Compound: A view of the entrance to Zaharie Ahmad's residence. Police have been stationed outside for the last week
Officers are said to have spent two hours searching the pilot's home today inside the luxury compound
Luxury: Shah is said to live at the property with his wife Faisa
In Shah's house a flight simulator has been set up and is understood to have
interested police following up one line of investigation - that he had
used the equipment to practice making his real-life Boeing 777
‘invisible’ by turning off all communications.
Despite the investigation, Malaysian
officials and friends of the pilots have told MailOnline this week that
there are no reasons to suspect either the Captain or co-pilot of having
personal problems that would have resulted in them taking control of
the aircraft.
Mr Razak added
authorities have not ruled out any possibilities in the international
search for the plane, which now involves 14 countries, 43 ships and 58
aircraft.
'Clearly
the search has entered a new phase. Over the last seven days, we have
followed every lead and looked into every possibility,' Mr Razak said.
'For family and friends (of the passengers), we hope this new
information brings us one step closer to finding the plane.'
Entrance: The gates outside the home of co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid who is also under police investigation
Journalists gathered outside Hamid's home in
Shah Alam as police turned their attention to those on board as part of
the wide-ranging probe
Suspicions: Jonti Roos (centre) claims she and
her friend were entertained by Fariq Abdul Hamid, 27, who is one of the
pilots of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight (right). He is now part
of an investigation by police in Kuala Lumpur.
Today,
a police van with a large contingent of officers inside passed through a
security gate at the entrance to the wealthy compound where
father-of-three Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah lives with his wife Faisa.
Four plain-clothed police officers were also, reportedly, seen at the home of the other pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid, 27.
Both pilots live in the upmarket Kuala Lumpur district of Laman Seri,
about an hour's drive from the city centre - and each was visited today
by a team of detectives who arrived in a white 'people mover' vehicle.
The homes are substantial and are, said one resident, typical of high income earners.
It is
believed a team of search specialists entered Shah's house and spent two
hours searching for signs of foul play, before moving into search the
co-pilot's home a short distance away.
The
New Straits Times reported last night that before police turned up at
Hamid's home, his two brothers arrived there in a Mini Cooper, believed
to belong to a friend.
They
hurried into the house and remained there for a short time before
hurrying away in the same car, taking with them transparent blue plastic
bags containing clothes and toiletries.
Fariq's father, Abdul Hamid left with them. An hour later, the plain clothed officers left the house carrying two brown bags.
The
concentration by police on the homes of the Captain and the co-pilot
adds to suspicion that one - or both - of them might have had been
responsible for the plight of the aircraft.
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