Sometimes we say more by not saying anything.

"Asked if Zaharie's background as an opposition supporter was being examined, the senior police officer would say only: "We need to cover all our bases".

Malaysia Airlines has said it did not believe Zaharie would have sabotaged the plane and colleagues were incredulous.

"Please, let them find the aircraft first. Zaharie is not suicidal, not a political fanatic as some foreign media are saying," said a Malaysia Airlines pilot who was close to Zaharie. "Is it wrong for anyone to have an opinion about politics?"

Co-pilot Fariq was religious and serious about his career, family and friends said, countering news reports suggesting he was a cockpit Romeo who was reckless on the job."
"Cockpit Romeo," ," Pilot was not suicidal, not a political fanatic." Even his close friends comes out to testify to his character and the media makes sure it is well written to evoke for better sensationalism.

"The disappearance of flight MH370 has baffled investigators, aviation experts and Internet sleuths since the plane vanished from civilian air traffic control screens off Malaysia's east coast less than an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur en route to Beijing".- The Malaysian Insider
“The Malaysian government may play with his political membership with the opposition party, but I think it’s got nothing to do with this. I hope to let the families of the passengers know their lives were in the hands of somebody good,” he said..

Doomed airliner pilot was political fanatic: Hours before taking control of flight MH370 he attended trial of jailed opposition leader as FBI reveal passengers could be at a secret location. Mail Oline -The Daily Mai

Now we use a more removed expression, "Doomed airliner, sounds a little more sensational if not dramatic! Anything 'Doomed' is sure to capture good audience!

The Indian Ocean is one of the most remote places in the world and also one of the deepest, posing potentially enormous challenges for efforts to find wreckage or the flight voice and data recorders that are the key to solving the puzzle. – Reuters, March 16, 2014
Investigators are puzzled over Malaysian military's inaction in responding to an unidentified blip on their radar screens that was later said to be the missing flight MH370, the New York Times reported today.
So mush for our best of technologies and unlimited intelligence gathering expertise, the sea is too  deep! The best we can offer right now, at least we offer something in our expert opinions! The sea is too deep indeed!

"The newspaper said police sources confirmed that the 53-year-old captain was a vocal political activist, and were probing into the probability that he would have been profoundly upset by the court ruling.
And if so what would he hope to gain by disappearing with the plane and over 200 passengers?Anwar I brahim will still go to Jail unless his appeal to the higher court is successful. Why does he not just flies into the Twin Towers if he is really pissed? Now that would make it all worthwhile, make it an unmistakable statement of one's discontent to the world.

"Yesterday, police searched the veteran pilot's home in Shah Alam, where he keeps a home-made flight simulator." (What is wrong with that? if he can afford one, more power to him, although a Jacuzzi would have been better...
It is perfectly normal to look into the Pilots backgrounds and search for any telltale evidence that would help to solve the mystery of the missing flight without making it looks like they are suspected criminal already? The Media has become the judge, Jury and executioners in most instances of media coverage in this country if not globally...

                                                                              

And so the Saga of the Missing  Jet Liner continues with more twists and turns making for another mini series of political intrigue as each and everyone armed with their gadgets to scrape every bit of information to feed the hungry masses looking for simple truths. We are kay poh chee, or busybodies by nature and with insatiable need to be heard. At the end of the day the story is not about the missing plane anymore but theories of conspiracies and political and religious shenanigans. From heroes to suspected villains in one week, the life story of pilots now takes center stage.  Last but not least, how do we pin it on Anwar Ibrahim? 

May The Lord, May Allah have mercy on us all if our lives is being run by the politicians and the media. This when we learn to say less and become observers without any attachment to what transpires but purely as witnesses to our own follies.