Sixteen days since Malaysia Airline flight MH370 went missing, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that the plane crashed in the Indian Ocean, but shed no light on the mystery of why it veered from its intended course. Razak said new satellite analysis of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370’s path placed its last position in remote waters off Australia’s west coast, and far from any landing sites. The somber announcement ended 17 days of agonizing uncertainty for relatives – most of them Chinese. “We know there are no words that we or anyone else can say which can ease your pain.” MH370 last made contact over the South China Sea halfway between Malaysia and Vietnam. Leading theories include a hijacking, pilot sabotage, or a sudden mid-air crisis that incapacitated the flight crew and left the plane to fly on auto-pilot until it ran out of fuel.
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