Malaysia Concludes: 'The Plane Vanished'

Malaysian officials are denying U.S. investigators' report that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 remained in the air for about four hours after it lost contact

Hishammuddin Hussein, minister of defense and acting minister of transport, tweeted on Thursday that the situation was unprecedented and squashed claims that Malaysia had slowed its search for the missing Boeing 777.

Let me be clear, no real precedent for situation like this. The plane vanished#MH370 @HishammuddinH2O

— H2O Comms (@H2OComms) March 13, 2014

According to The Wall Street Journal, U.S. officials believe flight 370 flew for a total of five hours, meaning that the plane, which was carrying 239 people, could have continued traveling for a substantial amount of time under conditions that still remain a mystery Read more...