MH370 co-pilot attempted phone call - New update
Fariq Abdul Hamid, the co-pilot of missing flight MH370, attempted to make a phone call from his mobile phone while the aircraft was flying over Penang, the New Straits Times reported today. In an exclusive, the daily reported that Fariq's (pic) attempt ended abruptly as MH370 was flying away from the telecommunications tower. This is the latest breakthrough in the ongoing criminal investigation as police traced the source of the call to Fariq's mobile phone. The NST reported that the aircraft was flying at an altitude low enough for the nearest telecommunications tower to pick up Fariq's phone signal. However, it has not been ascertained who he was attempting to call, as sources declined to divulge the information, the daily reported. The daily also reported that Fariq's last communication was via the WhatsApp messenger application at 11.30pm on March 7, just before he boarded Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 for the journey to Beijing. "Checks on Fa...