Malaysia PM: Plane plunged into Indian Ocean

By Washington Examiner
Published March 24, 2014 4:00am ET
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Malaysia PM: Plane plunged into Indian Ocean
Cyclists hold a banner reading "Pray for MH370" during "The Ride of Prayer" for the missing Malaysia Airlines, flight MH370, outside the departure hall of Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, March 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul) | Joshua Paul

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A new analysis of satellite data indicates the missing Malaysia Airlines plane crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Monday.

The news is a major breakthrough in the unprecedented two-week struggle to find out what happened to Flight 370, which disappeared shortly after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew aboard on March 8.

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