Missing Plane Pilots 'Seen At Airport Security'

The video, which was uploaded to YouTube, seems to show Zaharie Ahmad Shah and Fariq Abdul Hamid walking through a body scanner at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

 

Dressed in uniforms, the two men in the video are frisked for less than two seconds each by security staff before collecting luggage from the conveyor belt of an X-ray machine.

 

Mr Zaharie and his co-pilot have come under increased scrutiny since investigators revealed flight MH370's tracking devices were deliberately switched off mid-way through a flight to Beijing.

 

Satellite data suggests the Boeing 777, which had 239 people on board, flew for at least seven hours - more than six hours after it lost contact with air traffic control.

 

It is feared that after flying northwest towards countries such as India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, or southwest towards the Indian Ocean, the aircraft could have been landed and stored, ready to be used in a 9/11-style terror attack.

 

Authorities are yet to comment on the CCTV footage, although the personal and religious backgrounds of both pilots are being checked.

 

Police are investigating a flight simulator found at the home of Mr Zaharie, who has more than 18,000 hours' flying experience and joined Malaysia Airlines more than 30 years ago.

 

Messages posted on the 53-year-old's Facebook page suggest he was a politically active opponent of the coalition that has ruled Malaysia for 57 years since the country became independent.

 

Mr Fariq, 27, had only recently graduated to the cockpit of the Boeing 777 and had not asked to fly with Mr Zaharie, authorities have confirmed.