Malaysia’s air force chief has denied saying military radar tracked
a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner over the Strait of
Malacca, adding to the mystery surrounding the fate of flight
MH370, which vanished on Saturday with 239 people aboard.
A massive air and sea search now in its fifth day has failed to
find any trace of the Boeing 777, and the last 24 hours have seen
conflicting statements and reports over what may have happened
after it lost contact with air traffic controllers.
Malaysia's Berita Harian newspaper on Tuesday quoted Air Force
chief Rodzali Daud as saying the plane was last detected by
military radar at the northern end of the Strait of Malacca at 2.40
am on Saturday, hundreds of kilometres off course.
"I wish to state that I did not make any such statements," Rodzali
said in a statement on Wednesday.
The air force chief said he had merely repeated that military radar
tracking suggested the plane might have turned back.
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