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A missing Malaysian airliner appears to have been deliberately steered off course after someone on board shut down its communications, Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Saturday.
A week after the disappearance of flight MH370, Najib said its last transmission of satellite data came nearly seven hours after it disappeared from radar screens.
But the new satellite data gave no precise location, and the plane's altered course could have taken it anywhere from central Asia to the southern Indian Ocean, he said.
Minutes after the Malaysian leader outlined investigators' latest findings, police began searching the house of the aircraft's 53-year-old captain for any evidence that he could have been involved in foul play.
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in the early hours of March 8 with 239 passengers and crew aboard.
Najib, giving his first statement at a news conference since then, confirmed reports that investigators believe somebody cut off the plane's communications reporting system, switched off its transponder and steered it west, far from its scheduled route.
"In view of this latest development the Malaysian authorities have refocused their investigation into the crew and passengers on board," he said.
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A week after the disappearance of flight MH370, Najib said its last transmission of satellite data came nearly seven hours after it disappeared from radar screens.
But the new satellite data gave no precise location, and the plane's altered course could have taken it anywhere from central Asia to the southern Indian Ocean, he said.
Minutes after the Malaysian leader outlined investigators' latest findings, police began searching the house of the aircraft's 53-year-old captain for any evidence that he could have been involved in foul play.
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in the early hours of March 8 with 239 passengers and crew aboard.
Najib, giving his first statement at a news conference since then, confirmed reports that investigators believe somebody cut off the plane's communications reporting system, switched off its transponder and steered it west, far from its scheduled route.
"In view of this latest development the Malaysian authorities have refocused their investigation into the crew and passengers on board," he said.
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