on 03/22/2014 11:46:59 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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10 posted on 03/22/2014 11:57:29 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: BunnySlippers
Hey! That isn't fair!

I was going to try to catch a nap while they are looking for a hole in the drill string...



...another nap shot to Hell...

11 posted on 03/23/2014 12:03:52 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: nickcarraway

Didn’t they say the pilot had moved his family a day or two before the flight? Or was news rescinded?

Maybe he moved his family to protect them because he was being blackmailed.


12 posted on 03/23/2014 12:06:12 AM PDT by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: nickcarraway
I sometimes receive such mystery calls with fake Caller ID. They are usually telemarketers who are selling car insurance.
13 posted on 03/23/2014 12:11:51 AM PDT by Greysard
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To: barmag25

Speaking of Black....Oh never mind.


14 posted on 03/23/2014 12:30:06 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: nickcarraway

Captain Shah! This is your lucky day. You MAY HAVE just won two tickets on a one way trip, all expenses paid to Pakistan!!! Just answer three questions correctly. Interested?


15 posted on 03/23/2014 12:34:28 AM PDT by lee martell
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Next thing you know, the passengers will be found on some island, making imitation space ships, and acting a whole lot like zombies.

They're in LA?

16 posted on 03/23/2014 1:14:04 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: barmag25

You just won the game.


17 posted on 03/23/2014 2:04:31 AM PDT by gura (If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
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To: Mount Athos

No, his wife left him.


18 posted on 03/23/2014 2:54:38 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: nickcarraway

hmmmmm....I thought the wife left the day before....how would she know about the phone call??


19 posted on 03/23/2014 3:31:55 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: maggief; WildHighlander57; BigIsleGal; LucyT

New thread new possibilities for the book/movie
Pilot gets rid of copilot shortly after sign off and bails out. Girlfriend picks him up as he passes back over the island. They create new Identities and live happily ever after


20 posted on 03/23/2014 3:34:03 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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