"This
is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites. 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," a somber Razak
said during a media briefing.
The
jet vanished March 8 with 289 people on board after it took off from Kuala
Lampur bound for Beijing.
The
announcement follows weeks of searches that spanned the South China Sea, Strait
of Malacca and finally the south Indian Ocean off of Australia as authorities
tried to figure out what happened to the plane.
The new information came
from British satellite maker Inmarsat, which used a new type of analysis never
before used to try and pinpoint the plane's last known location, Razak said.
"[Inmarsat]
has been performing calculations on the data using type of analysis never
before used in an investigation of this sort and they have been able to shed
more light on MH370. Based on the new analysis, Inmarsat and the (British)
Accidents Investigation Branch have concluded that MH370 flew along the
southern corridor and that it's last position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean,
west of Perth," Razak said.
He
noted that Malaysia Airlines had already been in touch with the families of the
289 people on board, saying that he knew the past few weeks had been
"heartbreaking" for them and that this latest development must be
harder still.
Earlier
today, an Australian plane spotted two objects described as gray or green and
"circular" as well as orange and "rectangular" in the
search area off Australia's coast.
Other
search crews had spotted "suspicious objects" in the Indian Ocean
over the weekend -- including items believed to be wooden pallets. The
Malaysian government said that the missing Boeing 777-200 had been carrying
wooden pallets, were not yet sure whether the pallets matched.
No
wreckage has yet to be recovered.
Investigators
are still trying to determine what happened to the plane after it took off
around midnight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, headed for Beijing, China. It
disappeared off the radar shortly after 1 a.m. but continued to fly, according
to satellite data, for up to seven hours.
Malaysian
authorities are considering the possibilities of hijacking, sabotage, terrorism
or issues related to the mental health of the pilots.
Our prayers and thought from Adenike Salako Blog's World, goes to the Families and Friends, may Lord Comfort you all. RIP to the lost souls.
Culled from
abcnews.go.com
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