Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Satellite Data Pinpoints Plane In Remote Area of Indian Ocean

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After more than two weeks since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared from radar on its journey from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China, new satellite data reveals that the plane's journey ended in a secluded location of the Indian Ocean.

In a press conference, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced the news.

"This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites," Razak said, according to ABC News.

According to CBS News, Razak said that his information came from unprecedented analysis of satellite data from Inmarsat.

Malaysia Airlines sent a text message alerting the families of the 289 people on board the Boeing 777-200 flight prior to the press conference, ABC News reported.

"Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived," the text message read.

"As you will hear in the next hour from Malaysia's Prime Minister, we must now accept all evidence suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean."

News of the March 8 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 comes after search crews spotted unidentified objects in the ocean over the weekend that were believed to be related to the flight. According to ABC News, the items found were believed to be wooden pallets. Although the flight had been carrying the wooden pallets, it is still not reported if the wreckage is from the flight.

There is still no word on what caused the plane to veer from its course and authorities have not yet ruled out the ideas of terrorism or if the intentions of the pilots involved in the disaster.

The U.S. Pacific Command stated that it was sending a black box locator to the area, with hopes of learning more about the fate of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, according to CBS News.

The flight vanished from radar after 1 AM on March 9th, but satellite data showed that it continued to fly up to seven hours.

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