An Update on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370

Malaysian police have identified the two men who had fake passports on the plane: 19-year-old Pouria Nourmohammadi Mehrdad, and 29-year-old Delavar Seyed Mohammad Reza.



It's been reported that the two men were Iranian and that there were trying to seek asylum. I know this because police have been talking with the 19-year-old passenger's mother.



And INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble, saying:



As of typing this there are still no answers as to what happened to the plane, and why.



Now, there is news that the search area for the aircraft has expanded. This, due to military radar, has shown that the plane may have diverted further away than previously thought. Additionally, it's been reported that a satellite imaging company is crowdsourcing to help along with the search.



But, the final message has been revealed; and it appeared to signal everything was normal. The message was from the flight pilot who stated: 'All right, good night'. And then they veered off into the Strait of Malacca? You see, the plane vanished over the South China sea, but information since then has been spotty. That's because the Malaysian Military has not done such a great job of staying consistent with their statements or, the Malaysian Media has been...I don't know...making stuff up? A Malaysian newspaper quoted the country's air force chief, Gen. Rodzali Daud, as saying, "The plane veered West before its disappearance." And then the air force chief was like:



But then, Malaysia's civilian aviation chief, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, said that:



As it stands, the current search area is 27,000 nautical miles covering varying depths across the Strait of Malacca, and the Andaman Sea.



On a creepier note, friends and relatives of the 239 missing people have reported that they were able to call their relatives' cell phones, and that it would ring. They also reported that according to QQ, which is a Chinese instant messenger service, many people were indicated as still being online.



These reports were mostly ignored however, in large part due to communications experts explaining that a ringing phone isn't anything unusual, and that the calls were not likely to be ringing on the other end. A ringing on the initiating call's end indicated that the signal was searching for the phone.

This is one big, ridiculous, and very terrifying story. There's still no answers to the big question. I will keep you up to date as best I can. We'll have to wait and find out.