Search For Missing Malaysian Airliner Expands To Indian Ocean

Kuantan, MALAYSIA - MARCH 15: The crew of a Chinese Coast Guard vessel use a net to deliver a parcel to members of the Malaysian Navy during a brief exchange in the middle of the South China Sea on March 15, 2014 in Kuantan, Malaysia. During a press conference today the Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak said that investigators had discovered evidence from satellite and radar systems indicating that the communication systems of the aircraft had been intentionally disabled. The search for the plane in the South China Sea has now been abandoned with the focus switching to two flight corridors, the first stretching from the border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to northern Thailand and a second stretching from Indonesia to the South Indian Ocean.The missing aircraft was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew. (Photo by Rahman Roslan/Getty Images)