The Australian Prime Minister sets off a loud surprise about the Malaysian plane

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that senior Malaysian government officials have long suspected that the disappearance of the Malaysian plane six years ago was a suicide and a mass murder by the pilot.

Abbott said in his interview with documents broadcast by "Sky News" channel on Wednesday and Thursday, that high-ranking Malaysian officials believe that the veteran pilot Zahri Ahmed Shah, deliberately shot down the plane.

"I will not say who told me that, but let me confirm, and I want to be absolutely clear. The leadership in Malaysia was certain that it was a suicide carried out by the pilot," he added.

But the independent investigation report released by Malaysia in 2018 said the plane's path had been manually changed, but it did not mention the names of any of the suspects, and raised the possibility of "third-party interference."

However, investigators said the cause of the disappearance could not be determined, until the wreckage and the black boxes of the plane were found.

Abbott was prime minister when the Malaysia Airlines plane with 239 people on board disappeared on March 8, 2014, while she was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Australia coordinated what turned into the largest search in aviation history, but failed to find the plane before the search stopped in 2017.