Reports of possible MH370 sighting in Maldives denied

Malaysian authorities on Wednesday dismissed reports that islanders from the Maldives had seen a "low-flying jumbo jet" that could have been the missing MH370 plane, implying another false alarm in the 11-day search for the aircraft. Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told at a news conference in Kuala Lumpur that the Maldives air force chief had informed him that the reports were "not true". Police in the Maldives, a honeymoon destination in the Indian Ocean, began investigating on Tuesday after the national Haveeru newspaper reported that residents of a remote southern island had spotted a large plane flying over them on March 8. Haveeru said witnesses on Kuda Huvadhoo had seen a white aircraft with red stripes flying low towards the southern tip of the Maldives on the morning the plane disappeared, according to AFP.