Malaysia PM: plane plunged into Indian Ocean
By Associated Press
Mar 24, 2014 9:05 AM CDT
Malaysia PM: plane plunged into Indian Ocean
A man whispers on a cellphone near a board which reads "MH370 missing day 17" at a room reserved for relatives of Chinese passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines jet in Beijing, China, Monday, March 24, 2014. Rain was expected to hamper the hunt Monday for debris suspected of being from the...   (Associated Press)

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says a new analysis of satellite data shows that the missing Malaysia Airlines plane plunged into the southern Indian Ocean.

If confirmed, the news would be 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.

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