News conference called in Malay capital in about an hour, families in Bejing to be briefed just before the official announcement.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26711298Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says "with great sadness" data now confirms that the aircraft's last position was in the Indian Ocean west of Perth.
7 April 2014
Malaysia missing plane MH370 search has 'best lead so far'
An Australian vessel searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has detected signals consistent with those from "black box" flight recorders.
The Ocean Shield ship picked up the signal twice, once for more than two hours, said Angus Houston, a retired air chief marshal leading the search.
He called it the "most promising lead" so far.
But he said more information was needed: "We haven't found the aircraft yet and we need further confirmation."
9 April 2014
Missing Malaysia plane: Search 'regains recorder signal'
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Teams searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane have reacquired signals that could be consistent with "black box" flight recorders.
An Australian vessel heard the signals again on Tuesday afternoon and evening, the search chief said.
Signals heard earlier had also been further analysed by experts who concluded they were from "specific electronic equipment", he said.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-2697204510 April
A plane searching for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has detected a possible new signal in the southern Indian Ocean, Australian officials say.
An Australian P-3 Orion aircraft picked up the signal in the same area where an Australian vessel detected audio pings earlier this week, officials said.
The signal would require further analysis, but could have been from a "man-made source", officials said.
Abbott says signal 'rapidly fading'
12 April 2014
Signals in remote seas thought to be from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are "rapidly fading" and finding the jet will be a "massive, massive task", Australia's PM says.
Tony Abbott said he was confident "pings" detected by search teams were from the aircraft's black boxes.
But no new signals have been confirmed in the search area since Tuesday.
"No one should underestimate the difficulties of the task still ahead of us," Mr Abbott warned.
1 May
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Air traffic controllers did not realize that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was missing until 17 minutes after it disappeared from civilian radar, according to the preliminary report on the plane's disappearance released Thursday by Malaysia's government.
Did they have reception on that plane though?Jazzy said:Just wondering why no calls were made from that plane. As we well know, almost everyone has a cell phone now-a-days.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-2761517329 May
The area where acoustic signals thought linked to the missing Malaysian plane were detected can now be ruled out as the final resting place of flight MH370, Australian officials say.
The Bluefin-21 submersible robot had finished its search of the area and found nothing, they said.
Efforts would now focus on reviewing search data, surveying the sea floor and bringing in specialist equipment.