Malaysia Airlines tonight announced that the missing flight MH370 crashed into the Indian Ocean with no survivors. In a statement to the families of those with relatives on board, the airline said: "We deeply regret that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board have survived. We must now accept all evidence suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean." The news came after Chinese relatives in Beijing were called to the second floor of the Lido Hotel for an emergency meeting. Dozens of paramedics carrying stretchers attended the scene and screaming was heard coming from behind closed doors. "I can't take this," shouted a middle-aged woman, who was being supported by two men. "Why is the Malaysian government doing this to us?" cried a man. Another said: "I don't care if this is just a cover up or political infighting. Please just give me my family back." SEE MORE AFTER CUT>>>>>>>>>>>
It is believed that relatives in Kuala Lumpur will be flown to Perth tonight.Announcing the grim news at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur tonight, Prime Minister Najib Razak, said: "This evening, I was briefed by representatives from the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch or AAIB. "They informed me that Inmarsat, the UK company that provided the satellite data which indicated the northern and southern corridors has been performing further calculations on the data using a type of analysis never before used in an investigation of this sort. "They have been able to shed more light on the location of 370’s flight path. Based on the new analysis, Inmarsat and UK AAIB have concluded that MH370 flew along the southern corridor and that its last position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth. "This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites. It is therefore with deep sadness, I regret that I must inform you that according to this new data, flight MH370 ended in the Southern Indian Ocean."
There was disbelief among family members as the news was relayed. One relative told the South China Morning Post by text message: "Malaysia is lying. Make China go down there and look." Another said: "If they don't show us the actual plane itself then it doesn't mean anything." Malaysian authorities earlier said that Australian search teams had identified two objects in the Indian Ocean possibly linked to missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370, and it was hoped that they would be picked up within hours. At a daily press conference into the disappearance of the jet, Malaysia's Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the Australians had sent a ship to investigate.
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