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> Malaysian official: Praying for plane survivors,
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> Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CNN) -- It sounds like a
> mixed message.
>
> Earlier this week, loved ones of those aboard
> missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 heard this:
> "All lives are lost."
>
> But Saturday, a Malaysian official met with
> relatives and then told reporters he had not
> closed the door on the hope of relatives that
> survivors may exist among the 239 people aboard
> the Boeing 777-200 ER that went missing March 8.
>
> "Even hoping against hope, no matter how remote,
> of course, we are praying and we will continue our
> search for the possible survivors," said
> Hishammuddin Hussein, Malaysia's acting
> transportation minister.
>
> "More than that, I told the families I cannot give
> them false hope. The best we can do is pray and
> that we must be sensitive to them that, as long as
> there is even a remote chance of a survivor, we
> will pray and do whatever it takes."
>
> The sole representative of families of passengers
> aboard missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 leaves
> a conference at a Beijing hotel on Friday, March
> 28, after other relatives left en masse to protest
> the Malaysian government's response to their
> questions. Authorities are combing thousands of
> square miles of the southern Indian Ocean in
> search of the wreckage of Flight 370, which
> disappeared March 8. Malaysian authorities
> declared that the plane had most likely been lost
> with all aboard in the remote sea far off
> Australia. A member of the Royal Australian Air
> Force is silhouetted against the southern Indian
> Ocean during the search for the missing jet on
> Thursday, March 27. Flight Lt. Jayson Nichols
> looks at a map aboard a Royal Australian Air Force
> aircraft during a search on March 27. People in
> Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, light candles during a
> ceremony held for the missing flight's passengers
> on March 27. Crew members of the Chinese
> icebreaking ship Xuelong scan the Indian Ocean
> during a search for the missing jet on Wednesday,
> March 26. People work at a console at the British
> satellite company Inmarsat on Tuesday, March 25,
> in London. The mother of a passenger who was on
> Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 cries at her home in
> Medan, Indonesia, on March 25. Australian Defense
> Minister David Johnston speaks to the media March
> 25 about the search for the missing jet. A family
> member of a missing passenger reacts after hearing
> the latest news March 25 in Kuala Lumpur. Angry
> relatives of those aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight
> 370 react in Beijing on Monday, March 24, after
> hearing that the plane went down over the southern
> Indian Ocean, according to analysis of satellite
> data. Grieving relatives of missing passengers
> leave a hotel in Beijing on March 24. Malaysian
> Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, delivers a
> statement about the flight March 24 in Kuala
> Lumpur, Malaysia. Razak's announcement came after
> the airline sent a text message to relatives
> saying it "deeply regrets that we have to assume
> beyond any reasonable doubt that MH 370 has been
> lost and that none of those onboard survived."
> Relatives of the missing passengers hold a
> candlelight vigil in Beijing on March 24. A
> member of the Royal Australian Air Force looks out
> an aircraft during a search for the missing jet
> March 24. A woman reads messages for missing
> passengers at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur on
> March 24. Flight Lt. Josh Williams of the Royal
> Australian Air Force operates the controls of an
> AP-3C Orion on Sunday, March 23, after searching
> the southern Indian Ocean. Ground crew members
> wave to a Japanese Maritime Defense Force patrol
> plane as it leaves the Royal Malaysian Air Force
> base in Subang, Malaysia, on Sunday, March 23. The
> plane was heading to Australia to join a
> search-and-rescue operation. A passenger views a
> weather map in the departures terminal of Kuala
> Lumpur International Airport on Saturday, March
> 22. A Chinese satellite captured this image,
> released on March 22, of a floating object in the
> Indian Ocean, according to China's State
> Administration of Science. It is a possible lead
> in the search for the missing plane. Surveillance
> planes are looking for two objects spotted by
> satellite imagery in remote, treacherous waters
> more than 1,400 miles from the west coast of
> Australia. A member of the Royal Australian Air
> Force looks down at the Norwegian merchant ship
> Hoegh St. Petersburg, which took part in search
> operations Friday, March 21. The Royal Australian
> Air Force's Neville Dawson, left, goes over the
> search area with Brittany Sharpe aboard an AP-3C
> Orion some 2,500 kilometers (about 1,500 miles)
> southwest of Perth, Australia, over the Indian
> Ocean on March 21. Satellite imagery provided by
> the Australian Maritime Safety Authority on
> Thursday, March 20, shows debris in the southern
> Indian Ocean that could be from Flight 370. The
> announcement by Australian officials that they had
> spotted something raised hopes of a breakthrough
> in the frustrating search. A closer look at the
> satellite shot of possible debris from Malaysia
> Airlines Flight 370. Another satellite shot
> provided by the Australian Maritime Safety
> Authority shows possible debris from the flight.
