In a last-minute press conference that began on March 24, 10pm, Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that he believes Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 that went missing 17 days ago, might have crashed into the Indian Ocean.
Throughout the day reports have been talking up satellite images (example above) from China and France of different-coloured objects in the Southern Indian Ocean not far from Perth.
While PM Najib Razak did not confirm these debris have been linked to the missing Boeing 777 jet, he said that the MH370 did fly along the Southern Corridor and its last known position was above the middle of the Indian Ocean, a “remote location far from any possible landing sites”.
CBS news correspondent Bob Orr has suggested in a special live report by the news channel that this announcement is not any form of confirmation and that the Prime Minister is just trying to get ahead of the rumour curve.
Meanwhile, it is understood that Malaysia Airlines released a statement before the press conference, to the relatives of passengers onboard MH370. It reads, “We deeply regret that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board have survived. As you will hear in the next hour, from Malaysia’s Prime Minister, we must now accept all evidence suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean.”