#MH370 Military radar suggests the missing Malaysia Airlines plane turned west, away from its planned route, before vanishing, Malaysias air force says. Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing on Saturday, after taking off with 239 people on board. Earlier, it emerged two men travelling on stolen passports on board the plane were Iranians with no apparent links to terrorist groups, officials said. The international police organisation Interpols Tehran bureau has said the two Iranians had no criminal records and had left Iran legally. One of the men is believed to have been migrating to Germany. There are reports that the plane veered from its route and reached the Malacca Strait, west of Malaysia. The Malaysian authorities initially said flight MH370 disappeared about an hour after it took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, as it flew over the South China Sea, south of Vietnams Ca Mau peninsula. No distress signal or message was sent, but it is believed the plane attempted to turn back, perhaps towards Kuala Lumpur. Officials still do not know what went wrong with the aircraft. None of the debris and oil slicks spotted in the South China Sea or Malacca Strait so far have proved to be linked to the disappearance. In the US, CIA Director John Brennan said the possibility of a terror link could not be ruled out. But he said no claims of responsibility over the missing jet had been confirmed or corroborated. Clearly this is still a mystery, which is very disturbing, he said at the Council on Foreign Relations think-tank. Two-thirds of the passengers on board the plane were Chinese. Some were from a range of other Asian countries, North America or Europe. Relatives have expressed frustration at the lack of information about the planes fate. At least 40 ships and 34 aircraft are taking part in the search in the seas off Vietnam and Malaysia. Search teams from Australia, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, New Zealand and the US are assisting in the operation on both sides of the Malay Peninsula.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 05:18:35 +0000
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