MH370, which had been travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, disappeared on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board. The Boeing 777 aircraft last communicated with air traffic control at 1.19am when the plane was flying over the South China Sea. Minutes later, it completely disappeared from civilian radar screens during a routine handover from Malaysia to Vietnamese radio channels.
Analysis of radar and satellite data shows it suddenly changed course and flew back across Malaysia before turning south of Penang and then towards the southern Indian Ocean.
However, shortly after 2am, a Malaysia Airlines employee repeatedly told air traffic control that MH370 was travelling through Cambodian airspace, an inquiry showed.
Leading Australian investigation team Four Corners revealed information they had obtained exposing numerous errors during Amazon Prime’s “MH370: Lost” documentary.
The 2014 series revealed: “A Malaysia Airline employee told air traffic control that the aircraft was in Cambodian airspace at 2.03am.
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“Again, at 2.15am, they said it was flying through Cambodian airspace.
“Then twenty minutes later, at 2.35am, a third time, even giving coordinates.
“Malaysia Airlines not only released misleading information, but they also did so even before trying to contact MH370.
“They did not make the first attempt until 2.39am.”
It was not until almost an hour later that Malaysia Airlines admitted this mistake to air traffic control, the investigation revealed.
The Four Corners team added: “MH370 was assumed to be in Cambodian airspace until 3.30am, when a correction was made.
“Malaysia Airlines Operations Centre informed Kuala Lumpur Air Traffic Control Centre the flight tracker information was based on flight projection and not reliable for aircraft positioning.
“Another two hours then passed until Kuala Lumpur activated Air Search and Rescue.”