MH370 conspiracy: Did America shoot down missing Malaysia Airlines plane?

April 20:

Author John Chuckman believes it's possible the US gunned down the jetliner, either deliberately or accidentally, and now wants to keep it secret

A former oil company executive turned author has suggested America could have shot down missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 - and is now trying to cover it up.

Writing on OpEdNews.com, John Chuckman, a former chief economist for a large Canadian oil company, asked: "Could it be that the United States shot down Flight MH370, either accidentally or deliberately, and now wants to keep it secret?

"The possibility of recovery of the full wreckage, even if its location were found, from four miles under the sea amongst underwater mountains is extremely remote at best, so the United States can remain confident that physical evidence will never emerge.

Mr Chuckman, who is originally from Chicago, continued: "There would be nothing unprecedented in such an act: on at least three occasions, regrettably, America's military has shot down civilian airliners.

"I have no idea what event (a rogue pilot, a hijacker?) led to Flight MH370 turning off its communications, changing course, and flying low, but I do know that the event could not have gone unnoticed by America's military-intelligence eyes and ears."

MH370 disappeared while flying between Kuala Lumpur and Beijiing on March 8 with 239 people on board.

A six week search of the Indian Ocean, where experts believe the plane crashed, has yet to yield any trace of the jetliner.

Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/mh370-conspiracy-america-shoot-down-3437540?