Satellite data indicates hijacked Malaysian plane was last seen flying towards Pakistan

Investigators say the missing Malaysia
Airlines jet was hijacked, steered off-course
and could have reached Pakistan. A Malaysian
government official said people with
significant flying experience could have turned
off the flight's communication devices.
The representative said that hijacking theory
was now 'conclusive', and, as a result, police
have raided the luxury homes of both the
captain  and the co-pilot
The search operation has now been focused
on two 'corridors', one which extends from
north west from Thailand to the Kazakstan-
Turkmenistan border and the other which
opens out into the southern Indian Ocean.
Countries in the plane's potential flightpath
have now joined a huge diplomatic effort to
locate the missing passengers, but China
described the revelation as 'painfully belated'.
While Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak
refused to confirm that flight MH370 was
taken over, he admitted 'deliberate action' on
board the plane resulted in it changing course
and losing connection with ground crews.
The plane's communication system was
switched off as it headed west over the
Malaysian seaboard and could have flown for
another seven hours on its fuel reserves.
It is not yet clear where the plane was taken,
however Mr Razak said the most recent
satellite data suggests the plane could have
headed to one of two possible flight corridors.
The last radar contact was made at 8.11am
on March 8 along one of the corridors, seven
hours and 31 minutes after take off, but the
plane could have deviated further from these
points.
U.S. investigators have not ruled out the
possibility that the passengers are being held
at an unknown location and suggest that faint
'pings' were being transmitted for several
hours after the flight lost contact with the
ground.
NASA has also joined the international search
operation, analysing satellite data and images
that have already been gathered.
Malaysian authorities and others are urgently
investigating the two pilots and 10 crew
members, along with the 227 passengers on
board.
Source: Daily Mail UK