Pilot was devastated over wife’s decision to move out

The pilot of flight MH370 was distraught over his wife’s decision to move out of their family home and could have taken the plane for a “last joyride” before it crashed into the ocean killing all 239 people on board, says a long-time friend of the pilot.
The friend, also a pilot, said Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah had been left rattled by his family problems, and didn’t appear to be in the right state of mind to be flying. He warned that it was “very possible that neither the passengers nor the crew knew what was happening until it was too late.”
Speaking to The New Zealand Herald, the friend, said: “Zaharie is one of the finest pilots around and I’m no medical expert, but with all that was happening in his life he was probably in no state of mind to be flying.”
While his professional record appeared impeccable, Zaharie’s long-time friend said the pilot’s personal life was in turmoil. He said his friend’s relationships were breaking down, and while Zaharie was involved with another woman, he was still devastated at his wife’s decision to move out.
He said the troubled pilot could have seen MH370 as an opportunity to try high-risk maneuvers he’d perfected on his beloved flight simulator.
These shocking new claims follow reports that flight MH370 climbed to between 43,000 and 45,000ft shortly after the last voice communication from the cockpit of the plane.
An aviation industry source told MailOnline: “It was tracked flying at this altitude for 23 minutes before descending. Oxygen would have run out in 12 minutes, rendering the passengers unconscious.”
The ill-fated flight has a maximum service ceiling of 43,000 feet and can very probably fly safely at even greater heights, one expert said.