Fuller, Thomas. "Search for Missing Jet Shifts to Indian Ocean Amid Confusion Over Radar."The New York Times. The New York Times, 13 Mar. 2014. Web. 13 Mar. 2014.
New information was recently released about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that the plane could have been airborne or functional for hours after losing communication with the plane. With this new information it is believed that the plane could have traveled hundreds of miles west, across the Malaysian Peninsula and then out into the Indian Ocean. The plane was bound for Beijing, China and had enough fuel on board to fly at least 2,500 miles. Contact was first lost in the first forty minutes of the flight when the plane was on course and heading from Kuala Lumpur over the Gulf of Thailand. The United States has now taken action to help and search for the plane by sending an American naval aircraft and American destroyer to help with search efforts. From what I have heard it was possible the plane could have gone over hundreds of miles in any direction, north, south, west, or east which would will make it extremely hard to find the aircraft. It will be very interesting to find out what happened to the plane and why it happened when it is found.
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