Malaysian Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has rejected criticism, especially from the United States, that it is not sharing as much information about missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370 as they can. Hussein “specifically defended coordination with the United States and China and said he had been in touch with his counterparts in both countries” according to Reuters.

Read the full report: CLICK HERE

Meanwhile angry Chinese families are threatening a hunger strike until the Malaysian government tells them the truth according to Reuters.

Read the full story: CLICK HERE

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) reported today it is reducing the area of its search area in the Indian Ocean to a 230,000 square mile corridor according to Reuters.

Read the full story: CLICK HERE

The New York Times reported overnight on the absence of call phone calls from the passengers.

Read the full story: CLICK HERE

Flight MH 370 was turned to the west after a heading change was entered into the aircraft’s flight computer according to the New York Times. This would require a greater understanding of the aircraft’s systems.

Read the full report from New York Times reporter Matthew Wald: CLICK HERE

Read the full report from Time: CLICK HERE

According to CNN, the Thai Air Force reported “six minutes later (after the last communications from MH 370), the Thai military detected an unknown signal, a Royal Thai Air Force spokesman told CNN. This unknown aircraft, possibly Flight 370, was heading the opposite direction.”

Read the full report: CLICK HERE

Malaysia says the evidence gathered so far suggests the plane was deliberately flown off course, turning west and traveling back over the Malay Peninsula and out into the Indian Ocean.

Finally Indonesian fishermen claim to have witnessed the crash of MH 370 in the North Sumatra provincial district of Pangkalan Susu (see map below) on March 8 according to philSTAR.com.

Read the full story: CLICK HERE

Bottom line: Until the aircraft is found, no ones knows for sure where flight MH 370 with 9M-MRO has gone.