Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak mengesahkan bahawa pesawat Malaysia Airlines MH370 yang hilang sejak 8 Mac lalu terhempas di selatan Lautan Hindi di barat Australia.
Berdasarkan analisis baru, Cawangan Siasatan Kemalangan Udara (AAIB) telah menyimpulkan bahawa pesawat MH370 telah terbang di sepanjang Koridor Selatan, yang berada di tengah Lautan Hindi, di barat Perth, Australia.
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"Kedudukan itu jauh dari mana-mana lokasi pendaratan, dan dengan dukacita saya perlu memberitahu anda bahawa menerusi perkembangan terbaharu ini, pesawat MH370 ‘berakhir’ di selatan Lautan Hindi," katanya di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC) di Kuala Lumpur.
Sidang media akhbar tergempar yang dibuat Perdana Menteri jam 10 tadi berkaitan kehilangan pesawat MH370, berikut adalah Kenyataan akhbar Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak pada hari ke-17 kehilangan pesawat MH370:
24 MARCH 2014, 10PM
This evening I was briefed by representatives from the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (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 MH370รข€™s flight path.
Based on their new analysis, Inmarsat and the 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 and regret that I must inform you that, according to this new data, flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean.
We will be holding a press conference tomorrow with further details. In the meantime, we wanted to inform you of this new development at the earliest opportunity. We share this information out of a commitment to openness and respect for the families, two principles which have guided this investigation.
Malaysia Airlines have already spoken to the families of the passengers and crew to inform them of this development. For them, the past few weeks have been heartbreaking; I know this news must be harder still. I urge the media to respect their privacy, and to allow them the space they need at this difficult time.
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