
'Object' in sea may be from missing plane
Officials investigating the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner with 239 people on board suspect it may have disintegrated in mid-flight, a senior source says, as Vietnam reports a possible sighting of wreckage from the plane. Ref. Source 9
Tickets linked to stolen passports for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 were purchased by an Iranian man, authorities say.
At least two people on board the plane were traveling on passports stolen from an Austrian and an Italian.
According to Thai police officials, an Iranian man by the name of Kazem Ali purchased the tickets for two friends who he said wanted to return home to Europe. While Ali made the initial booking by telephone, either Ali or someone acting on his behalf paid for the tickets in cash, according to police. Ref. CNN
Malaysian Flight 370 was last detected flying over a small island hundreds of miles from the flight's usual route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, according to a senior Malaysian Air Force official. The official declined to be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media.
If the new data is correct, the aircraft was flying in the opposite direction from its scheduled destination and was on the opposite side of the Malay Peninsula from its scheduled route. Previous accounts had the aircraft losing touch with air traffic control near the coast of Vietnam. Ref. CNN
A Chinese satellite looking into the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 "Observed a suspected crash area at sea," A Chinese agency says.
Flight 370 vanished early Saturday with 239 people on board en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Ref. CNN
San Diego ship committed to jet search
It is possibly the proverbial needle-in-a-haystack search. The San Diego-based destroyer Kidd is scouring a heavily trafficked portion of the Gulf of Thailand for any sign of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight ... Ref. Source 6