介绍:
Search for the missing Flight MH370 jetliner has been expanded to include 26 countries in total.
Satellite data suggests the plane could be anywhere in either of two vast corridors: one stretching north from northern Thailand to Kazakhstan, the other south from Indonesia into the Indian Ocean west of Australia.
The government of Kazakhstan is reportedly less-than-enthusiastic about joining the search, suggesting it believes there's very little possibility the radar and airspace controls of the various countries along the route could have missed the plane going by.
The Australian government, for its part, is taking the lead in searching in the southern Indian Ocean west of Perth.
At the same time, Malaysian police have intensified their investigation into the pilots and anyone else on board who had technical flying knowledge.
Malaysian Airlines CEO, Ahmad Jauhari Yayh, says an informal "all right, good night" is the last spoken words ground controllers received from MH370.
"The initial investigation indicated that it was the co-pilot who basically spoke the last time it was recorded on tape."
Jauhari Yayah also says they're still not exactly certain when the plane's communication system was switched off.
"Last ACARS transmission was 1:07. OK, we don't know when the ACARS was switched off after that, it was supposed to transmit 30 minutes from there another transmission but that transmission did not come through, that was the very last transmission we've got, 1:07. When it got switched off? Anytime between then and the next 30 minutes."
The new evidence has increased speculation the plane was diverted thousands of miles off course by someone with deep knowledge of the aircraft and commercial navigation.
In the wake of the new revelations, the Chinese side is readjusting its search efforts, with the focus no longer in the South China Sea.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has also spoken over with phone with his Malaysian counterpart, Najib Razak.
Besides reiterating China's stance of prioritizing the search, Li Keqiang is also requesting Malaysian authorities provide more timely information connected to hunt for the missing plane.
China has dispatched more than 10 specialized vessels, multiple airplanes and 21 satellites to assist in the search.
The authorities have also asked Chinese commercial ships traversing the areas to help.
Flight MH370, with 239 passengers and crew onboard, disappeared around an hour after take-off on an overnight flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8th.
154 of those on the flight are Chinese.
For CRI, I am Lucy Du.
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