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| Missing Malaysia plane: Search begins in two air corridors | Missing Malaysia plane: Search begins in two air corridors |
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| Searches have started in two air corridors for missing flight MH370, Malaysia's transport minister confirms. | Searches have started in two air corridors for missing flight MH370, Malaysia's transport minister confirms. |
| Malaysia says the plane was intentionally diverted and could have flown on either a northern or southern arc from its last known position. | Malaysia says the plane was intentionally diverted and could have flown on either a northern or southern arc from its last known position. |
| Twenty-six countries have now been asked to help find the jet, which disappeared over a week ago with 239 people on board. | Twenty-six countries have now been asked to help find the jet, which disappeared over a week ago with 239 people on board. |
| The airline believes the co-pilot spoke the final words to ground controllers. | The airline believes the co-pilot spoke the final words to ground controllers. |
| Malaysian officials previously said the last words from the cockpit - "All right, good night" - came after the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS), which transmits key information about the plane to the ground, had been deliberately switched off. | Malaysian officials previously said the last words from the cockpit - "All right, good night" - came after the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS), which transmits key information about the plane to the ground, had been deliberately switched off. |
| It had been unclear who said those words, but Malaysia Airlines says it now believes it was co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid. | It had been unclear who said those words, but Malaysia Airlines says it now believes it was co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid. |
| Meanwhile, investigators are looking at a northern arc stretching from the border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to northern Thailand, and a southern arc from Indonesia to the Indian Ocean. | Meanwhile, investigators are looking at a northern arc stretching from the border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to northern Thailand, and a southern arc from Indonesia to the Indian Ocean. |
| "Today, I can confirm that search and rescue operations in the northern and southern corridors have already begun," the Malaysian Transport Minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, told a press conference on Monday. | "Today, I can confirm that search and rescue operations in the northern and southern corridors have already begun," the Malaysian Transport Minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, told a press conference on Monday. |
| Australia is taking charge of the southern area search for the missing Malaysian plane. | |
| "Over the past two days, we have been recalibrating the search for MH370," said Mr Hussein. | "Over the past two days, we have been recalibrating the search for MH370," said Mr Hussein. |
| "It remains a significant diplomatic, technical and logistical challenge. Malaysia is encouraged by the progress made during such a short period of time." | "It remains a significant diplomatic, technical and logistical challenge. Malaysia is encouraged by the progress made during such a short period of time." |
| Meanwhile, police have searched the homes of Captain Zaharie Shah and co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid. A flight simulator taken from the captain's home was being reassembled and examined at police headquarters, officials said. | Meanwhile, police have searched the homes of Captain Zaharie Shah and co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid. A flight simulator taken from the captain's home was being reassembled and examined at police headquarters, officials said. |
| The plane left Kuala Lumpur for Beijing at 00:40 local time (16:40 GMT) on 8 March. | The plane left Kuala Lumpur for Beijing at 00:40 local time (16:40 GMT) on 8 March. |
| It disappeared off air traffic controllers' screens at about 01:20, when it was over the South China Sea. | It disappeared off air traffic controllers' screens at about 01:20, when it was over the South China Sea. |