The pilot of the missing Malaysia  Airlines flight was in emotional turmoil over the break-up of his marriage, his family have revealed. Speaking about the mystery for the first time, the wife and daughter of Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah said the 53-year-old pilot had been distracted and withdrawn in the weeks before the aircraft’s  disappearance – and refused pleas to attend some marriage counselling sessions. Three weeks after Flight MH370 went missing with 239 crew and passengers aboard, investigators in Malaysia believe that someone – possibly the captain – deliberately steered the Boeing 777 off course after communications were cut.
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Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah was about to divorce his wife of 30 years
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He had refused to attend marriage counselling with Islamic elders
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He shunned family and spent hours alone on his flight simulator
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Zaharie was on the brink of divorcing his wife after nearly 30 years of marriage.
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He refused to attend marriage counselling with Islamic elders.
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He shunned family and spent hours alone on his flight simulator.
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He expressed ‘utter frustration’ at the jailing of his political hero, Anwar Ibrahim, hours before the flight.
@placeholder was a fervent supporter of Anwar, a pro-democracy icon in Malaysia who was jailed for five years for sodomy hours before Flight MH370 took off for the final time.