RMAF chief clarifies media report on MH370

KUALA LUMPUR: Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) chief Gen Tan Sri Rodzali Daud has denied a media report quoting him as saying that the military last tracked the missing Malaysia Airlines' (MAS) Flight MH370 over the Straits of Melaka.
In a statement, Rodzali stressed that he did not make any such statement as reported by a Malay daily.
"I wish to state that I did not make any such statements. What occurred was the journalist asked me if such an incident occurred as detailed in their story.
"However, I did not give any answer to the question," he said, adding that the misreporting had to be amended "to prevent further misinterpretations of what is clearly an inaccurate and incorrect report".
The statement referred to the daily's March 11 news article, in which the daily reported the RMAF chief as saying, among others, that the last time the plane was detected by the air control tower was in the vicinity of Pulau Perak in the Straits of Melaka at 2.40am before the signal disappeared without any trace.
Rodzali said the RMAF was currently examining and analysing all possibilities with regard to the jetliner's flight path subsequent to its disappearance.
"For the time being, it would not be appropriate for the RMAF to issue any official conclusions as to the aircraft's flight path until a high amount of certainty and verification is achieved," he added.
MAS' Flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, went missing en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing after taking off from the KL International Airport at 12.41am Saturday. It should have landed in Beijing at 6.30am. – Bernama