Kentot Gemuruh
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: bolehland
Age: 59
Posts: 7
The info I have is slightly but significantly different. Capt. Ganjoor initially refused to let the minister's bodyguard carry his gun onboard but relented later after much argument at the intervention of the PEN station manager who quoted a directive from MAS management allowing VIPs to have the weapons onboard.
The bodyguard was furious and became even more so after imbibing lots of alcohol........proceeded to the cockpit after threatening the cabin crew and the rest is history. However I have some doubts as to whether it was plain air rage or he and the minister had earlier planned something nefarious, especially the unwavering insistence to have his gun aboard. Coupled with the Captain's transmission that they were proceeding to S'pore after the hijack action; so this didn't seem a case of plain air rage.
To shoot both pilots, the " hijacker " was probably suicidal with " nothing " to lose in his psychotic mind.
If it was an air rage, he was probably very drunk which impaired his thinking whereby " honour and ego " to be saved without thinking. Like wannabeflyer said, we just hope the contents of the CVR will somehow come to light someday.