Mystery of Flight MH370 continues

Yet another conflicting storyline emerged overnight in the perplexing disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 nearly six days ago. After search crews failed to find any trace of debris suggested by Chinese satellite photographs, Malaysian officials on Thursday denied a newspaper report that suggested the plane may have kept flying for four hours after its last reported contact. The officials acknowledged the search for the jetliner, which disappeared early Saturday, is becoming harder and harder. The report from The Wall Street Journal said U.S. aviation investigators and national security officials were basing their belief that the missing plane kept flying on data automatically transmitted to the ground from the passenger jet's engines. The account has raised questions among some U.S. officials about whether the plane had been steered off course "with the intention of using it later for another purpose," the newspaper reported, citing a "person familiar with the matter." The newspaper said it was unclear whether the aircraft had landed somewhere or had crashed, according to CNN.