Pilots subjected to ‘shallow’ mental tests

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is helping Malaysian officials determine whether the pilots of missing Flight 370 could have intentionally diverted or crashed the plane, raising questions about whether better psychological screening for pilots could prevent rare, but violent incidents.

Malaysian authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the flight that disappeared March 8 because someone familiar with the 777-200ER’s controls is thought to have changed the plane’s course less than an hour after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur, based on military radar tracking.