False News/Two-Minute Phone Call/Version 1
The 2-Minute Phone Call - Version 1
The image below is captured from the article as published online by the Daily Mail on 20 March 2014, retrieved from their website on 2 March 2024.
The time-stamp uses the abbreviation AEDT which means Australian Eastern Daylight Time, because the Daily Mail website was accessed from Australia.
The text of this extract is quoted below:-
Who was 'fanatical' pilot of missing jet calling just minutes before take-off? Focus turns to mystery cockpit call from Kuala Lumpur airport
- Urgently trying to work out who Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah spoke to
- Made call moments before plane took off March 8 from Kuala Lumpur
- Hope the phone call could hold the answer to plane's disappearance
By JILL REILLY
PUBLISHED: 22:12 AEDT, 20 March 2014 | UPDATED: 01:28 AEDT, 21 March 2014
The pilot of the missing Malaysian Airlines plane made a mystery phone call just minutes before flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur, it emerged last night.
Investigators are now urgently trying to work out who Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah spoke to in the cockpit before the plane took off on March 8.
There is a hope that the phone call could hold the answer to the plane's mysterious disappearance.
They have refused to publicly comment on the investigation, reported The Sun.
Investigators are still looking into the pilot's background although yesterday Malaysia's defense minister Hishammuddin Hussein told a news conference he is considered innocent until proven guilty of any wrongdoing, and that members of his family are cooperating in the investigation.
Comments
- The article attributes the content to The Sun, another British tabloid. However, a search for the original content (The Sun (UK)) via search engines and the Internet Archive has not been successful. Subsequent variants by the Daily Mail do not refer to The Sun and content republished by other media attribute the information to the Daily Mail instead. The inference is that the attribution is false.
- What is meant by the phrase "emerged last night"? The loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 initiated the largest air and sea search ever, and was the subject of a Criminal Investigation by the Royal Malaysia Police. Facts don't just 'emerge'! Facts were communicated through daily media conferences, written in official media statements, and recorded in transcripts.
- The headline includes an attention-seeking word 'fanatic' with no justification and no supporting information within the published content.
- The short section related to the alleged phone call is summarised below. Remember, or refer back to these statements, because the story changes:-
- the pilot made a phone call
- the call was made 'just minutes' before flight MH370 took off
- at the time of the call, Captain Zaharie Shah was in the cockpit
- Investigators do not know who Captain Shah called
Examples of Re-Published Versions
Note: In each of the extracts below the word 'made' has been highlighted by underline to show that in each of the reprints it was alleged that the call was outgoing from the pilot's mobile phone.
The Courier Mail
Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah made mystery phone call minutes before MH370 takeoff: report
INVESTIGATORS are reportedly looking into a phone call the pilot of MH370 made just minutes before leaving Kuala Lumpur for Beijing.
THE pilot of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 made a mystery call just minutes before takeoff in Kuala Lumpur.
A report in The Sun said investigators are trying to work out who Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah spoke to in the cockpit before taking off for Beijing.
It is hoped the person on the other end of the call will provide a key clue to understanding the mystery of the missing flight.
Malaysian authorities have not commented on the lead or confirmed a phone call took place.
Intellasia
22-Mar-2014 Intellasia | AFP | 6:00 AM
Pilot made ‘mystery’ phone call before MH370 left Kuala Lumpur
Authorities are probing a call made by the captain of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 just minutes before the plane took off from Kuala Lumpur. Investigators are rushing to find out who captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah spoke to just prior to take-off, The Daily Mail reported.
Source: http://www.intellasia.net/pilot-made-mystery-phone-call-before-mh370-left-kuala-lumpur-345685
The Malaysian Insider
Published: 21 March 2014
This article published by The Malaysian Insider is attributed to Bernama
Pilot’s last phone call before take-off being probed – Bernama
The investigation team is going through the record call made by MH370 pilot, Capt Zaharie Ahmad Shah from the cockpit, reportedly minutes before the flight took off.
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) chief executive officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said the the phone call record had been submitted to the investigation team, together with information on the cargo manifest.
Identical content was published by The Straits Times on 21 March 2014 in "Update 19: Missing MH370: Investigators going through pilot's phone call"
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-color-red-update-19-missing-mh370-font-investigators-going-through-pilot-s-phone-call-1.525270#
9 News (Australia)
10:44am Mar 21, 2014
Pilot 'made call in cockpit minutes before take off'
The captain of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet made a mystery phone call in the cockpit only minutes before taking off on the doomed flight, according to a new report.
A report in UK newspaper The Sun claims Malaysian authorities are investigating a phone call made by Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah only moments before taking off for Beijing ON March 8. Malaysian authorities are yet to comment on this latest development and have not confirmed if a phone call was made.
It is hoped that the identity of the caller may hold clues as to what happened to the plane and its 238 other passengers and crew.
A more detailed version of the story was published on 22 March 2014 as shown in Version 2.