Flight MH370 crashed in Indian Ocean: Najib. Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 239 people onboard that disappeared over two weeks ago ended in the southern Indian Ocean and there was no hope of survivors, Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Monday. New satellite analysis from Britain had shown that Flight MH370, with 239 people on board, was last seen in the middle of the Indian Ocean west of Perth, Australia, he said in a statement. “This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites,” Razak said. “It is therefore with deep sadness and regret that I must inform you that, according to this new data, Flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean.” He added that the families of those on board had been informed of the developments. “Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived,” Malaysia Airlines said in a text message to relatives of passengers and crew, the BBC reported. Razak’s comments came as an Australian navy ship was close to finding possible debris from the jetliner after a mounting number of sightings of floating objects that are believed to parts of the plane. The objects, described as a “grey or green circular object” and an “orange rectangular object”, were spotted on Monday afternoon, said Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, adding that three planes were also en route to the area. The US Navy has ordered a specialized device to help find the “black box” flight and cockpit voice data-crucial in determining what happened to the plane. The high-tech device can locate black boxes as deep as 20,000 feet (6,060mt).
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:42:41 +0000
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