MH370: Dr Mahathir puzzled advanced technology unable to track missing aircraft

Berita Harian reported Tuesday that Dr Mahathir had said that technology today can detect even a small movement such as a human’s location, no matter where they are.

However, the same technology is unable to detect the location of the missing Boeing 777-200ER which remains a mystery until today.

“I follow the development (search and rescue mission) and am puzzled that in a modern world with such advanced technology, we are still unable to track the 63-metered-long aircraft,” he said.

“But with the same technology, we can detect a human although he is just standing on a roadside,” he was quoted by the daily.

Dr Mahathir said if the aircraft had crashed into an ocean or on land, satellites and the advanced technology owned by the major powers of the world would have been able to detect its debris.

“Today is the 11th day for the mission to search for the MH370 aircraft, I am saddened by the incident and I understand what the families are going through because until now, we don’t know the fate of the passengers and crew onboard,” he added.

The MAS’s Boeing 777-200ER which was on its way to Beijing went missing since Saturday morning and has not been found until today.

So far, Malaysia has received humanitarian aid from 26 countries which had also helped to track the aircraft in their waters.