'Depressed' MH370 pilot 'carefully planned' his flight path to avoid leaving clues about where plane was heading before plunging into the Indian Ocean with 239 people on board, new research suggests Pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah, deliberately changed the direction and speed of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, according to research The pilot changed the flight path to avoid giving a clear idea where he was going, claims aerospace engineer Richard Godfrey The Boeing 777 went missing on March 8, 2014, with the mystery never solved