'The Australian' is reporting (19 February 2020, 2020 hours AEDT) that the head of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Mr Martin Dolan, is admitting that it may have been wrong and that those who from the start who suggested that it was a 'rogue pilot to the end' may be correct.
Given what this government agency 'invested' in its beliefs about the event, this is a stunning development.
IIRC didn't ATSB trenchantly criticise those who stuck their necks out and claimed it was a suicide by the pilot?
It's easy with hindsight to make comments, but looking back it's highly arguable that this occurred.
The Hon Tony Abbott's comments yesterday that the 'highest levels of the Malaysian Government' told him this adds a significant new dimension. Unfortunately for Malaysia, its government gives the impression of obfuscation from as soon as the plane went missing.
I wonder if there'll be resignations from the ATSB.
Perhaps the searches are discrete from the claims and counterclaims about what occurred - I'll leave that to the aviation experts - but Australian taxpayers have shelled out a lot.