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UPDATE:

New US lead thrusts Malaysia jet search into Indian Ocean
KUALA LUMPUR: The needle-in-a-haystack hunt for a missing Malaysian airliner spread to the vast Indian Ocean on Friday after the White House cited "new information" that it might have flown for hours after vanishing nearly seven days ago.

Multiple US media reports, citing American officials, said the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777's communication system continued to "ping" a satellite for a number of hours after it disappeared off radar with 239 people aboard, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

"It's my understanding that based on some new information that's not necessarily conclusive, but new information, an additional search area may be opened in the Indian Ocean," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.

A US Navy official told AFP that the USS Kidd was "transiting the Strait of Malacca en route to the Indian Ocean". The guided-missile destroyer was initially deployed to the Gulf of Thailand on the other side of Malaysia's coast.

It was the latest in a series of tantalising leads that have pulled the search for flight MH370 in multiple directions and deepened one of the biggest mysteries in modern aviation history.

Delhi-based aviation analyst Kapil Kak, a former Indian air marshal, called the situation "inexplicable, unprecedented and shocking".

The new thrust opens an additional search front of daunting magnitude. The Indian Ocean is the world's third largest with an average depth of nearly 3,900 metres (12,800 feet).

It is like going "from a chessboard to a football field", Commander William Marks of the US 7th Fleet told CNN.

Marks insisted the search remained coordinated with the Malaysian authorities and that the US Navy was "not out here freelancing".

Malaysia has not responded directly to the latest US information.

"The investigation team is following all leads that may help locate the missing aircraft," a government statement said Friday afternoon.

It said Malaysia continued "to work closely" with US officials sent to Kuala Lumpur to help in the investigation. Malaysian officials were expected to hold a news conference later Friday.

The lack of results from the investigation and search so far has created a volatile mix of grief, anger, frustration and speculation that the Malaysian authorities have struggled to control.

The government has stressed the "unprecedented" nature of the challenge, with the search parameters expanding daily and the focus swinging wildly from the east to the west of the Malaysian peninsula.

The Boeing 777 vanished early Saturday over the South China Sea with no indication of distress. The night was clear and the weather was fine. The plane has one of the best safety records of any jet, and the airline also has a solid record.

"There are so many stories swirling around. This morning one man told me the plane had landed in Africa," said Subramaniam Gurusamy, a 60-year-old Malaysian security guard whose son was on the flight.

"How am I going to explain to my grandchildren that nobody knows where their father is?" he told AFP.

Adding to the anguish of relatives -- most of whom are Chinese -- has been the succession of false leads, mixed signals, and miscommunication between the various countries involved in the hunt.

"We are racing against time. If the search area is increased soon then our family members' chances of survival will rise," said a Chinese man, surnamed Gao, who waited at a Beijing hotel where passengers' relatives have gathered.

"I hope Malaysia is a country that can keep its promises."

US newspapers and major networks all cited unidentified officials as saying the plane continued to emit signals via satellite "pings" for several hours after it lost contact.

The last such signal was sent four hours after the last radar contact, from over water, at a normal cruising altitude, the Wall Street Journal cited investigators as saying.

Gerry Soejatman, an independent aviation analyst based in Jakarta, was sceptical that the plane could have flown undetected to the Indian Ocean given the number of military radars operated in the region by Malaysia, India, Thailand and Indonesia.

"How could it get past all of that?" said Soejatman. "And if it did, how many people in the military are going to lose their jobs?"

ABC news said US investigators believe the aircraft's data reporting system and its transponder -- which reports its position in flight to ground-based radar -- shut down separately.

The 14-minute interval suggests they may have been deliberately disabled or at any rate did not fail as a result of a catastrophic airframe incident, the US network said.

Coupled with Malaysian radar data indicating that the plane may have inexplicably started to turn back, the sequential shutdown could lend credence to the theory of a cockpit takeover.

But Soejatman said the time lag could have been the result of a fire, "and then the systems go down one by one".

"It doesn't necessarily have to be deliberate," he said.

The plane lost radar contact at around 1:30 am, less than an hour after take-off, according to Malaysian officials.

They have confirmed that the last words heard from the cockpit were a relaxed "Alright, good night" as the plane was due to pass from Malaysian to Vietnamese air traffic control.

- AFP/rw/nd

I was on yahoo and "officials" think that the missing plane may have been hijacked: http://news.yahoo.com/malaysian-official-says-missing-plane-hijacked-051507084.html

A British anti-terrorism expert believes the plane was hijacked using a mobile phone, giving the perpetrator(s) remote access to the aircraft's computer controls. "It is looking more and more likely that the control of some systems was taken over in a deceptive manner, either manually ... or via a remote device turning off or overwhelming the systems," Dr Leivesley said.

 

In my opinion, this is absolutely ridiculous. Now I'm not by any means an aviation expert, but I've looked into this theory and from what I've read it seems it's completely possible for a pilot to override the computer controls on this particular aircraft, rendering a cyber hijacking useless. I believe the aircraft was deliberately (or accidently, ex AFF447) flown into the ocean by either the pilots themselves, or an intruder to the flight deck.

 

Other experts are saying the plane was flown at extreme low altitudes to avoid radar contact and has landed in a "secret" location. What the hell is this, Area 51?

