Malaysia Airlines loses contact with plane carrying 239 people - Malaysian Prime Minister: missing flight ended in the southern Indian Ocean - no survivors

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Australian Maritime Safety Authority

20th March, 2014: 2300 (AEDT)

Search operation for Malaysian airlines aircraft: Update 7

Search operations in the Southern Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft have been completed for the day in the Australian Search and Rescue Region.

Four aircraft were tasked by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority on Thursday to a 23,000 square kilometre area about 2500 kilometres south-west of Perth.

This followed the receipt of satellite data imagery from the Australian Geospatial Intelligence Organisation on Thursday morning.

The imagery, on analysis by AGO, identified two objects possibly related to the missing aircraft.

The images were captured on March 16..Due to the volume of imagery being searched, and the detailed process of analysis that followed, the information was brought to the attention of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority on Thursday morning.

The images have been assessed as being credible but it is possible they do not relate to the search.

The four aircraft involved in Thursday?s search covered an area of 23000 square kilometres.

Two Royal Australia Air Force AP-3C Orions, a US Navy P8 Poseidon, and a Royal New Zealand Air ForceP-3K2 Orion were utilised, along with an RAAF C-130J Hercules aircraft.

A merchant ship arrived in the search area on Thursday evening. Another merchant ship is en route to the area.

A total of six merchant ships have assisted in the search since a shipping broadcast was issued on Monday night.

The Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Success is also en route to the search area.

The search will continue on Friday.

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Monday, March 24, 05:30 PM MYT +0800 Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight Incident - Press Statement by Ministry of Transport, Malaysia

Introductory statement

The search for MH370 continues. Over the past few days, new leads from satellite data have focused our search and rescue operations in the southern corridor. Our partners continue to deploy assets to assist us, as we work to narrow the search areas.

1. Operational update

Yesterday, 18,500 square nautical miles were searched in the Australian search area.

Two orange objects approximately one metre in length and one white coloured drum were sighted by search aircraft, but remain unidentified and have not been conclusively linked to MH370.

HMAS Success detected two radar targets within the search area, but could not locate the targets on further investigation of the area.

Earlier today, a Chinese search plane reportedly sighted objects in the Australian search area. These objects are not in the vicinity of those which were identified by the Australian authorities last week.

A few minutes ago the Prime Minister received a call from the Prime Minister of Australia, who informed him that an Australian search aircraft had located two objects in the Australian search area, one circular and one rectangular.

HMAS Success is in the vicinity and it is possible that the objects could be received within the next few hours, or by tomorrow morning at the latest.

Three search areas, totalling approximately 20,000 square nautical miles, have been identified for operations today. RCC Australia anticipates that 10 aircraft will be used.

HMAS Success remains the only vessel in the search area. A number of Chinese vessels are expected to commence arriving within the search area on 25th March.

3 aircraft - 2 from Japan and 1 from the UAE ? have already departed from Subang today and are en route to the southern corridor.

6 Malaysian ships, with 3 ship-borne helicopters, are now in northern part of the southern corridor. 10 Chinese ships are in the southern corridor, carrying out search and rescue operations. HMS Echo is currently refuelling in the Maldives and will be sailing to the southern corridor this evening.

In the northern corridor, Turkmenistan have confirmed they have not had any sightings of MH370 on their radar. Each piece of information we receive from our partners in the northern corridor helps us to continuously narrow the corridor.

1. Satellite images

New leads into MH370?s possible location have come from satellite data. This was one of the four tools we identified that could narrow the search area, along with surveillance radar data, increasing surface and air assets, and bringing in more technical experts.

The most recent images were obtained by French satellites, which captured radar images of potential objects in the vicinity of the southern corridor on 21<SUP>st</SUP> March. These images were received by Malaysia on the evening of the 22nd March, and were relayed to RCC Australia on the morning of the 23rd March, as they are leading the search in that particular area of the southern corridor.

This morning we have received a further set of images from French satellites, this time captured by cameras. These images were taken yesterday and have been relayed to RCC Australia.

2. Family briefings

Yesterday, the high-level team met with families in Beijing for more than eight hours.

The families asked many questions, and made detailed requests for radar readings and other data. Some of these questions could not be answered, and some of the data they requested was still being held by the investigation, as is standard procedure in investigations of this sort.

After meeting with the families for a total of more than twelve hours, and taking hundreds of questions, the high-level team has returned to Kuala Lumpur to discuss the matters raised at the meetings. They will return to Beijing tomorrow to continue.

The briefings in Kuala Lumpur over the last two days went smoothly, and the families responded as positively as could be expected, with the families engaging with representatives from the relevant authorities.
It has always been our intention to keep the families as fully informed as possible. We continue to do so.

3. Specific questions

There are a few specific questions I would like to respond to.
On the police investigation, we can confirm that the police have interviewed more than a hundred people, including families of both the pilot and co-pilot.

As far as the transcript is concerned, the technical committee is considering releasing it and we will keep you informed about the decision.
The Inspector General of the Police will attend tomorrow?s press conference to answer further questions on the investigation.

We can also confirm that MH370 was carrying wooden pallets. However, there is as yet no evidence that these are related to the wooden pallets reportedly sighted in the Australian search area.

