Malaysia releases the safety investigation report

On 30 July 2018 Malaysia released the Safety Investigation Report. Headline conclusions: no identified mechanical scenario fits the observed systems dropout plus navigationally coherent diversion; the turn-back likely resulted from manual inputs; it could not be established who was flying; the 00:19 log-on is probable fuel exhaustion; the main wreckage has not been found; FDR/CVR evidence is absent; “the possibility of intervention by a third party cannot be excluded”; “the Team is unable to determine the real cause for the disappearance of MH370.” Lithium-battery cargo fire was not supported. Remote hijack was ruled out as unimplemented technology. The report is the baseline official document; it is also an admission that the baseline is incomplete without the wreckage.