Aussie woman claims was cockpit guest of MH370 co-pilot

Roos (in pink) and her friend Maree pose with Fariq (right) and another unidentified pilot. Pic: A Current Affair

SYDNEY (Mar 11): A young Australian woman has lent scandal to the saga of missing MH370 when she claimed that the co-pilot of the ill-fated Boeing 777-200 Fariq Abdul Hamid had entertained her and a friend in the cockpit during a flight three years ago.

Jonti Roos told tabloid Channel Nine News programme A Current Affair that she and a friend were ready to board a flight from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur in 2011 when the two pilots asked if they would spend the duration of the international flight in the cockpit.

Roos from Melbourne had even provided photos of her posing with Fariq and a pilot. Her friend, Jaan Maree was even wearing the captain’s hat.

Roos says they were seated in the cockpit during takeoff and landing and that the pilots even asked the girls to stay a few nights in Kuala Lumpur with them.

“Throughout the entire flight they were talking to us and they were actually smoking throughout the flight, which I don't think they're allowed to do," Roos said.

"I know for the whole time they weren't facing the front of the plane and actually flying.

"[They were] possibly a little bit sleazy. They invited us, well asked us, if we could arrange our trip to stay a few extra nights."

Roos claims she took this picture of Fariq in the cockpit. (But note plane was still on tarmac). Pic: A Current Affair

A Malaysian Airlines spokesperson told the tabloid that passengers are not allowed into cockpit.

Roos however said she never felt unsafe.

"I don't think there was one instance where I felt threatened or I felt that they didn't know what they were doing.

"I felt like they were very friendly, but I felt they were very competent in what they were doing."

Roos said she was shocked when she saw photos of Fariq who was one of 239 people on the flight that disappeared en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.

When I realised it was the exact same co-pilot and not only that but I had met him and I have photos in the cockpit with him, that was quite shocking," she said.

"When I saw all his friends and family posting on his wall my heart really broke for them and my heart broke for the family of the passengers. It's just a really sad story."

Jonti Roos and Jaan Maree in the cockpit of a Malaysia Airlines flight from Phuket to KL in December 2011 with an unidentified pilot. Pic: A Current Affair

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