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Officials now say they know what happened to missing malaysia air flight 370. Th is a live look from a News Conference about to get underway. Any minute now, malaysian officials are expected to announce definitive evidence the plane carrying 239 people was hijacked and then taken off course deliberately. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im carolyn johnson. Ama dates is in the newsroom with the latest for us. Ama . Dan and carolyn, we are waiting for this News Conference to begin. We are told the Prime Minister is going to be making an announcement. Here is what what we learned so far in the last couple hours. A Government Official said it is conclusive that one of the pilots highjacked the Malaysia Airline jet missing since last saturday. The official said nomo tiff was established and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken. Now here is some of the evidence that lead them to this conclusion. The boeing 777 commune cation with the communication was severed. Abc news learned there wer
Airline jet missing since last saturday. The official said nomo tiff was established and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken. Now here is some of the evidence that lead them to this conclusion. The boeing 777 commune cation with the communication was severed. Abc news learned there were several turns that took the jet toward the indian ocean leading to the conclusion a rogue pilot or hijacker was controlling the plane. If somebody is making a major heading changing it would impact the controls. They believe two key tracking devices were intentionally turned off in the cockpit. After disappearing from radar, sources say the jet was pinging a satellite every hour for four hours to a data Health System which means the plane could have flown 2400 additional miles in any direction. Now, the last known satellite data could narrow down the position of the jet. However, if the plane did crash into the indian ocean, it could be difficult to find with depths reaching 15,000 feet. I hav
Officials now say they know what happened to missing malaysia air flight 370. Th is a live look from a News Conference about to get underway. Any minute now, malaysian officials are expected to announce definitive evidence the plane carrying 239 people was hijacked and then taken off course deliberately. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im carolyn johnson. Ama dates is in the newsroom with the latest for us. Ama . Dan and carolyn, we are waiting for this News Conference to begin. We are told the Prime Minister is going to be making an announcement. Here is what what we learned so far in the last couple hours. A Government Official said it is conclusive that one of the pilots highjacked the Malaysia Airline jet missing since last saturday. The official said nomo tiff was established and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken. Now here is some of the evidence that lead them to this conclusion. The boeing 777 commune cation with the communication was severed. Abc news learned there wer
Good evening. Course. Im jessica aguirre. The official said there are indications that the planes and im raj mathai. Nearly a week of questions, communications were switched off deliberately and that the plane tears and theories. Appeared to be steered in such a now the Prime Minister of way to avoid detection by radar. Malaysia apparently going to the 777, which had 239 announce what the Associated Press is reporting, that missing passengers and crew on board, lost communication with the ground about an hour into its flight on march 8 from kuala lumpur to beijing. Radar signals appear to show the plane climbing to 45,000 feet after it disappeared from radar. The plane then turned west and information gathered from satellites suggests that the plane flew for hours. This presents a whole new series of questions as for where the plane is. Now searchers are zeroing in on a remote chain of islands in the indian ocean. Well keep you posted. Again, we are watching that News Conference closel