Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Did 'terrain masking' allow the pilots to elude radars? -- Officials searching for missing Flight MH370 are investigating whether whoever was in control of the plane when it veered off course deliberately flew low to avoid detection by military radar. Experts say so-called “terrain masking” could explain why the plane was apparently able to avoid being spotted after its last confirmed location. -- 10 days after the Malaysian Airlines jet disappeared with its 239 passengers and crew, an international team of investigators is said to be probing the possibility that the plane hugged close to the ground to avoid detection – a technique used by military pilots. -- The New Straits Times reported that shortly after the plane took off from Kuala Lumpur and then veered off course to the west, its altitude fell to as low as 5,000ft. “The person who had control of the aircraft has solid knowledge of avionics and navigation and left a clean track,” an official told the paper. -- With so few solid leads, investigators are having to consider an endless list of possibilities and theories, some more fanciful than others. -- Officials searching for missing Flight MH370 are investigating whether whoever was in control of the plane when it veered off course deliberately flew low to avoid detection by military radar. Experts say so-called “terrain masking” could explain why the plane was apparently able to avoid being spotted after its last confirmed location. - More, The Independent, at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/missing-flight-mh370-did-terrain-masking-allow-the-pilots-to-elude-radars-9198018.html