Malaysian PM says plane was lost in Indian Ocean
Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has said the the Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 ended its journey in the southern Indian Ocean, ruling out anyone surviving the flight.
The families of those on the plane received a text message from the airline, according to a CNBC producer who saw a copy of it.
The plane disappeared on 8 March; it was flying to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. Debris, which could be from it, has been found off the Australian coast.
The text msg Malaysia Airlines sent to inform Chinese #MH370 families about flight's fate ending in S Indian Ocean pic.twitter.com/Ys3azWL7WB
— Adrienne Mong (@adriennemong) March 24, 2014
Razak has also posted a statement on Facebook confirming the new findings.
Post by Najib Razak.