介绍:
Malaysia's air force chief is denying media reports the missing Malaysia Airlines fight may have turned back and made its way into the Strait of Malacca on the opposite side of Malaysia.
But while the search for the missing flight is still mostly focused in the Gulf of Thailand, the Strait of Malacca has since been been included in the search grid.
At the same time, the Vietnamese Air Force is planning to start an underwater search later on today.
As the search for the missing flight continues, a Chinese working group has met with families of the passangers in Kuala Lumpur.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Qin Gang:
"The working group met with the first of the Chinese families to arrive in Kuala Lumpur. They also met Malaysia Airline officials, and urged them to look after the families and keep them updated with any progress."
Meanwhile, The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency says they're not yet willing to rule out the possibility of a terror link to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
CIA chief John Brennan's suggestion is running counter to comments made Tuesday by the head of Interpol.
Ronald Noble has gone on-record saying the more information the International Police Organization gets, the more Interpol is inclined to conclude the disappearnce of the Malaysia Airlines flight is not terrorist-related.
This comes after reports surfaced this week that the two Iranian nationals travelling on stolen passports on the flight do not have a criminal record.
There has still been no sign of the flight, which disappeared off radar early Saturday morning while on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Of the 239-passangers and crew onboard, 154 are Chinese nationals.
For the latest on the situation, we earlier spoke with Nadiah Abdul Aziz, a journalist based in Kuala Lumpur.
Questions:
- There are conflicting reports about whether the plane has turned back and made its way into the Strait of Malacca. How does Malaysia authority respond to that?
- Does the authority release any information about the other man traveling on the stolen passport?
- What are the focuses of search now?
- The first batch of family members of Chinese passengers has arrived in Kuala Lumpur, what is their situation?
That was Nadiah Abdul Aziz, a journalist based in Kuala Lumpur.
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