For the last three days, the search mission is on and nine aircrafts, 24 ships from nine countries have been going from
If these reports from the military are verified then it would mean that the plane was able to maintain a cruising altitude and flew for about 500 km (350 miles) with its transponder and other tracking systems apparently switched off.
There have been many speculations about the missing aircraft- pilot error, plane malfunction, hijacking and terrorism.
The suspended terror role of the two men who were found carrying stolen passports and alleged to have terror links has been ruled out as one of them was an Iranian asylum seeker.
