Satellite data showed that flight MH370 flew into the
southern Indian Ocean, Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today, as Malaysia
Airlines said the flight is lost "beyond reasonable doubt".
In a statement to relatives of the 239 people on board the flight, MAS said: "We deeply regret that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board have survived ... We must now accept all evidence suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean."
Najib said families of the passengers and crew had been briefed of the latest development.
British satellite company Inmarsat and the UK Air Accidents Investigation Board (AAIB) had used a new system to calculate MH370's flight path.
"I was briefed by representatives from the United Kingdom AAIB today and Inmarsat, who had performed further calculations on their existing data," Najib told reporters.
"They had used a new type of analysis which had previously never been used before in an investigation like this," he said.
"Both Inmarsat and AAIB have concluded, based on the new analysis, that MH370 flew along the southern corridor," Najib told a press conference at the Putra World Trade Centre.
"The last position of MH370 was in the middle of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth."
"This is a remote location far from any possible landing sites. Therefore, it is with deep sadness and regret that I am informing you that MH370's flight ended in the southern Indian Ocean."
This is indeed the greatest mystery of our time said Tony Abbot, Australian Prime Minister.
- Pray for the families for the crews and passengers of MH370-
