- Malaysian PM says new data indicated flight ended in southern Indian Ocean
- He said families of the passengers had been informed of latest development
- Based on analysis by UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch and Inmarsat
- Australian aircraft spots two new objects in southern Indian Ocean
- HMAS Success is 'on scene' and attempting to locate the two objects
- Chinese plane earlier spotted 'suspicious objects' during search for jet
- Co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid recently transitioned to flying Boeing 777s
Najib Razak told a press conference new analysis by the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch and tracking firm Inmarsat indicated the flight ended in the southern Indian Ocean.
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished from civilian radar screens less than an hour after take-off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing with 239 people on board on March 8.
No confirmed sighting of the plane has been made since, but much debris has been found in remote waters off Australia which might be part of the missing plane.
According to Sky News, the families of the passengers on the missing plane are now due to be booked on to flights to take them to Australia.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak today said a
new analysis of satellite data shows that the missing Malaysia Airlines
plane plunged into the southern Indian Ocean
Relatives of passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines
flight MH370 have been informed the plane ended its journey in the
southern Indian Ocean
The families of the passengers on the missing plane are due to be booked on to flights to take them to Australia
The announcement was made as an Australian navy
ship was on its way today to retrieve two new objects spotted by
military aircraft and marked by flares in the search for the missing
Malaysia Airlines jet
He said the data indicated the plane flew 'to a remote location, far from any possible landing sites'.
He said: '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.'
Selamat Omar, the father of a 29-year-old aviation engineer who was on the flight, said some members of families of other passengers broke down in tears at the news.
'We accept the news of the tragedy. It is fate,' Mr Selamat told the Associated Press in Kuala Lumpur.
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