Malaysia's
military believes it tracked the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner by radar
over the Strait of Malacca, far from where it last made contact with civilian
air traffic control off the country's east coast, a military source said.
The Strait
of Malacca, one of the world's busiest shipping channels, runs along Malaysia's
west coast. The airline said on Saturday that the flight carrying 227
passengers and 12 crew last had contact off the east coast Malaysian town of
Kota Bharu.
"It
changed course after Kota Bharu and took a lower altitude. It made it into the
Malacca Strait," the military official, who has been briefed on
investigations, told media.
