.. on the manifest:
To me, there is no reason why they wouldnt declare the cargo manifest unless youve got something to hide, he said. There is no reason you wouldnt have given it to AMSA (the Australian Maritime Safety Authority) on the first day of the search. AMSA has requested a cargo manifest for Flight M370 from Malaysia Airlines.
... Malaysian authorities to date have refused to release it, insisting the document is with the police who are conducting their own investigation into the cause of the planes disappearance.
There is certainly no reason why they shouldnt share a cargo manifest with a legitimate search agency because it will only contribute to the search effort, Professor Jason Middleton, the head of the school of aviation at the University of New South Wales, said.
I would have viewed that (not sharing the information) as unusual.
Professor Middleton said the only reason he could think of for not sharing the information was that something of Malaysian national interest was being carried on the aircraft. But in that case you could just redact that bit, he said.
One of the possibilities is that someone put something on board that wasnt supposed to be there, he said.
Here we are, Australia at great cost looking for the aircraft, and Malaysia wont even cooperate and tell us what was on the aircraft, he said.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/trave...he-search-effort/story-fnizu68q-1226863022091
