KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 (Agencies): Malaysia's prime minister has announced on the basis of new analysis it must be concluded that missing flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean.
He said Malaysia Airlines had told the families of the 239 people on board.
Earlier, Malaysia Airlines reportedly told relatives of the 239 people on board a missing passenger jet that it believes the plane went down in the Indian Ocean with no survivors.
"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," it said in a text message to relatives..
Flight MH370 went missing after taking off on 8 March.
The announcement by PM Najib Razak came on the fifth day of an international search effort in the southern Indian Ocean.
Based on new analysis the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch and Inmarsat, the UK company that provided satellite data, "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," he said.
"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."
Missing plane lost, says Malaysia
FE Team | Published: March 25, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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