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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says a new analysis of satellite data indicates the missing Malaysia Airlines plane plunged into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean.

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.

Dressed in a black suit, Najib announced the news "with deep sadness and regret" in a brief news conference late Monday night.

He said Malaysia Airlines has informed the families of passengers of the plane's fate.

Najib said the information was based on an unprecedented analysis of satellite data from Inmarsat.

I don't know why but something about this whole situation just seem weird to me, its not sitting well with me.

So they basically analyzed data and determined it crashed. Where was this data before? And why did it take almost 3 weeks to get it?

Must be failed hijack attempt...y would it go so far then the decided path ??...and this data thing is also not accepatable...

Even though the wreckage has not been found, it is most likely that the plane has crashed rather than being safe somewhere. It is also more likely that there are no survivors.

In this case the kindest thing to do is to tell someone that it is time to let go and move on. Just accept the fact that your loved ones are gone forever. It is cruel to keep people hanging onto hope that does not exist. Closure is better than hanging on. I don't think Malaysian officials did anything wrong in telling people to move on.

How can they possibly say it crashed into the ocean when there's no proof ?!

Missing jet crashed in Indian Ocean, families get text that passengers are dead

The Malaysian prime minister announced Monday that the missing Malaysia Airlines jet crashed in a remote area of the Indian Ocean.

Citing new satellite data, Najib Rizak said during a news conference at 10 a.m. New York time that the plane's last known location was a remote area over the water, and therefore he concluded that the flight ended in the water, with all 239 passengers and crew aboard.

"Based on the new analysis, [investigators] have concluded that MH370 flew along the southern corridor, and that its last position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean west of Perth," Rizak said in announcing the dramatic development.

"This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites. It is therefore for with deep sadness and regret that I must inform you that according to this new data, Flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean," he said.

Malaysia Airlines on Monday also told relatives of the people on board the missing jet that it believes the plane went down in the Indian Ocean with no survivors.

"Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived," it said in a text message to relatives, the BBC reported.

In China, men and women shrieked and sobbed uncontrollably at the news 17 days after the plane disappeared.

Others held up their loved ones who were near collapse.

One woman collapsed and fell on her knees, crying "My son! My son!"

Relatives of passengers in Beijing had been called to a hotel near the airport to hear the announcement.

The text msg Malaysia Airlines sent to inform Chinese #MH370 families about flight's fate ending in S Indian Ocean http://t.co/Ys3azWL7WB"
Adrienne Mong (@adriennemong) March 24, 2014'

In Malaysia, Selamat Omar, the father of a 29-year-old aviation engineer who was on the flight, said relatives of other passengers broke down in tears at the news.

"We accept the news of the tragedy. It is fate," Selamat said.

Selamat said the airline hasn't told the families yet whether they will be taken to Australia, which is coordinating the search for the plane. He said they expect more details Tuesday.

The discovery was made by the British satellite company Inmarsat, which employed a new algorithm to calculate the last known location of the missing plane.

Rescuers had been searching both a northern route and the southern route, where the plane is now believed to have gone down.

Search vessels were steaming toward the area but were not expected to arrive until Tuesday.

The announcement came as Australian and Chinese search planes on Monday spotted more debris where satellite images had shown objects that could have come from the missing airliner.

But it was unclear if the debris came from the jet.

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Originally posted by: return_to_hades

Even though the wreckage has not been found, it is most likely
that the plane has crashed rather than being safe somewhere. It is also more
likely that there are no survivors.

In this case the kindest thing to do is to tell someone that
it is time to let go and move on. Just accept the fact that your loved ones are
gone forever. It is cruel to keep people hanging onto hope that does not exist.
Closure is better than hanging on. I don't think Malaysian officials did
anything wrong in telling people to move on.

I agree!

Those people were anyways would have been died! I don't know whatever it's lie or not but if it gives a closure to family members then its fine!

It is not that easy that just check the satellite and bang we found it.. Do you know how a satellite work? they are re positioning the satellite, taking help from other satellite provider and bringing in new technology. aslo the weather is bad - wind is strong there.. To bring technology from USA to Malaysian can take days not few hours.

the agony of waiting finally come to end to even more devastating n shattering news.. this is just sad but at least the families involved get closure now