A widened investigation was conducted last Monday regarding the missing Boeing 777 aircraft of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. The search is now on its third day with no traces of the missing plane. Meanwhile, investigators had been scouring the Southeast Asian waters after oil slick was reported to be seen. However, authorities said that the claims were not true.
Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, the civil aviation chief of Malaysia said that there were five passengers that checked in the flight but were not able to board the plane. The baggages of these five were already removed prior to the plane’s departure. The aviation officer also said that they the Kuala Lumpur International Airport has conducted procedures according to international standards and that surveillance has been done. Abdul Rahman also said that the airport was audited, reported FoxNews.
The single link associated with the missing aircraft was two men who were reported earlier to have boarded the plane with stolen passports. However, this was not tied to a terroristic attack rather seen to be a part of a syndicate.
According to a senior Malaysian police who told Reuters on Monday, there were recorded incidents regarding people who have tried to fly out of Kuala Lumpur with fake passports and explosives but were reprimand.
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