--- title: Malaysia Airlines Disappearance No Accident Says Mike McCaul description: Chairman of Homeland Security Committee Michael McCaul says the plane's disappearance was 'Intentional, Deliberate' canonical: https://time.com/26572/malaysia-airlines-disappearance-mccaul/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-16T18:52:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T06:47:42.598Z article:section: Politics og:title: Malaysia Airlines Disappearance No Accident Says Mike McCaul og:description: Chairman of Homeland Security Committee Michael McCaul says the plane's disappearance was 'Intentional, Deliberate' og:url: https://time.com/26572/malaysia-airlines-disappearance-mccaul/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22c8fe9c635dbcb1/698685afe53aba2baf4d183d/1280x720malaysia-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1280 og:image:height: 720 og:image:alt: INDONESIA-MALAYSIA-MALAYSIAAIRLINES-CHINA-TRANSPORT-ACCIDENT og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Malaysia Airlines Disappearance No Accident Says Mike McCaul twitter:description: Chairman of Homeland Security Committee Michael McCaul says the plane's disappearance was 'Intentional, Deliberate' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22c8fe9c635dbcb1/698685afe53aba2baf4d183d/1280x720malaysia-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Congressman Says Malaysia Airlines Disappearance ‘Intentional, Deliberate’ > Sponsored content. 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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](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Mar 16, 2014 6:52 PM UTC 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/) “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. 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