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Maldives Police Probe Reports of MH370 Sighting
Channel News Asia ^ | 19 Mar 2014 | iNDIA

Posted on 03/19/2014 12:31:29 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Police in the Maldives are probing reports that islanders in the tourism paradise saw a "low-flying jumbo jet" on the day the missing Malaysia Airlines plane vanished.

Police in the Maldives are probing reports that islanders in the tourism paradise saw a "low-flying jumbo jet" on the day the missing Malaysia Airlines plane vanished.

In a statement released late Tuesday, police said they were investigating a report on the Haveeru news website that local residents had spotted a large plane flying over the remote southern island of Kuda Huvadhoo on March 8.

"The police are looking into the reports in the media saying that a low-flying airplane was sighted above Kuda Huvadhoo," the statement said.

(Excerpt) Read more at channelnewsasia.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; malaysia; maldives; mh370; waronterror

1 posted on 03/19/2014 12:31:29 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

He looka like a plane?

2 posted on 03/19/2014 12:54:45 AM PDT by Bullish (America should yank Obama like a rotten tooth before he poisons the entire body)
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To: nickcarraway

Why doesn’t some reporter book a flight to that island. They would be famous if they found the plane.


3 posted on 03/19/2014 2:11:56 AM PDT by McGruff (They say the first casualty of war is truth)
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To: McGruff

The island is a low-lying reef dominated by its airport runway. Given that tourism is an important industry I’d guess that low flying jumbo jets are a common sight.


4 posted on 03/19/2014 3:28:11 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: McGruff

Past the Maldives then a right turn north to Iran?


5 posted on 03/19/2014 3:29:44 AM PDT by CharlotteVRWC
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