Malaysian Airlines MH370 'plunged into southern Indian Ocean', says Malaysian PM

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced today that they have confirmed that lost Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 plunged into the Indian Ocean south of Perth, Australia and there are no survivors.

Malaysian Airlines sent out a text to relatives of the passengers that that no one on board survived.

This is the first definitive news that the airplane did indeed crash after "missing" for more than two weeks.

The search for the plane is ongoing.

From BBC:

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says "with great sadness" data now confirms that the aircraft's last position was in the Indian Ocean south of Perth.

The following SMS message has been sent to relatives: "Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived. As you will hear in the next hour from Malaysia's Prime Minister, we must now accept all evidence suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean."

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