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PHONE ANOTHER FRIEND OF THE
PILOT.
LET ME START WITH YOU, IF I MAY.
AGAIN I WILL EXTEND TO YOU MY
DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO YOU ABOUT
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR
FRIEND.
WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT HE
HAS PERISHED IN THIS.
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT HE
HAS BEEN THE FOCUS OF HUGE
ATTENTION.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT AS
HIS FRIEND?
A LOT OF ASPERSIONS CAST ABOUT
HIS BEING INVOLVED IN THE PLANE
TAKEN OFF NEFARIOUSLY.
WHAT DO YOU FEEL?
>> I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS OF
COMFORT.
DEFINITELY ALL THIS REMAINS
SPECULATION.
AS FAR AS MY FEELINGS, I'M
ACTUALLY VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT
WE SEEM TO BE LOSING FOCUS ON
THE SEARCH ITSELF BUT RATHER
TRYING TO FIND THE FAULT,
PINNING OF THE FAULT ONTO THE
PILOT.
AND I REPEAT IT'S PURELY
SPECULATIVE.
WE HAVE TO SHOW COMPASSION TO
THE FAMILY.
GOING THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT
TIME AND WITH ALL THESE KINDS OF
SPECULATION IT MAKES IT EVEN
MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE FAMILIES.
NOT JUST THE PILOT, AS WELL AS
EVERYBODY ELSE ON BOARD.
I THINK IT'S A VERY, VERY UNFAIR
AND THE TIMING IS JUST NOT
RIGHT.
>> AND TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FRIEND
ZAHARIE.
WHAT KIND OF MAN IS HE?
>> CAPTAIN ZAHARIE IS A VERY
DEDICATED PILOT, RESPONSIBLE AND
A PROFESSIONAL PILOT WITH 30
YEARS EXPERIENCE, 18,000 FLYING
HOURS.
THERE CANNOT BE A BETTER PILOT.
AND AS I ALWAYS HAVE MENTIONED,
IF I GET TO CHOOSE A PILOT ON
THE PLANE THAT I AM ONBOARD I
WOULD CHOOSE CAPTAIN ZAHARIE AS
MY PILOTS.
NO DOUBTS ABOUT THAT.
>> CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING
THAT YOU HAVE EVER HEARD HIM SAY
OR HAVE HEARD ABOUT HIM WHICH
WOULD LEAD YOU TO THINK HE COULD
EVER POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
IN A DELIBERATE PLOT TO TAKE
THIS PLANE AWAY OR TO HIJACK IT
OR TO CRASH IT?
>> AS I MENTIONED, PIERS, THIS
IS PURELY SPECULATIVE.
AND I DO NOT WANT TO CONTRIBUTE
ANYTHING TO THIS SPECULATION.
I THINK THAT THERE'S MORE THA Y?
>> YES, I HEAR YOU.
>> OBVIOUSLY UNTIL WE ARE ABLE
TO ANALYZE WRECKAGE, FIND THE
WRECKAGE, ANALYZE IT AND SO ON,
THIS SPECULATION WILL CONTINUE.
WHAT DO YOU FEEL GENERALLY AS A
FRIEND OF CAPTAIN ZAHARIE ABOUT
THE WAY THE WHOLE INVESTIGATION
HAS BEEN CONDUCTED?
>> ALL RIGHT.
THE INVESTIGATIONS, WE ARE
GETTING VERY LITTLE INFORMATION
COMING OUT.
SO IN A WAY I FEEL FOR THE
FAMILY, THAT THEY ARE NOT BEING
FED ENOUGH INFORMATION.
AS TO THE INVESTIGATION ITSELF.
FOR THE SEARCH AND RESCUE AND
NOW I MEAN SEARCH AND WHATEVER
ELSE, IF THEY FIND, INFORMATION
IS COMING OUT BUT MOST OF THEM
ARE STILL -- THE SEARCH PROCESS
IS STILL BEING GOING ON.
SO I WOULD REALLY ASK THAT WE
ALL EXERCISE PATIENCE AND FOR
OUR FRIENDS ALL OVER THE WORLD,
LET'S CONTINUE PRAYING.
WE STILL KEEP THAT LITTLE BIT OF
HOPE GOING, THAT CANDLE OF HOPE
IS STILL LIGHTING.
AND LET'S CONTINUE THE PRAYERS.