> A closer look at the satellite shot of possible
> debris. The Australian Maritime Safety
> Authority's John Young speaks to the media in
> Canberra, Australia, on March 20 about satellite
> imagery. A distraught relative of a missing
> passenger breaks down while talking to reporters
> at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on
> Wednesday, March 19. A relative of missing
> passengers waits for a news briefing by officials
> in Beijing on Tuesday, March 18. A relative of a
> missing passenger tells reporters in Beijing about
> a hunger strike to protest authorities' handling
> of information about the missing jet. A member of
> Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency
> joins in a search for the missing plane in the
> Andaman Sea area around the northern tip of
> Indonesia's Sumatra on Monday, March 17.
> Relatives of missing passengers watch a news
> program about the missing plane as they await
> information at a hotel ballroom in Beijing on
> March 17. Malaysian Transportation Minister
> Hishamuddin Hussein, center, shows maps of the
> search area at a hotel next to the Kuala Lumpur
> International Airport on March 17. U.S. Navy crew
> members assist in search-and-rescue operations
> Sunday, March 16, in the Indian Ocean. Indonesian
> personnel watch over high seas during a search
> operation in the Andaman Sea on Saturday, March
> 15. A foam plane, which has personalized messages
> for the missing flight's passengers, is seen at a
> viewing gallery March 15 at Kuala Lumpur
> International Airport. A member of the Malaysian
> navy makes a call as his ship approaches a Chinese
> coast guard ship in the South China Sea on March
> 15. A Indonesian ship heads to the Andaman Sea
> during a search operation near the tip of Sumatra,
> Indonesia, on March 15. Elementary school
> students pray for the missing passengers during
> class in Medan, Indonesia, on March 15. Col. Vu
> Duc Long of the Vietnam air force fields
> reporters' questions at an air base in Ho Chi Minh
> City, Vietnam, after a search operation on Friday,
> March 14. Members of the Chinese navy continue
> search operations on Thursday, March 13. The
> search area for Flight 370 has grown wider. After
> starting in the sea between Malaysia and Vietnam,
> the plane's last confirmed location, efforts are
> expanding west into the Indian Ocean. A
> Vietnamese military official looks out an aircraft
> window during search operations March 13.
> Malaysian air force members look for debris on
> March 13 near Kuala Lumpur. A relative of a
> missing passenger watches TV at a Beijing hotel as
> she waits for the latest news March 13. A member
> of the Indonesian National Search and Rescue
> Agency scans the horizon in the Strait of Malacca
> on Wednesday, March 12. Relatives of missing
> passengers wait for the latest news at a hotel in
> Beijing on March 12. Journalists raise their
> hands to ask questions during a news conference in
> Sepang on March 12. Indonesian air force officers
> in Medan, Indonesia, examine a map of the Strait
> of Malacca on March 12. A member of the
> Vietnamese air force checks a map while searching
> for the missing plane on Tuesday, March 11.
> Iranians Pouri Nourmohammadi, second left, and
> Delavar Seyed Mohammad Reza, far right, were
> identified by Interpol as the two men who used
> stolen passports to board the flight. But there's
> no evidence to suggest either was connected to any
> terrorist organizations, according to Malaysian
> investigators. Malaysian police believe
> Nourmohammadi was trying to emigrate to Germany
> using the stolen Austrian passport. An Indonesian
> navy crew member scans an area of the South China
> Sea bordering Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand on
> Monday, March 10. Vietnam air force Col. Le Huu
> Hanh is reflected on the navigation control panel
> of a plane that is part of the search operation
> over the South China Sea on March 10. Relatives
> of the missing flight's passengers wait in a
> Beijing hotel room on March 10. A U.S. Navy
> Seahawk helicopter lands aboard the USS Pinckney
> to change crews before returning to search for the
> missing plane Sunday, March 9, in the Gulf of
> Thailand. Members of the Fo Guang Shan rescue
> team offer a special prayer March 9 at Kuala
> Lumpur International Airport. A handout picture
> provided by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement
> Agency shows personnel checking a radar screen
> during search-and-rescue operations March 9.
