Satellite data has reportedly confirmed that Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 crashed into the southern Indian Ocean.
According to Sky News, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak released a statement explaining what happened.
It read: “Using a type of analysis never before used in an investigation of this sort, they have been able to shed more light on MH370’s flight path.
“Based on their new analysis, Inmarsat and the AAIB 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.
“This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites. It is therefore with deep sadness and regret that I must inform you that, according to this new data, flight MH370 ended in the south Indian Ocean.”
He also explained that further details will be revealed at a press conference tomorrow and that the families of those on board had been notified.
“For them, the past few weeks have been heartbreaking; I know this news must be harder still. I urge the media to respect their privacy, and to allow them the space they need at this difficult time.”
Incredible distress as families told “no survivors” on flight #MH370, @lucywatsonitv reports http://t.co/X3OBybr3KN pic.twitter.com/DVygl6bLDd
— ITV News (@itvnews) March 24, 2014
According to the BBC, relatives received the following text: “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. As you will hear in the next hour from Malaysian’s Prime Minister, we must now accept all evidence suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean.”
Flight MH370 disappeared with 239 people on board on March 8th. Over the last week, authorities have been investigating a number of pieces of debris found in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Australia.
