--- description: Chairman of Homeland Security Committee Michael McCaul says the plane's disappearance was 'Intentional, Deliberate' title: Malaysia Airlines Disappearance No Accident Says Mike McCaul image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22c8fe9c635dbcb1/698685afe53aba2baf4d183d/1280x720malaysia-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Congress](/tag/congress/) ## Congress Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Congressman Says Malaysia Airlines Disappearance ‘Intentional, Deliberate’ by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 16, 2014 6:52 PM CUT  Indonesian national search and rescue agency personel watch over high seas during a search operation for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the Andaman Sea on March 15, 2014\. Investigators now believe a Malaysian jet that vanished was commandeered by a "skilled, competent" flyer who piloted the plane for hours, a senior Malaysian military official said on March 15 as Prime Minister Najib Razak prepared to address the nation. AFP PHOTO/ Chaideer MAHYUDDIN (Photo credit should read CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images) Indonesian national search and rescue agency personel watch over high seas during a search operation for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the Andaman Sea on March 15, 2014\. Investigators now believe a Malaysian jet that vanished was commandeered by a "skilled, competent" flyer who piloted the plane for hours, a senior Malaysian military official said on March 15 as Prime Minister Najib Razak prepared to address the nation. AFP PHOTO/ Chaideer MAHYUDDIN (Photo credit should read CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images)AFP—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 16, 2014 6:52 PM CUT House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaul on Sunday called the disappearance of [Malaysia Airlines Flight 370](http://time.com/26460/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-pilots-search/ "undefined") “intentional” and “deliberate.” McCaul said on _Fox News Sunday_ that he believes the evidence points toward problems in the cockpit with the pilot and copilot. Malaysia’s prime minister said this weekend that the plane was deliberately diverted and officials have confirmed that the pilots are part of the investigation. But on CNN, former Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte cautioned against any one theory and stressed that the passengers should be investigated, too. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/26572/malaysia-airlines-disappearance-mccaul/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/26572/malaysia-airlines-disappearance-mccaul/"},"headline":"Congressman Says Malaysia Airlines Disappearance ‘Intentional, Deliberate’","datePublished":"2014-03-16T18:52:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:47:42.598Z","description":"Mike McCaul made his statements as focus turned to the pilots","url":"https://time.com/26572/malaysia-airlines-disappearance-mccaul/","keywords":["Congress","Malaysia Airlines","missing plane","Malaysia Airlines Flight 370"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22c8fe9c635dbcb1/698685afe53aba2baf4d183d/1280x720malaysia-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22c8fe9c635dbcb1/698685afe53aba2baf4d183d/1280x720malaysia-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"INDONESIA-MALAYSIA-MALAYSIAAIRLINES-CHINA-TRANSPORT-ACCIDENT","caption":"INDONESIA-MALAYSIA-MALAYSIAAIRLINES-CHINA-TRANSPORT-ACCIDENT","creditText":"AFP—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/26572/malaysia-airlines-disappearance-mccaul/","name":"Congressman Says Malaysia Airlines Disappearance ‘Intentional, Deliberate’"}}]}] ```