There may be a new lead to the whereabouts of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, with new reports suggesting the jetliner may have traveled directly west over the Indian Ocean after disappearing from radar.
CRI's Lucy Du explains.
Reporter: Local reports surfacing out of the Maldives are suggesting residents of the Island Archepelago witnessed a low-flying jetliner in the early-morning hours on March 8th, the same day Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared.
A local news website is reporting residents of a remote island in the chain reported seeing a white aircraft with red stripes on it flying unusually low toward the southern tip of the Maldives around 6:15am local time.
The time being reported would coincide to around the time it would have taken for the missing Malaysia
