Malaysian Airlines Flight Mh370 News Update: A new theory has emerged that the missing Malaysia Airlines plane may have flown on for hours beyond its last reported sighting, adding a new twist to a saga of conflicting details and misinformation in the still fruitless search for flight MH370 cited from The Guardian.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the plane had still been automatically sending data back to Boeing well after the time that authorities have said it dropped off radar screens. On Thursday, Malaysia and Vietnam sent aircraft to an area of the South China Sea where China said satellite photos showed possible debris. A report from the same source had claimed US investigators believed the plane had flown for five hours, based on data reportedly transmitted to Rolls-Royce, the British engine manufacturers. The Journal later corrected its report, saying the information from the US was based upon an analysis of signals sent through the plane's satellite-communication link, designed to automatically transmit the status of onboard systems.
Quoted from The Guardian, "The last definitive sighting of the aircraft on civilian radar came shortly before 1.30am on Saturday, less than an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, as it flew north-east across the mouth of the Gulf of Thailand bound for Beijing. The Wall Street Journal, citing two people in the US familiar with the details, said US investigators suspected the Boeing 777 actually stayed in the air for about four hours past that time.
The report adds to a pile of speculation and confused accounts of the plane's last movements. It raises the possibility that the plane, and the 239 people on board, could have flown on for hundreds of additional miles under conditions that remain murky. Authorities remain uncertain about which ocean to search for the jetliner, which went missing on Saturday after taking off from Kuala Lumpur."
Euro News said that according the US media, the US determines to find the missing Malaysian Airlines plane. And they are focused on a new clue. A Pentagon official quoted by ABC news said that the warship USS Kidd is moving to the Indian Ocean, following an "indication" that the MH370 flight could have crashed on Saturday in the area.
Hishammuddin Hussein, Malaysia's transport minister confirmed on Thursday that Malaysian authorities were looking into the lead. The minister said in twitter, "Bombardier has already been dispatched to investigate alleged claims of debris found by Chinese satellite imagery.
The official confidently told reporters that "Malaysia has nothing to hide" and the search efforts will continue to be focused on the South China Sea.
