Search Area Expanded For Missing Malaysian Airliner Carrying 239 Passengers

Search Area Expanded For Missing Malaysian Airliner Carrying 239 Passengers

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – MARCH 12: A Malaysian Airlines’s plane is seen on the tarmac at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 12, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Officials have expanded the search area for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MG370 beyond the intended flight path to include the west of Malaysia at the Straits of Malacca as new information surfaces about the time Subang air traffic control lost contact with the aircraft. The flight carrying 239 passengers from Kuala Lumpur to Thailand was reported missing on the morning of March 8 after the crew failed to check in as scheduled. (Photo by Rahman Roslan/Getty Images)