This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. It has been nearly one week now since Malaysia Airlines flight 370 left for beijing, and seemingly vanished into thin air. But it has to be somewhere, and tonight the search for the boeing 777 is moving farther into the indian ocean because there is evidence the plane may have changed course toward the west after losing contact with air Traffic Controllers and that it continued to fly in that direction for quite some time. Bob orr in our Washington Bureau begins our coverage. Bob. Reporter scott, u. S. Officials tell us they do not believe Malaysia Airlines flight 370 crashed immediately after it disappeared from civilian air Traffic Control radar screens. Instead now, there are strong indications, the jet with 239 people on board continued to fly for several hours. Sources say the jet, which is designed to transmit routine maintenance and Engine Performance information, continued to ping
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