There has been a theory that was posted on Google+ by Chris Goodfellow. Goodfellow stated that the front landing gear could have caught on fire, causing the plane to divert. In an effort to prevent the fire from spreading, the pilots may have turned off some of the electrical components that weren't 100% necessary to get to an airport nearest to them. Unfortunately, the pilots ran out of time, and smoke may have filled the flight deck, causing the pilots to lose consciousness. With nobody to command, the plane may have flown around until all the fuel was exhausted, causing the plane to dive toward the ground. That is one theory, or the fire could have spread to the electrical components in the flight deck, also causing the plane to crash.

A Malaysian newspaper is reporting that investigations into the flight simulator, seized from the home of one of MH370's missing pilots, included software for five practice runways around the Indian Ocean, where the desperate search for the plane is continuing.

The Berita Harian is reporting that five runways were programmed into Captain Zaharie Shah's homemade flight simulator that was taken by police for analysis last Saturday.

The simulator was reassembled at the federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman, where experts conducted the checks.

"Among the software we checked so far is the Male International Airport in Maldives, three airports in India and Sri Lanka, and one belonging to the US military base in Diego Garcia. All have a runway length of 1,000 metres," a source told the Malay daily.

After 10 days of searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, investigators have now conducting extensive background checks on the 239 people on board the plane, including the pilots, crew and passengers.

Investigators are looking into the possibility that the plane could have landed at an airport where control might have been lax, or that it landed on sea, hills or an open space.

China finds no terror link to nationals on Malaysia plane

Intelligence checks on the 153 Chinese passengers aboard a missing Malaysian airliner produced no red flags, China said Tuesday, as investigators struggled to clarify events that led to the plane's dramatic disappearance.

Eleven days after contact was lost with Flight 370 and its 239 passengers and crew, there has been minimal progress in determining what transpired when the Boeing 777 was deliberately diverted off its flight path and where it might have gone.

Two thirds of those on board were Chinese, and Malaysia had asked the authorities in Beijing to run an exhaustive background check on all their nationals.

Particular attention had been paid to one passenger from China's Muslim ethnic Uighur minority, separatist elements of which have become increasingly militant in their struggle against Chinese rule.

On Tuesday, China's ambassador to Malaysia Huang Huikang said no evidence had been found that would link anyone to a possible hijacking or terrorist attack on the jet, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Huang also said China had begun searching for the aircraft in its own territory but gave no further details.

The potential search area, which was only properly identified after a week of fruitlessly scouring the South China Sea, is enormous -- stretching from the depths of the southern Indian Ocean, up and over the Himalaya and into central Asia.

They may have found debris of the plane off the coast of Perth Australia - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26659951

They may have found debris of the plane off the coast of Perth Australia - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26659951

I'm very curious to see if those objects are aircraft debris and if so, I hope they recover the black boxes and get to the bottom of this. 

BBC also reported that specialists have determined that the black box has run through about 1/3 of its battery life so they need to find them quickly

BBC also reported that specialists have determined that the black box has run through about 1/3 of its battery life so they need to find them quickly

The black boxes have a 30 day battery life, it took them two years to find Air France Flight 447's black boxes. Just because the signal is dead doesn't mean they're lost forever. 

The black boxes have a 30 day battery life, it took them two years to find Air France Flight 447's black boxes. Just because the signal is dead doesn't mean they're lost forever. 

Interesting I didn't know that.

Interesting I didn't know that.

It was quite amazing how the chips managed to survive for two years under 4KM of water with very little damage done to them. Back on topic, the first aircraft to reach the debris off the coast of Australia will be a US Navy P-8 Poseidon followed by two other Australian aircraft. The search is to last for several hours, I'm really anxious to find out if these objects are actually aircraft debris. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26661420

It was quite amazing how the chips managed to survive for two years under 4KM of water with very little damage done to them. Back on topic, the first aircraft to reach the debris off the coast of Australia will be a US Navy P-8 Poseidon followed by two other Australian aircraft. The search is to last for several hours, I'm really anxious to find out if these objects are actually aircraft debris. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26661420

Same! This could be the first solid lead or it could be nothing at all seen as the area is known for collecting rubbish, but lets hope it has to do with the plane.

"Malaysia says it must be assumed Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 crashed in to the southern Indian Ocean with no survivors. Malaysian PM Najib Razak made the announcement on Monday night. He said the conclusion was based on fresh analysis of satellite data tracking the flight."

 

The search has been suspended for at-least 24 hours due to bad weather and rough seas. The aircraft is still yet to be found so there is no solid proof that MH370 went down in the Indian Ocean, but with this being the only lead so far, it's a strong possibility. The debris found by satellites days earlier have been found by search planes however it is unconfirmed if the debris is part of an aircraft. 

UPDATE: Last Saturday, 2 pings, hoped to be from MH370's blackboxes were picked up by the Australian Defense Ship Ocean Shield. The search effort for the missing airliner now consists of 11 military aircraft, 1 civil aircraft and 14 ships. Despite all the efforts and attempts, no debris has been found. The search radius has now be narrowed to 57,506km².

 

We also have new evidence that suggests the co-pilot attempted to make a phone call using his mobile phone shortly after the plane vanished. It is unknown who Fariq Abdul Hamid was trying to call and if anything was said during the abrupt phone call. This does however mean the aircraft must of been flying at a lower altitude.

 

http://www.smh.com.au/world/mh370-search-copilot-made-call-after-plane-went-off-flight-path-reports-20140412-zqu2q.html

http://www.smh.com.au/national/black-boxes-like-the-one-on-flight-mh-370-will-soon-be-obsolete-20140412-36k3k.html

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/mh370-search-area-narrowed-20140413-36kzv.html

At the end of the day, someone knows something. We live in a post 9/11, how do we lose a plane? Bells and sirens would be going off if a plane went below a certain elevation.