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Old 03-11-2014, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by graciegirl View Post
Now they are saying the flight changed direction after both of the transponders were either turned off or went off and the plane continued for at least an hour where it was picked up on radar in the Malacca strait.
I read (either NPR email news updates or NYT online) that Malaysia's military believes it tracked a missing jetliner by radar over the Strait of Malacca, far from where it last made contact with civilian air traffic control. It was at least 200 miles off course.
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