Missing MH370: Scrutiny of pilots reveals picture of normality


The pilots of the missing MH370, co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid (left) and Capt Zaharie Ahmad Shah.

KUALA LUMPUR: One is a technical wizard whose affable manner made him a favourite of trainee pilots; the other an enthusiastic young aviator planning to marry his sweetheart.

The captain and co-pilot of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are now at the centre of a baffling paradox - as circumstantial evidence mounts that at least one of them may have been involved in the plane's disappearance on March 8, accounts of their lives portray them as sociable, well-balanced and happy.

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