> Italian tourist Luigi Maraldi, who reported his
> passport stolen in August, shows his current
> passport during a news conference at a police
> station in Phuket island, Thailand, on March 9.
> Two passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines
> flight were reportedly traveling on stolen
> passports belonging to Maraldi and an Austrian
> citizen whose papers were stolen two years ago.
> Hugh Dunleavy, commercial director of Malaysia
> Airlines, speaks to journalists March 9 at a
> Beijing hotel where relatives and friends of the
> missing flight's passengers are staying.
> Vietnamese air force crew stand in front of a
> plane at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City
> on March 9 before heading out to the area between
> Vietnam and Malaysia where the airliner vanished.
> Buddhist monks at Kuala Lumpur International
> Airport offer a special prayer for the missing
> passengers on March 9. The Chinese navy warship
> Jinggangshan prepares to leave Zhanjiang Port
> early on March 9 to assist in search-and-rescue
> operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines
> flight. The Jinggangshan, an amphibious landing
> ship, is loaded with lifesaving equipment,
> underwater detection devices and supplies of oil,
> water and food. Members of a Chinese emergency
> response team board a rescue vessel at the port of
> Sanya in China's Hainan province on March 9. The
> vessel is carrying 12 divers and will rendezvous
> with another rescue vessel on its way to the area
> where contact was lost with Malaysia Airlines
> Flight 370. The rescue vessel sets out from Sanya
> in the South China Sea. A family member of
> missing passengers is mobbed by journalists at
> Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Saturday,
> March 8. A Vietnamese air force plane found
> traces of oil that authorities had suspected to be
> from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, the
> Vietnamese government online newspaper reported
> March 8. However, a sample from the slick showed
> it was bunker oil, typically used to power large
> cargo ships, Malaysia's state news agency,
> Bernama, reported on March 10. Malaysian Prime
> Minister Najib Razak, center, arrives to meet
> family members of missing passengers at the
> reception center at Kuala Lumpur International
> Airport on March 8. Malaysia Airlines official
> Joshua Law Kok Hwa, center, speaks to reporters in
> Beijing on March 8. A relative of two missing
> passengers reacts at their home in Kuala Lumpur on
> March 8. Wang Yue, director of marketing of
> Malaysia Airlines in China, reads a company
> statement during a news conference at the Metro
> Park Lido Hotel in Beijing on March 8. Chinese
> police at the Beijing airport stand beside the
> arrival board showing delayed Flight 370 in red on
> March 8. A woman asks a staff member at the
> Beijing airport for more information on the
> missing flight. A Malaysian man who says he has
> relatives on board the missing plane talks to
> journalists at the Beijing airport on March 8.
> Passengers walk past a Malaysia Airlines sign on
> March 8 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
> Malaysia Airlines Group CEO Ahmad Juahari Yahya,
> front, speaks during a news conference on March 8
> at a hotel in Sepang. "We deeply regret that we
> have lost all contacts" with the jet, he said. The
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> Photos: The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight
> 370
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> Flight attendant's husband speaks out
>
> Malaysian officials under fire
>
> New details in Flight 370 search Eight planes and
> a number of ships scoured some 97,000 square miles
> (252,000 square kilometers) of water Saturday
> hundreds of miles off Australia for signs of the
> plane, with aircraft reporting sightings of
> objects similar to those reported Friday, the
> Australian Maritime Safety Authority said.
>
> Two vessels -- one of them a Chinese warship --
> retrieved objects, "but so far no objects
> confirmed to be related to MH370 have been
> recovered," the authority said.
>
> Crew members aboard a Chinese plane dropped buoys
> to mark three suspected debris sites, China's
> state-run CCTV reported.
>
> "After entering the search area, the airlifter
> flew for about 20 minutes," crew member Wang
> Zhenwu told the television network. "We found an
> L-shaped debris in orange color right below the
> plane's right wing. Then within around three
> minutes, we found a stripe-shaped object. We
> immediately reported our findings to the
> captain."
>
> The captain, Liu Jun, said buoys containing dye
> were dropped on each of the suspected sites,
> according to CCTV.
>
> The hunt was to resume Sunday morning.
>
> As the search continued, Hishammuddin met with
> family members, who have listened keenly as data
> analyses and estimates of Flight 370's whereabouts
> have changed.
>
> 'They're still alive'
>
> In Beijing on Saturday, some of the relatives of
> the missing vented their anguish in the streets.
