Malaysia to Set Independent Investigation Team on Missing Plane

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) An independent investigation team comprising an airworthiness group, operations group and a medical and human factors group, will be set up to investigate the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370. Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Malaysia will appoint an independent 'Investigator In Charge' to lead the team, as required by the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) standards and recommended practices.



"The team will also include accredited countries. Malaysia has already asked Australia to be accredited to the investigation team, and they have accepted," (Bernama) news agency quoted Hishammuddin as saying. "We will also include China, the United States, the United Kingdom and France as accredited representatives , along with other countries which we feel are in a position to help," he told a press briefing on the search for MH370 here Saturday



He said the airworthiness group will look at issues such as maintenance records, structures and systems, while the operations group will examine aspects such as flight recorders, operations and meteorology; and the medical and human factors group will investigate issues such as psychology, pathology and survival factors