El misterio en torno al vuelo 370 de Malaysia Airlines que desapareció cuatro días atrás se ahondó más este martes cuando la Fuerza Aérea malaya anunció que el piloto se desvió de su ruta y recorrió centenares de millas en dirección opuesta antes de esfumarse sin dejar rastro.
Los investigadores encuentran difícil creer que durante ese lapso - al menos una hora - no hubo ninguna comunicación del avión con tierra, ningún aviso o notificación de peligro.
El avión se dirigía de Kuala Lumpur a Pekín con con sus 239 pasajeros y tripulantes, cuando desapareció en la mañana del sábado.
Al mismo tiempo, Ronald Noble, director general de la Interpol afirmó desde Francia que pese a que descubrieron que al menos dos pasajeros viajaban con pasaportes robados, y que éstos habían sido solicitados desde Irán, no creían que había una motivación terrorista.
Sin embargo, las revelaciones sobre el desvío del vuelo vuelven a plantear la posibilidad de que alguien se hizo cargo del timón de la nave y la desvió en dirección contraria. El director general de la Agencia Central de Inteligencia (CIA) de Estados Unidos John Brennan, dijo este martes que no puede descartar un acto de terrorismo y que el misterio es "muy pero muy preocupante".
"Este tipo de desviación de curso es simplemente inexplicable", dijo a CNN Paul Goelz, exdirector de la Junta Nacional de Seguridad en el Transporte (NTSB), la agencia federal estadounidense encargada de este tipo de investigaciones.
Los investigadores hallaron indicios electrónicos de la presencia de la nave cerca del islote Pulau Perak en el estrecho de Malaca, a centenares de millas de la ruta que llevaría al avión a China.
En un caso similar - el del vuelo Air France 447 que desapareció en 2009 en el Atlántico - los investigadores tardaron 5 días para detectar sus señales en alta mar y otros dos años hasta que encontraron los restos del avión y los cuerpos de muchos de las víctimas. Y con cada día que pasa, las corrientes marinas van empujando los posibles restos más allá y la búsqueda se hace más y más difícil.
La agencia china de noticias Xinhua informó que el gobierno dedica 10 satélites a la búsqueda del avión.
Hasta ahora no hay ninguna teoría unificadora que explique lo sucedido.
Avión desaparecido: Malaysia Airlines
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Familiares de los pasajeros del vuelo MH370 de Malaysia Airlines lloran tras escuchar las noticias de que el avión se desplomó en el Océano Índico. El Primer Ministro Najib Razak fue quien informó que no había sobrevivientes de la tragedia, el lunes 24 de marzo de 2014. (credit:GOH CHAI HIN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Familiares de los pasajeros del vuelo MH370 de Malaysia Airlines lloran tras escuchar las noticias de que el avión se desplomó en el Océano Índico. El Primer Ministro de Malasia Najib Razak fue quien informó que no había sobrevivientes de la tragedia, el lunes 24 de marzo de 2014, en Beijing, China. (credit:GOH CHAI HIN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Un familiar de los pasajeros del vuelo MH370 de Malaysia Airlines es llevado por el personal médico luego de haber escuchado la noticia de que el avión desaparecido se desplomó en el Océano Índico. Fue el primer ministro de Malasia, Najib Razak, quien el lunes 24 de marzo de 2014 informó que no había ningún sobreviviente de la tragedia. (credit:GOH CHAI HIN via Getty Images)
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El Primer Ministro de Malasia, Najib Razak, se prepara para informar que el vuelo MH370 de Malaysian Airlines, que estuvo desaparecido durante dos semanas, se desplomó en aguas del océano índico. La noticia se dio a conocer el lunes 24 de marzo de 2014 en Kuala Lumpur. (credit:Getty Images)
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Muestran en conferencia de prensa las imágenes de los dos pasajeros iraníes que abordaron el avion de Malaysia Airlines con pasaportes robados. PHOTO / PHILIPPE DESMAZES (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Así lucen los dos pasajeros iraníes. Llegaron a Malasia con los docuementos originales de su país. AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA (Photo credit should read MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pasajeros de familiares que iban a bordo del avión. En el Hotel Lido en Beijin, China. (credit:Getty Images)
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Una oficial de la Policía de Malasia muestra la foto de uno de los dos ciudadanos iraníes, quienes abordaron con documentos robados el avión MH370. (credit:Getty Images)
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Continúan las labores de búsqueda. AFP PHOTO / HOANG DINH NAM (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Search Continues For Missing Malaysian Arliner Carrying 239 Passengers(11 of45)
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 09: A relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries out at a local hotel where families are gathered on March 9, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airline Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Search Continues For Missing Malaysian Arliner Carrying 239 Passengers(12 of45)
