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Now this is being denied: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-13/malaysia-airlines-mh370-deny-plane-flew-hours-after-contact/5319716 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2

by jfoster 13y ago

Now this is being denied: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-13/malaysia-airlines-mh370-deny-plane-flew-hours-after-contact/5319716 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-13/malaysia-airlines-mh37... The same happened with the reports of the radar capturing it drastically off-course. First it looked like a sure thing, and then it was eventually completely denied. Perhaps that's just a symptom of such an intensely-analyzed ongoing news story, though. I do feel a bit sorry for the Malaysian government. They don't get to control what the media prints, but are expected to immediately confirm/deny everything (difficult with the volume of reports they are likely dealing with!), and to some extent get chastised when the media prints stuff that later gets busted.

pdabbadabba 13y ago
Yes, though the off-course radar contacts were eventually acknowledged after having been reported, and then completely denied. From the New York Times: "On Wednesday, after four days of reticence and evasive answers, the Malaysian military acknowledged that it had recorded, but initially ignored, radar signals that could have prompted a mission to intercept and track the missing jetliner. The radar data vastly expanded the area where the plane, which took off early Saturday from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing, might have traveled." http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/14/world/asia/missing-malaysia-airlines-flight-370.html?hp&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/14/world/asia/missing-malaysi... With that track record it's hard to know whether to credit the Malaysian government's vehement denials.