March 8, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 flew from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing with 239 passengers on board. An hour after it left the airport, MH370 lost contact with Malaysia’s air control authorities. Day 1 of the search and rescue operations ended no result not until more than three weeks of multinational efforts.
Today, Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak concluded that the missing flight MH370 ended its journey in a remote area in the Indian Ocean. Text messages were sent to family members of those onboard the missing plane saying that “beyond reasonable doubt” MH370 is lost in the Indian Ocean with no survivors.
The information released by the Malaysian PM was based on the new analysis of Inmarsat, a British satellite firm that provided data for the search operations of the missing MH370. The information was strengthened with more analysis from UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB).
With a heavy heart, Prime Minister Razak confirmed that the analysis from the two firms, "have concluded that MH370 flew along the southern corridor, and that its last position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth.”
Razak added, "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."
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