The "Langkawi theory" came from an American pilot and went viral after he posted it on his Google+ social networking profile. Photo / AP
The topic of the day at the media centre was the latest theory about a fire on Flight 370.
The "Langkawi theory" came from an American pilot and went viral after he posted it on his Google+ social networking profile.
Chris Goodfellow theorised that shortly after takeoff, as
MH370 was flying over the South China Sea, smoke began filling the cockpit - perhaps from a tyre on the front landing gear that ignited on take-off.
Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah would have tried to find the closest airport to land a Boeing 777 which was at Pulau Langkawi. Captain Shah turned the plane west and headed for the runway, Mr Goodfellow proposed.
Mr Goodfellow said it was likely both pilots died of smoke inhalation, and with no one to land the plane when it got to Langkawi it overshot and carried on across the Indian Ocean until it ran out of fuel.
