MH370 Co-pilot Fariq Ab Hamid was relatively new to a Boeing 777-200ER which was the aircraft used for Flight MH370 which remains missing after 17 days.
Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya (right) today confirmed that March 8 was Fariq's six attempt attempt at co-piloting a Boeing 777-200ER.
However, he stressed that MAS has a strict training programme and Fariq had passed his previous five flights, in the presence of a observer, with no problems.
"As far as the co-pilot is concerned, he was actually new to the type, he actually moved from a lower fleet to 777.
"... (For) the first five flights, the co-pilot normally flies with a check co-pilot and (March 8) was his 6th flight, he had passed his first five flight and we do not see any problem with him," Jauhari told a press briefing in Kuala Lumpur today.
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