PETALING JAYA: Capt Zaharie Ahmad Shah has always been a gadget geek, even during his school days.
Describing the 53-year-old pilot of the missing MH370 plane as a gentle grandfather who would “never compromise his passengers’ safety”, his former classmate Mohd Nasir Othman said Capt Zaharie was a responsible and ethical man.
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