19 Mar 2014 3:30 pm MYT
Here’s a summary of the latest developments:
Investigators examining the plane’s disappearance believe it flew into the southern Indian Ocean, a source told Reuters. “The working assumption is that it went south, and furthermore that it went to the southern end of that corridor,” said the source, referring to a search area stretching from west of Indonesia to the Indian Ocean west of Australia.
- Thailand has released military radar data that backs up Malaysia’s conviction that the plane changed course and flew west over the Malacca Strait. The late release of the data underlines how the search for the plane has been hampered by a reluctance of countries to share military information.
- Continuing profiles and background checks into the pilots suggest no motive for deliberately diverting the plane. A new Reuters profile of the pilot and co-pilot reveals a “picture of normality.”
Twenty-six countries have continued searching two vast arcs of land and sea with no sign of a breakthrough in the investigation. The search area now covers 2.24m square nautical miles – an area larger than Australia and stretching from central Asia down to the southern Indian Ocean.
- A day by day account of how the search has unfolded over the last week and a half lays bear a confusing and sometimes contradictory flow of information. Peter Walker summarises the twists and turns of the search operation.
Source: The Guardian
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