Stolen – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: The Perfect Crime
Colin Rousseaux
Author Bio
Dr. Rousseaux received his veterinary degree (BVSc) with honours from the university of Melbourne, Australia in 1977. He trained as a Veterinary Pathologist in Victoria, Australia and Saskatchewan, Canada and was the Australian-Canadian exchange recipient in 1981. Dr. Rousseaux obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan in 1985 in the field of toxicologic pathology. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology (DABT), a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath), a Fellow of the International Academy of Toxicologic Pathology (FIATP) and a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicologic Sciences (FATS). Dr. Rousseaux was appointed a member of the faculty in the Department of Veterinary Pathology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, university of Saskatchewan in 1985, from which he retired from as full professor in 1993. Dr. Rousseaux is an Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON; and professeur associé, Département de Biologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, QC.
Dr. Rousseaux has authored over 85 scientific publications, over 85 abstracts and is the co-editor of “Hascheck and Rousseaux’s Handbook of Toxicologic Pathology” (Academic Press: 1991; 2nd Edition: 2002; 3rd Edition: 2013), a standard reference text for pathologists in industrial settings; co-editor of “Fundamentals of Toxicologic Pathology” (Academic Press: 1998; 2nd Edition: 2010), a graduate student text; and co-author of “Bioavailability in Environmental Human Health Risk Assessment” (Lewis Publishers: 1996). He has continued to practice diagnostic and research pathology. In 1992, Dr. Rousseaux was awarded the SmithKline Beecham Award for Research Excellence for his work in developmental toxicologic pathology. He has taught numerous courses at the graduate and undergraduate level encompassing subjects such as diagnostic and experimental pathology, general toxicology, teratology and experimental design. In 1996 he was symposium and program chair of the 15th Annual General Meeting of the Society of Toxicologic Pathologists “Risk Assessment and the Toxicologic Pathologist.” He was President of the Society of Toxicologic Pathology (USA), a member of the Executive and Educational Standards Committees, and Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee, member of Continuing Education Committee, Annual Symposium Committee of this Society and Chair of the Investment Working Group. He was also a councilor for the International Federation of Societies of Toxicologic Pathologists.
From 1992-1999, Dr. Rousseaux was founding principal and president of GlobalTox International Consultants Inc., and was manager of the Ottawa office. He has aided in the development of regulatory documents for the Therapeutic Products Programme and Pest Management Regulatory Agency, and also has developed the basis for the data requirements currently used in the Pest Management Regulatory Agency for Category A and B submissions. He has provided expert legal support and provided standard of care assessments for cases in a number of countries. From 1998-1999, he was CEO of RSG ConsulTest Inc., an innovative integrated laboratory testing and consulting system, which he designed in 1994. He was on secondment as an executive to the Therapeutic Products Directorate and Veterinary Drug Directorate, at Health Canada and Visiting Professor at the University of Ottawa, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine from 1999-2002. Presently, Dr. Rousseaux is principal of Colin Rousseaux and Associates and is adjunct professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Stolen – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: The Perfect crime is his first novel.
Description
This book is a fictitious account of the disappearance of MH370 on route to Beijing based on the information available to the general public. It is a novel – a story – that involves settings in Africa, Europe, USA, Malaysia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China and Australia.
Manny Liu lives with his wife Li-Na and young daughter Li-Li above a Milk Bar in Melbourne Australia. Sadly, Li-Na’s mother, Bao-Yu, dies. Ming, her father, demands that Li-Na return for the funeral in Beijing. The date is March 6th, 2014. At such short notice, Li-Na with Li-Li in tow must make the trip to Beijing via Kuala Lumpur.
In Angola, Babs Angula, a retired warlord from the Angolan civil war, hatches a nefarious plan with Otto von Eschen, a diamond merchant, to steal a Boeing 777. Babs has amassed considerable wealth in blood diamonds and his greed shows no bounds. Otto will stop at nothing to achieve Babs’ plan using blackmail, bribes and even murder!
Book excerpt
Flavio grabbed his list. “Give that to me or we shall be here ‘til tomorrow!” He read the list and stopped. “I thought you could read a little bit. Put your headset on.” Flavio finished the list skipping two items: identification lights ON and transponder ON.
The hamster cage started to rotate slowly then increased in speed. “Fuel ignition switch ON.” Flavio flipped a switch initiating a roar of ignited fuel. The engine rapidly increased in pitch and volume. The blue smoke of unburned fuel lasted only a couple of seconds. Flavio started the other two engines and pushed the three throttles forward. The pitch of the engines increased and the jet moved forward. The hum of the electronics and cockpit machinery mixed with the pungent odour of distillate brought Brian back to times in a helicopter on the way to a mission.
The radio crackled and Air Traffic Control came through loud and clear. “N844AA you are not cleared for take off. N844AA–” Flavio interjected.
“ATC we are just testing the engines.” He changed the frequency before ground control could reply.
“Okay Brian. Let’s go test these engines!”
Flavio’s face had a grin of a child starting a roller coaster ride as he pushed the three throttle levers forward to their maximum. The engines spooled up pushing them back in their seats as the thrust increased. He liked this aeroplane.
Flavio pulled back on the yoke detaching the jet from the ground. “Boy this thing is powerful!” The ground fell away. “But what a gas guzzler.” The black contrails confirmed his comment.
Flavio moved the undercarriage lever to the up position. Seabird’s appendages clunked home and the doors clamped shut and the noise level dropped. “Once we level out you’ll see nothing but sea.” Flavio reassured Brian as he retracted the flaps. He backed off the throttles and levelled out a little. They reached a cruising altitude of 30,000 feet.
Flavio looked at his watch. “I estimate arrival and touch down in the DRC at about 19:55. I just hope the runway is not too soft.” Flavio adjusted the radio frequency.
“This is Seabird calling Charlie. Come in Charlie. Over”
A heavily accented voice replied. “Seabird this is Charlie. Over.”
“Charlie I read you 5 by 5. Request permission to land at base, over.”
“Permission granted. What’s your ETA, over?”
Flavio looked at his watch. “ETA is in 75 minutes. I repeat ETA in one hour 15 minutes. Over.”
“Message received. Land from the east. Wind 10 knots west. Over.”
“Charlie this is Seabird. WILCO. Over and out.”
As the sun said goodnight, the dark blue ocean metamorphosed into dark mounds of jungle. The undulating green decayed to sinister black as the sun reflected off the remaining treetops still illuminated: pebbles on a black beach. An hour passed quietly until Flavio broke the silence taking the aeroplane off autopilot and pulling back on the throttles.