Police are working with experts to retrieve data from the flight simulator which was seized from the home of flight MH370's Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah last weekend. Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said local and international expertise have been recruited to examine the pilot’s flight simulator. "Some data had been deleted from the simulator and forensic work to retrieve this data is on-going," Hishammuddin said. Hishammuddin said the investigations into the flight simulator is part of the overall probe into all passengers and crew on board the Malaysia Airlines flight which has been missing since March 8. "We are sharing all information relevant to the case with all relevant international investigative agencies. "We have received passenger background checks from all countries apart from Ukraine and Russia, both of which had nationals on board. So far, no information of significance on any passenger has been found," he said. Hishammuddin stressed that the passengers, the pilots and the crew remain innocent until proven otherwise. "For the sake of their families, I ask that we refrain from any unnecessary speculation that might make an already difficult time even harder, " he added. Later, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, who was also at the press conference, added that the data from the flight simulator was deleted on February 3. "Our forensic personnel from the cybercrime unit, MAS and international experts are attempting to retrieve the information," Khalid said. – March 19, 2014. TMI
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