Malaysia's air force commander denied previous media reports that the military tracked the missing Malaysia Airlines passenger plane in the Straits of Malacca, which is far away from the last contact with civil air traffic control when it disappeared four days ago.
"What I want to say is that I have not made any such statement," said Rodzali Daud, commander of the Malaysian air force, in a statement on Wednesday.
Local newspapers quoted daudas as saying the aircraft was found at 2: 40 a. m. on a radar at a military base. m.
The northern part of local time is close to the Strait of ploapaka, a busy waterway that separates the west coast of Malaysia from the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
The report quoted him as saying: "After that, the signal sent by the plane was lost . "
According to Reuters, Daude denied making such a statement.
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Senior military officials involved in the investigation confirmed the report and said the plane was believed to fly very low.
The official asked for anonymity due to the sensitivity of the information.
Authorities earlier said the plane took off at 12: 20 A. M. m.
They may have tried to return to Kuala Lumpur, but they expressed surprise that it would have done so without notifying ground control.
The search for the aircraft initially focused on the waters between Malaysia's east coast and Vietnam, the last time the aviation authorities tracked its location.
40 aircraft and ships from at least 10 countries did not find traces of aircraft carrying 239 people.
Earlier on Tuesday, Malaysia Airlines said in a statement that the search and rescue team had extended the search and rescue to the Straits of Malacca.
A statement earlier said the west coast of Malaysia was "now the focus", but the airline later said it was an oversight.
No details.
The civil aviation chief, Azaruddin Abdul Rahman, said the search work was still carried out on "both sides" of the country.
Also on Tuesday, authorities said two people who boarded the plane with stolen passports were Iranians who bought European tickets.
Their appearance on the flight caused speculation that it might be related to terrorists.
Malaysian police chief KhalidAbuBakarsaid said investigators have identified one of them as under 19year-
He said he was likely to immigrate to Germany.
"We don't think he is likely to be a member of any terrorist organization," Khalid said . ".
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Lao Yi also posted pictures of the two boarding at the same time.
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Noble said the men traveled to Malaysia with Iranian passports and then apparently turned to stolen Austrian and Italian documents.
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Terrorism speculation seems to be disappearing, he said, "because people are increasingly convinced that these two people may not be terrorists.
He called on the public to provide more information about the two.
Meanwhile, Malaysia Airlines says it is investigating Australian television reports
The pilot on the missing plane invited two women into the cockpit during a flight two years ago.
Jonti Roos describes what happened in Australia.
The airline said it would not comment until the investigation was completed.
Ross said she and her friends were allowed to stay in the cockpit throughout the flight --
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2011 from Phuket, Thailand to Kuala Lumpur.
She said the arrangement did not seem unusual for the crew of the aircraft.
"Throughout the flight, they were talking to us and actually they were smoking throughout the flight," Roos said . ".
Roos did not immediately respond to messages sent to her via Facebook.
The missing plane took off early Saturday morning from Kula Mupu on the west coast of Malaysia to Beijing.
It flew over Malaysia into Thailand Bay at a speed of 11,000 yuan and then disappeared from the radar screen.
On Saturday, a massive search began near the last known location of the plane.
However, since debris was not found there, the search work has systematically expanded to include areas where the aircraft can be reached with fuel from the aircraft.
This is a huge area where something as small as a plane can be found.
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On Tuesday, Malaysian authorities urged Malaysian authorities to "speed up their efforts" to find the plane.
It sent out four ships and the other four were on their way.
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The image of the plane, along with a digital clock, marks the time after losing contact with the flight.
Assuming the plane crashes in the ocean or disintegrates in the mid-air, it is still possible to float debris in the ocean, but it may spread widely and many debris may have sunk.
In past disasters, it took a few days or more to discover the wreckage.