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 09: A relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries at a local hotel where families are gathered on March 9, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airline Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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This picture taken on March 8, 2014 shows an aerial view of an oil slick taken from a Vietnamese Air Force aircraft taking part in a search mission for a missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft, somewhere between Malaysia's east coast and southern Vietnam. Malaysia Airlines said on March 9 that it was 'fearing the worst' for the passenger jet that vanished carrying 239 people, as search teams hunt for the plane. AFP PHOTO/Thanh Nien Newspaper (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - MARCH 09: Malaysian Air Force Chief Tan Ssri Rozali briefs the media about Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on March 9, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by How Foo Yeen/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Search Continues For Missing Malaysian Arliner Carrying 239 Passengers(15 of45)
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 09: A relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 answers media's question as she arrives from Shanghai by train at a local hotel where families are gathered on March 9, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airline Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A woman (C) thought to be a relative of a passenger of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight cries at a hotel in Beijing on March 9, 2014. Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared about an hour after leaving Kuala Lumpur en route to the Chinese capital. A total of 153 Chinese nationals were on board, and anguished relatives camped out at Beijing airport bemoaned the lack of news. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A woman (C), thought to be a relative of a passenger of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, speaks to the media at a hotel in Beijing on March 9, 2014. Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared about an hour after leaving Kuala Lumpur en route to the Chinese capital. A total of 153 Chinese nationals were on board, and anguished relatives camped out at Beijing airport bemoaned the lack of news. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Search Continues For Missing Malaysian Arliner Carrying 239 Passengers(18 of45)
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 09: Hugh Dunleavy, (Center) Head of commercial - Malaysia Airlines speaks to media at Lido Hotel on March 9, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airline Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Search Continues For Missing Malaysian Arliner Carrying 239 Passengers(19 of45)
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 09: Malaysia Airline special assistance team member (R) and a relative (L) of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 walk to have lunch after long time waiting at Lido Hotel on March 9, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airline Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Search Continues For Missing Malaysian Arliner Carrying 239 Passengers(20 of45)
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 09: A relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 answers media's question as she arrives from Shanghai by train at a local hotel where families are gathered on March 9, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airline Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Search Continues For Missing Malaysian Arliner Carrying 239 Passengers(21 of45)
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 09: A relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 says that they have no new infomation from Malaysia Airlines at Lidu Hotel on March 9, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Malaysian Airlines Flight Reported Missing On Route To Beijing(22 of45)
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 08: A relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is surrounded by the media at Lidu Hotel on March 8, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives of passengers on board missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 are escorted for lunch at a hotel in Putrajaya on March 9, 2014 where family members have been put up while awaiting updates of the missing Boeing 777-200. Malaysia on March 9 launched a terror probe into the disappearance the day before of the MAS passenger jet carrying 239 people, investigating suspect passengers who boarded with stolen passports, as relatives begged for news of their loved ones. AFP PHOTO/ MANAN VATSYAYANA (Photo credit should read MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Search Continues For Missing Malaysian Arliner Carrying 239 Passengers(24 of45)
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 09: A relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 tells reporters that the families have no new infomation about Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 at Lidu Hotel on March 9, 2014 in Beijing, China. Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Search Continues For Missing Malaysian Arliner Carrying 239 Passengers(25 of45)
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 09: The delegate of relatives of the passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 distributes a joint statement to media at the entrance of relative area at Lido Hotel on March 9, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airline Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Search Continues For Missing Malaysian Arliner Carrying 239 Passengers(26 of45)
