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Malaysia's prime minister: Flight 370 crashed in Indian Ocean

 

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Malaysia’s prime minister: Flight 370 crashed in Indian Ocean, no survivors expected

Prime Minister Najib Razak said officials didn’t expect to find anybody alive 17 days after Beijing-bound Flight 370 vanished into thin air. In a follow-up message to passengers’ relatives, Malaysia Airlines said it ‘deeply regrets that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived.’

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Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak (C) makes an announcement on the latest development on the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane at Putra World Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur March 24, 2014. Prime Minister Najib has told families of passengers of a missing Malaysian airliner that the plane ended its journey in the southern Indian Ocean, he said on Monday. Seen on right is Malaysia's acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and on left is Department of Civil Aviation's Director General Azharuddin Abdul Rahman.   Edgar Su/Reuters Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak said Monday that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 plunged into the Indian Ocean west of Australia. Razak said officials reached that conclusion based on new data provided by U.K. recovery teams.
The missing plane may have finally been located. But there are likely no survivors.
That was the grim message Monday as reports of debris found in the southern Indian Ocean raised hopes that missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might soon be found —a dagger to the heart of relatives who prayed their loved ones might have survived any crash.
Malaysia’s embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak broke the news after the Australians informed his officials that two “objects” that could be part of a plane were found floating in the water by a search plane.

A family member of a passenger aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries after watching a television broadcast of a news conference, at the Lido hotel in Beijing, March 24, 2014. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has told families of passengers of a missing Malaysian airliner that the plane ended its journey in the southern Indian Ocean, he said on Monday. 
A family member of someone on board Flight 370 reacts to the announcement that the plane plunged into the Indian Ocean.
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  • A family member of a passenger aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries after watching a television broadcast of a news conference, at the Lido hotel in Beijing, March 24, 2014. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has told families of passengers of a missing Malaysian airliner that the plane ended its journey in the southern Indian Ocean, he said on Monday. 
  • A relative of one of the Chinese passengers aboard the Malaysia Airlines, MH370 is taken away on a stretcher after being told of the latest news in Beijing, China, Monday, March 24, 2014. It was the grim news that families of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight had dreaded for weeks, and on Monday they heard it from Malaysia’s prime minister: new analysis of satellite data indicates the missing plane crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
  • Relatives of Chinese passengers aboard the Malaysia Airlines jet, MH370, grieve after being told of the latest news in Beijing, China, Monday, March 24, 2014. It was the grim news that families of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight had dreaded for weeks, and on Monday they heard it from Malaysia’s prime minister: new analysis of satellite data indicates the missing plane crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
  • Relatives of Chinese passengers aboard the Malaysia Airlines MH370, react after being told the latest update in Beijing, China, Monday, March 24, 2014. A new analysis of satellite data indicates the missing Malaysia Airlines plane crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Monday. The news is a major breakthrough in the unprecedented two-week struggle to find out what happened to Flight 370, which disappeared shortly after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew aboard on March 8. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
  • Grieving Chinese relatives of passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 console each other after being told of their deaths at the Metro Park Lido Hotel in Beijing on March 24, 2014. Tears and cries of inconsolable pain and loss echoed from a Beijing hotel ballroom as the relatives of MH370 passengers learned the news: their loved ones were dead. Some clung on to other family members for crumbs of comfort as they left the room where they were told the Malaysia Airlines flight had ended, incontestably, in the remote southern Indian Ocean. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTONMARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images
  • Grieving Chinese relatives of passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 console each other after being told of their deaths at the Metro Park Lido Hotel in Beijing on March 24, 2014. Tears and cries of inconsolable pain and loss echoed from a Beijing hotel ballroom as the relatives of MH370 passengers learned the news: their loved ones were dead. Some clung on to other family members for crumbs of comfort as they left the room where they were told the Malaysia Airlines flight had ended, incontestably, in the remote southern Indian Ocean. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTONMARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images
  • Family members of passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines MH370 cry after watching a television broadcast of a news conference, in the Lido hotel in Beijing, March 24, 2014. The Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared over two weeks ago crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Monday.
  • Family members of passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines MH370 cry after watching a television broadcast of a news conference, at the Lido hotel in Beijing, March 24, 2014. The Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared over two weeks ago crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Monday. 
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“It is possible that the objects could be received within the next few hours or possibly by tomorrow morning,” acting transport minister Hishamuddin Hussein said.
But Razak said they didn’t expect to find anybody alive 17 days after Beijing-bound Flight 370 vanished into thin air.
For them, the past few weeks have been heartbreaking; I know this news must be harder still.
“For them, the past few weeks have been heartbreaking,” Razak said. “I know this news must be harder still.”
In a follow-up message to the relatives, Malaysia Airlines said it “deeply regrets that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived.”

An RAAF Orion aircraft arrives back at Pearce Air Base in Bullsbrook, Australia after assisting in the continuing search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images An RAAF Orion aircraft returns to Pearce Air Base in Bullsbrook, Australia, after assisting in the continuing search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean.
“We must now accept all evidence suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean.”
Razak said satellite data showed the Boeing Co. 777-200ER flew south instead of north after taking off from Kuala Lumpur.

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“Its last position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean” off Australia’s west coast, Razak 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.”
One piece of the debris found by the Aussies was described only as gray or green and circular, while the other was orange and rectangular in shape.
The Chinese also reported spotted two large floating objects and several white, square-shaped ones in a part of the Indian Ocean where satellite imagery has shown other potential debris.
About two-thirds of the 239 passengers aboard the apparently doomed flight were Chinese, and their government wasn’t as eager to throw in the towel.

Relatives of passengers from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 leave after another meeting with airline officials in Beijing.
Relatives of passengers from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 leave after another meeting with airline officials in Beijing.
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  • Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lt. Russell Adams (left) speaks to members of the media about the search for the plane on Sunday.
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“We are still racing against time,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a ministry briefing. “As long as there is a glimmer of hope, our search efforts will carry on.”
China has redirected the icebreaker Snow Dragon toward the latest find along with 26 other Chinese ships and fishing boats that were in the area.

A family member of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 looks at messages on a whiteboard marking the number of days since the Malaysia Airlines flight went missing. JASON LEE/REUTERS A family member of a passenger on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 looks at messages on a whiteboard marking the number of days since the Malaysia Airlines flight went missing.
The mysterious disappearance of Flight 370 on March 8 has raised speculation ranging from the plane being taken over by terrorists to a spectacular act of suicide by either the pilot or co-pilot.
And it his provided all kinds of fodder to conspiracy theorists.
As long as there is a glimmer of hope, our search efforts will carry on.
But nobody really knows yet why the plane veered so wildly off-course and disappeared.
Malaysian police dismissed as “mere speculations” reports that shortly before takeoff, pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah received a mysterious phone call from a woman using a cellphone obtained under a false identity.
With Irving De John and News Wire Services
msheridan@nydailynews.com; or follow him at Twitter.com/NYDNSheridan

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