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countries Scour Sea For Malaysia Jet Lost In ‘Unprecedented Mystery’
Reuters) – T he disappearance of a Malaysian airliner about an hour into a flight to Beijing is an “unprecedented mystery”, the civil aviation chief said on Monday, as a massive air and sea search now in its third day failed to find any trace of the plane or 239 people on board.
Dozens of ships and aircraft from 10 countries scoured the seas around Malaysia and south of Vietnam as questions mounted over possible security lapses and whether a bomb or hijacking attempt could have brought down the Boeing 777-200ER which took off from the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.
The area of the search would be widened from Tuesday, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, the head of Malaysia’s Civil Aviation Authority, told reporters.
A senior police official told Reuters that people armed with explosives and carrying false identity papers had tried to fly out of Kuala Lumpur in the past, and that current investigations were focused on two passengers who were on the missing plane with stolen passports.
“We have stopped men with false or stolen passports and carrying explosives, who have tried to get past KLIA (airport) security and get on to a plane,” he said. “There have been two or three incidents, but I will not divulge the details.”
Interpol confirmed on Sunday at least two passengers used stolen passports and said it was checking whether others aboard had used false identity documents.
Azharuddin said a hijacking attempt could not be ruled out as investigators explore all theories for the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
“Unfortunately we have not found anything that appears to be objects from the aircraft, let alone the aircraft,” he told a news conference.
“As far as we are concerned, we have to find the aircraft. We have to find a piece of the aircraft if possible.”
Azharuddin also said the two men with stolen passports did not look like Asians, but he did not elaborate. Airport CCTV footage showed they completed all security procedures, he said.
“We are looking at the possibility of a stolen passport syndicate,” he said.
A senior source involved in preliminary investigations in Malaysia said the failure to find any debris indicated the plane may have broken up mid-flight, which could disperse wreckage over a very wide area.
“The fact that we are unable to find any debris so far appears to indicate that the aircraft is likely to have disintegrated at around 35,000 feet,” said the source.
Asked about the possibility of an explosion, the source said there was no evidence of foul play and that the aircraft could have broken up due to mechanical causes.
Still, the source said the closest parallels were the bomb explosions on board an Air India jetliner in 1985 when it was over the Atlantic Ocean and a Pan Am aircraft over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988. Both planes were cruising at around 31,000 feet at the time.
The United States extensively reviewed imagery taken by American spy satellites for evidence of a mid-air explosion, but saw none, a U.S. government source said. The source described U.S. satellite coverage of the region as thorough.
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Ken
March 10, 2014 at 4:49 pm
Alliens aboard the UFO have taken the Jet to Mars. Let’s go and beat the hell out of them.
id!ot!
March 10, 2014 at 5:11 pm
Iwe Ken, what do you smoke?…kekekekekekekkeeeee!! Anyway ba Tumfweko tell us about the Mpongwe accident, leave the Asians alone.
PM
March 10, 2014 at 6:25 pm
Crazy Ken!
survivor
March 10, 2014 at 6:43 pm
MTSRIEP
Cbj
March 10, 2014 at 7:27 pm
Tis is sad.but tb Josha must know where it is.y cant he tell dem as he saw this hapeening last yr…
Oscar
March 10, 2014 at 9:45 pm
tb joshua is a thief a liar and a crook!!
Pastors Come To Me For Juju Says Voodoo man!!
March 10, 2014 at 9:46 pm
Sawyer
March 10, 2014 at 10:19 pm
LOST season 1
mwamba mutale
March 10, 2014 at 11:42 pm
So the guy who call himself ***** must be from easten or is HH’s nephew
Accumen
March 11, 2014 at 2:21 am
Lost, why not ask TB Joshua he must know where the plane is.
Accumen
March 11, 2014 at 2:41 am
Africans very superstitious as ussuall no wonder we are poor and the western world take advantage of us.Try to apply science will be fine.This stupidity by these traditional doctors should be abolished in Zambia.
Rusty
March 11, 2014 at 12:52 pm
Mateyo
March 11, 2014 at 8:52 am
Leave the man of God out of it,he was told by God over that situation its not like its something that he can do on his own! talking bad about men of God be careful u might just be slapped at the end of the day by God. i also understand that u might be working for the opposition.
muntu
March 11, 2014 at 11:11 am
Was sata in the same plane?
Rusty
March 11, 2014 at 12:54 pm
You wish!