broken as we came on air. in addition to the information on the up and down movements of the plane, today, a station confirmed the plane contacted the network. the pings sent out could help the authorities find the trajectory and even the aircraft. we ve learned the search area has expanded. to give you more on what they suspect take a look. at the last known position, the plane was at 35,000 feet. it is now thought the plane climbed to 45,000 feet well above the same limit prior to that. that is above the approved altitude limit. the plane is believed to have made a sharp turn left and then descended to below normal cruising levels. from there, the plane changed again, doing a drastic course
we re following the breaking news that is coming in this time from the new york times. reporting that the malaysia air flight 370 experienced significant changes in altitude and altered its course more than once as if still under a pilot s control. american officials and others familiar with the investigation says radar signals appear to show the missing airliner climbing to over 45,000 feet soon after it disappeared from civilian radar and then made a sharp turn to the west. radar shows that the plane desended unevenly to an altitude of 23,000 feet. that s below cruising levels. malaysia s large and popular island of panang over to the indian ocean. this follows the cnn report by
after it lost contact with ground control and altered its course more than once as if still under the command of a pilot, this according to american officials and others familiar with the investigation. the new york times ads that radar signals recorded by the malaysian military appear to show the missing airliner climbing to 45,000 feet above the approved altitude for a boeing 777 soon after it disappeared from radar and made a sharp turn to the west, according to a preliminary assessment by a person familiar with the data. the radar tracked, which the malaysian government has not released but has provided to the united states and china then shows the plane descending unevenly to an altitude of 23,000 feet below normal cruising levels as it approached the densely populated island of one of the country s largest. there the plane turned from the southwest and climbed to a higher altitude and flew northwest over the strait of malacca towards the indian