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 09: A Malaysia Airline special assistance team member and a relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 walk to have lunch at Lido Hotel on March 9, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airline Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over waters between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A woman displays the driver's licence of a friend who may be a passenger on board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight at a hotel in Beijing on March 8, 2014. Vietnam said March 8 rescue planes searching for a missing Malaysia Airlines jet carrying 239 passengers spotted two large oil slicks in the sea and it is sending boats to the area. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A man (C) thought to be a relative of a passenger of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight walks through a group of reporters at a hotel in Beijing on March 8, 2014. Vietnam said March 8 rescue planes searching for a missing Malaysia Airlines jet carrying 239 passengers spotted two large oil slicks in the sea and it is sending boats to the area. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 08: (CHINA OUT) A relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries at Lidu Hotel on March 8, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 08: (CHINA OUT) Joshua Law Kok Hwa (C), Malaysia Airlines' regional senior vice president of China, speaks at a conference regarding the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 at the Metropark Lido Hotel on March 8, 2014, in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 08: (CHINA OUT) Joshua Law Kok Hwa (R), Malaysia Airlines' regional senior vice president of China, speaks at a conference regarding the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 at the Metropark Lido Hotel on March 8, 2014, in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 08: (CHINA OUT) Joshua Law Kok Hwa (R2), Malaysia Airlines' regional senior vice president of China, speaks at a conference regarding the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 at the Metropark Lido Hotel on March 8, 2014, in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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An airport worker writes on a sign board advising relatives of passengers of a missing Malaysia Airlines to go to a nearby hotel for information on the flight, at Beijing International Airport in Beijing on March 8, 2014. Malaysia and Vietnam on March 8 led a search for a Malaysia Airlines jet that has gone missing over Southeast Asia, as fears mounted over the fate of the 239 people aboard. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A man (C) thought to be a relative of a passenger of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight walks through a corridor at a hotel in Beijing on March 8, 2014. Rescuers from several nations mounted an air and sea search on March 8 for a Malaysia Airlines jet that has gone missing over Southeast Asia, with grave fears for the 239 people on board. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A man (C) thought to be a relative of a passenger of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight walks through a group of reporrters at a hotel in Beijing on March 8, 2014. Rescuers from several nations mounted an air and sea search on March 8 for a Malaysia Airlines jet that has gone missing over Southeast Asia, with grave fears for the 239 people on board. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 08: A relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 makes a phonecall at Lidu Hotel on March 8, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 08: A relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is surrounded by the media at Lidu Hotel on March 8, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 08: A relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is surrounded by the media at Lidu Hotel on March 8, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 08: A relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 makes a phonecall at Lidu Hotel on March 8, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 08: A relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries at Lidu Hotel on March 8, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 08: Media wait outside an area of the relatives of passengers onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries at Lidu Hotel on March 8, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 08: Chinese people and media wait for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 at Beijing International Airport on March 8, 2014 in Beijing, China. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Liu Guohua, general manager of Malaysia Airlines in greater China, speaks at a press conference in Beijing on March 8, 2014. Malaysia and Vietnam on March 8 led a search for a Malaysia Airlines jet that has gone missing over Southeast Asia, as fears mounted over the fate of the 239 people aboard. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - MARCH 08: Malaysia Airline passenger jets are shown parked on the tarmac at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 8, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing carrying 239 onboard was reported missing after the crew failed to check in as scheduled while flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, according to published reports. (Photo by How Foo Yeen/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A woman (C), thought to be a relative of a passenger of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, uses a mobile phone as she walks through a group of reporters at a hotel in Beijing on March 9, 2014. Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared about an hour after leaving Kuala Lumpur en route to the Chinese capital. A total of 153 Chinese nationals were on board, and anguished relatives camped out at Beijing airport bemoaned the lack of news. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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