<p>Amid reports that the co-pilot of missing Malaysian plane made a desperate call from his mobile phone moments before the jet went off the radar, Malaysia today said it cannot be confirmed unless the information can be verified by the authorities.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Unless we can have verifications, we can't comment on these reports," Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told reporters here.<br /><br />He said the authorities have received several reports and leads, including from local and foreign media organisations, but when probed, they turned out to be baseless.<br /><br />When asked if any calls had been made from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 cockpit, he said: "As far as I know, no."<br /><br />However, he said that he did not want to speculate on "the realm of the police and other international agencies" investigating the case.<br /><br />"I do not want to disrupt the investigations that are being done now not only by the Malaysian police but the FBI, MI6, Chinese intelligence and other intelligence agencies."<br /><br />The New Straits Times, citing sources, yesterday reported that co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid made a desperate call which ended abruptly, possibly "because the aircraft was fast moving away from the (telecommunications) tower".<br /><br />The call was made as the jet was flying low near Penang island on Malaysia's west coast, the morning it went missing.<br /><br />The Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 - carrying 239 people, including five Indians, an Indo-Canadian and 154 Chinese nationals - had mysteriously vanished on March 8 after taking off from Kuala Lumpur.<br /><br />Fariq and Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah have come under intense scrutiny after the plane mysteriously vanished.<br /><br />Investigators last month indicated that the flight was deliberately diverted and its communication systems manually switched off as it was leaving Malaysian airspace.<br /><br />The probe into the missing plane have been focused on four possible areas - hijack, sabotage, as well as personal and psychological problems.<br /><br />The FBI has been assisting police, including sharing intelligence and expertise.<br /><br />Police have not cleared the 227 passengers of the flight MH370 of possible foul play. Clearance has also not been given to the crew.<br /><br />Local media reports today said police are investigating a company involved in the cleaning of flight MH370 cabin before it departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).<br /><br />Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said police were looking into all possible angles including loopholes during the cleaning works. </p>
<p>Amid reports that the co-pilot of missing Malaysian plane made a desperate call from his mobile phone moments before the jet went off the radar, Malaysia today said it cannot be confirmed unless the information can be verified by the authorities.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Unless we can have verifications, we can't comment on these reports," Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told reporters here.<br /><br />He said the authorities have received several reports and leads, including from local and foreign media organisations, but when probed, they turned out to be baseless.<br /><br />When asked if any calls had been made from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 cockpit, he said: "As far as I know, no."<br /><br />However, he said that he did not want to speculate on "the realm of the police and other international agencies" investigating the case.<br /><br />"I do not want to disrupt the investigations that are being done now not only by the Malaysian police but the FBI, MI6, Chinese intelligence and other intelligence agencies."<br /><br />The New Straits Times, citing sources, yesterday reported that co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid made a desperate call which ended abruptly, possibly "because the aircraft was fast moving away from the (telecommunications) tower".<br /><br />The call was made as the jet was flying low near Penang island on Malaysia's west coast, the morning it went missing.<br /><br />The Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 - carrying 239 people, including five Indians, an Indo-Canadian and 154 Chinese nationals - had mysteriously vanished on March 8 after taking off from Kuala Lumpur.<br /><br />Fariq and Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah have come under intense scrutiny after the plane mysteriously vanished.<br /><br />Investigators last month indicated that the flight was deliberately diverted and its communication systems manually switched off as it was leaving Malaysian airspace.<br /><br />The probe into the missing plane have been focused on four possible areas - hijack, sabotage, as well as personal and psychological problems.<br /><br />The FBI has been assisting police, including sharing intelligence and expertise.<br /><br />Police have not cleared the 227 passengers of the flight MH370 of possible foul play. Clearance has also not been given to the crew.<br /><br />Local media reports today said police are investigating a company involved in the cleaning of flight MH370 cabin before it departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).<br /><br />Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said police were looking into all possible angles including loopholes during the cleaning works. </p>