>
> "They're all still alive, my son and everyone on
> board!" yelled Wen Wancheng, 63, whose only son
> was among the passengers. "The plane is still
> there too! They're hiding it."
>
> He held aloft a banner that read: "Son, mom and
> dad's hearts are torn to pieces. Come home soon!"
>
> Many relatives doubtless remember the speculation
> from early in the search that the plane may have
> landed somewhere. They implored Hishammuddin to
> redouble the efforts, and he said Malaysian
> authorities would do so.
>
>
>
> New details in Flight 370 search
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> Transport official reassures families
>
> Countries unite in search for Flight 370
>
> Missing Malaysia flight stirs old memories "What
> they want is a commitment on our part to continue
> the search, and that I have given," Hishammuddin
> said. "For me, as the minister responsible, this
> is the hardest part of my life, at the moment," he
> told reporters.
>
> "Miracles do happen, remote or otherwise, and that
> is the hope that the families want me to convey --
> not only to the Malaysian government, MAS
> (Malaysia Airlines), but also to the world at
> large," he said.
>
> He said the effort was still to find survivors.
>
> Sea objects
>
> On Saturday that meant hunting again for plane
> debris in an ocean awash in debris -- including
> odds and ends from passing ships -- in hopes that
> among it are pieces of the jet.
>
> After the latest data analysis, experts says they
> believe that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which
> disappeared three weeks ago, ended up in the
> southern Indian Ocean.
>
> Investigators concluded this week that, during the
> flight's initial phase, the plane was traveling
> faster -- and therefore burning fuel faster --
> than they had thought. Authorities have concluded
> that it could not have traveled as far south as
> they had thought earlier.
>
> The new search area is 1,100 kilometers (680
> miles) northeast of the previous one and closer to
> Australia's coast, so it's easier to reach. It's
> also marked by calmer waters.
>
> Ships plowed the waters of the search area and
> eight planes searched from above.
>
> "Unfortunately, we didn't find anything of
> significance out there," flight captain Russell
> Adams said after returning to Perth.
>
> Malaysia plane saga: Your questions answered
>
> Still, the new search area is vast and remote,
> roughly 123,000 square miles (319,000 square
> kilometers) in size and 1,150 miles (1,850
> kilometers) west of Perth.
>
> Pieces of debris spotted Friday were hundreds of
> miles away from each other, but given the ocean
> conditions and the time passed since the
> airplane's purported crash, they could be part of
> the same object.
>
> Friday's sightings included 11 small objects
> spotted by a military P-3 plane. CNN's Kyung Lah,
> who went out on a U.S. Navy P-8 search plane
> Friday, said its crew spotted white objects,
> orange rope and a blue bag.
>
> "At one point, sure, everybody on board got a
> little excited, but it's impossible to tell from
> that distance what anything is," she said.
>
> If and when the jet is found, the key question
> would remain: Why did it go down? That may not be
> answered until investigators retrieve the aircraft
> and try, literally, to piece together what
> happened to it.
>
> Vast, shifting search
>
> The shifting hunt for Flight 370 has spanned vast
> bodies of water and continents.
>
> It started in the South China Sea between Malaysia
> and Vietnam, where the plane went out of contact
> with air traffic controllers.
>
> When authorities learned of radar data suggesting
> the plane had turned westward across the Malay
> Peninsula after losing contact, they expanded the
> search into the Strait of Malacca.
>
> When those efforts proved fruitless, the search
> spread north into the Andaman Sea and northern
> Indian Ocean.
>
> It then ballooned dramatically after Malaysia
> announced March 15 that satellite data showed the
> plane could have flown along either of two huge
> arcs, one stretching northwest into the Asian land
> mass, the other southwest into the Indian Ocean.
>
> The search area at that point reached nearly 3
> million square miles.
>
> Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said that
> further analysis of the data led authorities to
> conclude the plane went down in the southern
> Indian Ocean, far from land.
>
> Malaysian officials then told the families of
> those on board that nobody would have survived. On
> Saturday, after confronting relatives' grief, they
> made that conclusion seem less final.
>
> STORY HIGHLIGHTS
> The search is to resume Sunday morning
> Ships retrieve new debris, but no objects linked
> to missing plane, Australia says
> Malaysian official: "I told the families I cannot
> give them false hope"
> The search for missing Flight 370 has gone on for
> three weeks
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