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Sunday, March 9, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight May Have 'Disintegrated' In The Air

Buddhist monks offer a special prayer for passengers aboard a missing plane at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Sunday.
Buddhist monks offer a special prayer for passengers aboard a missing plane at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Sunday.


So far there is no evidence of foul play, the source said.A basic security check was mishandled regarding the missing Malaysia Airlines flight that had at least two passengers who used stolen passports, an international police agency said Sunday. Vietnamese media are reporting that search efforts off the coast of the country are finding objects in the water, but so far there is no confirmation they are part of Flight MH370. Debris found about 60 miles southwest of the Tho Chu Islands was determined to not be a piece of the plane by U.S. officials, reported the Thanh Nien newspaper.

But investigators are also trying to determine the possibility of how as many as four people were able to board the flight with fake documentation. Interpol released a sharply worded criticism of the nations for not checking the international passport database that would have revealed the passports of two passengers were stolen more than 18 months ago in Thailand.
Interpol said it was investigating all other passports used to board Flight MH370 and working to determine the "true identities" of the passengers who used the stolen passports.

Authorities believe possibly four people boarded the plane with false documentation. Early Sunday morning, Malaysia's air force chief said that military radar indicated the missing Boeing 777 jet may have turned back to Kuala Lumpur, but declined to give further details on how far the plane may have veered off course. Rodzali Daud, head of the Royal Malaysian Air Force, said "there is a possible indication that the aircraft made a turnback" and that authorities were "trying to make sense of that."

Malaysia Airlines Chief Executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said the pilot is supposed to inform the airline and traffic control authorities if he does return, but that officials had received no such distress call.

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