An anonymous writer who knew the captain at the controls of the missing Flight 370 aircraft launched a tribute page rejecting accusations against the veteran pilot.
Those close to Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 53, with 18,365 flying hours under his belt in a 33-year career, hastily released an information page for people to know him better in a bid to avoid a character assassination against his professional record.
Entitled "Who exactly is Malaysia Airlines Captain Zaharie Shah of MH370", the unidentified author of the page wrote: "The brave pilot of MH370 must not go unnoticed. We find out just how passionate Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah is about flying."
The tribute page described the former Penang Free School student as a trustworthy and reliable pilot with more than 18,000 flying hours. It added: "It is very unfortunate that he was involved in the tragic MH370 accident."
Please don't make any assumptions ... Right now let's just pray they are safe
It cast a light of being passionate about flying and of aviation. "Even when not piloting the massive Boeing 777, he flies remote-controlled aircraft," the author said.
Any suggestion that missing Flight 370 was found to be caused by pilot error was wrong, and the tribute page would provide evidence showing that it was extremely unlikely that it was the case, the author continued. Attempts to contact the owner of the page were unsuccessful.