4. Concluding remarks

The search for MH370 has taken us halfway around the world. At the moment there are new leads, but nothing conclusive. Our thoughts continue to be with the families who are still waiting for news. In the meantime, we are grateful for the on-going co-operation shown by our partners in this multinational search.

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Malaysian Prime Minister: Missing Flight ?Ended In The Southern Indian Ocean?

March 24, 2014 10:20 AM

PERTH, Australia (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) ? Malaysia?s prime minister said Monday that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight ?ended in the southern Indian Ocean.?

It has been ?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,? Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said at a press conference.

New satellite data shows that the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 plunged into the southern Indian Ocean.

?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,? Razak said.

Malaysia Airlines said there were no survivors.

?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,? the airline said in a statement.
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Monday, March 24, 10:15 PM MYT +0800 Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight Incident - Media Statement 23


Note: The communication below was shared with the family members of passengers and crew of MH370


Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that we have to assume that MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean. As you will hear in the next hour from Malaysia?s Prime Minister, new analysis of satellite data suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean.

On behalf of all of us at Malaysia Airlines and all Malaysians, our prayers go out to all the loved ones of the 226 passengers and of our 13 friends and colleagues at this enormously painful time.

We know there are no words that we or anyone else can say which can ease your pain. We will continue to provide assistance and support to you, as we have done since MH370 first disappeared in the early hours of 8 March, while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

The ongoing multinational search operation will continue, as we seek answers to the questions which remain. Alongside the search for MH370, there is an intensive investigation, which we hope will also provide answers.

We would like to assure you that Malaysia Airlines will continue to give you our full support throughout the difficult weeks and months ahead.
Once again, we humbly offer our sincere thoughts, prayers and condolences to everyone affected by this tragedy.

马来西亚航空公司MH370航空事件
媒体声明廿三
（2014年3月24日晚上10时15分发布）

注：以下信息谨与MH370航班的乘客及机组人员的家属共享。
随着马来西亚首相即将在一项简报声明中指出，根据卫星数据的新分析，MH370航班已坠毁于南印度洋，为此 ，马来西亚航空公司深感悲痛与遗憾地告知各位，我们唯有假设此航班已终结于南印度洋。

在此极度悲伤的时刻，我们谨代表马来西亚航空公司全体同仁与所有马来西亚人，向226乘客以及本航13名友 人兼同事的爱人与亲属致以深切的哀悼与祈祷。

大家悲痛的心情，我们感同身受。我们也知道，此时此刻，不管何人或何语言，都难以抚平内心的伤痛。我们将继 续给您提供援助与支持。正如MH370于3月8日失联后数小时般，从吉隆坡赶往北京，展开进一 步的行动。

仍在进行着的多国搜救行动依然在持续着，毕竟我们寻求答案的问题依然存在。在搜寻

MH370之际，尚有许多方面有待调查，希望也能得到答案。
我们向您保证马来西亚航空在您整个艰巨难熬时期与未来的数月中，继续给您全面的支援与帮助。

我们谨此再次向所有遭受此悲剧的每一位表示深切的哀悼与慰唁。

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Tuesday, March 25, 12:30 AM MYT +0800 Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight Incident - Media Statement 24

It is with deep sadness that Malaysia Airlines earlier this evening had to confirm to the families of those on board Flight MH370 that it must now be assumed the flight had been lost. As the Prime Minister said, respect for the families is essential at this difficult time. And it is in that spirit that we informed the majority of the families in advance of the Prime Minister?s statement in person and by telephone. SMSs were used only as an additional means of communicating with the families. Those families have been at the heart of every action the company has taken since the flight disappeared on 8th March and they will continue to be so. When Malaysia Airlines receives approval from the investigating authorities, arrangements will be made to bring the families to the recovery area and until that time, we will continue to support the ongoing investigation.

马来西亚航空公司MH370航空事件
媒体声明24

(发布时间：2014年3月25日 上午12:30)

怀着沉重的悲伤之情，马来西亚航空公司今晚早些时候向MH370失联航班乘客及机组成员的亲属确定了飞机失 事这一推断。 正如马来西亚总理纳吉布.扎克拉之前在媒体声明中所说的，在这一艰难时刻，对各位乘客家属的尊重至关重要， 也正是因为这一原因，我们在总理发表媒体声明之前，通过电话事先通知了大部分家属这一消息，同时我们还使用 短信作为额外的方式与家属进行了沟通。自从3月8日飞机失联以来，乘客家属一直都是我们每一步行动的重中之 重，在日后的工作中我们也将继续如此。一旦从调查机关获得批准，马来西亚航空公司便会安排将各位乘客亲属带 往恢复区，其后再继续参与到正在进行的调查中去。

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Malaysian Prime Minister: Debris is from MH370

By Ashley Fantz and Jethro Mullen, CNN
Updated 2:19 PM ET, Wed August 5, 2015

(CNN)A piece of debris found on a French beach is indeed part of missing Malaysian Flight 370, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said.

The barnacle-encrusted plane part from the Boeing 777 washed up July 29 on the island of Reunion in the western Indian Ocean.

On Wednesday investigators met at a specialized laboratory in near Toulouse, France, to begin examining the part. Their work took hours and the Razak made the announcement very early Thursday morning Kuala Lumpur time, 515 days since the Kuala Lumpur-to-Beijing flight disappeared with 239 people aboard.

The part is known as a flaperon. It would be the first piece of physical evidence recovered from the Malaysian jetliner.
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