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KUALA LUMPUR - The desperate search for a Malaysian jet which vanished carrying 239 people was significantly expanded on Monday with frustrations mounting over the failure to find any trace of the plane. The initial zone spread over a 50 nautical miles radius around the point where flight MH370 disappeared over the South China Sea in the early hours of Saturday morning, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Malaysian authorities announced it was doubling the size of the search area to 100 nautical miles. "The area of search has been expanded in the South China Sea," Civil Aviation Department chief Azharuddin Abdul Rahman told reporters Monday. He also confirmed the search area covers land on the Malaysian peninsula itself, the waters off its west coast and an area to the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The huge area now being covered reflects authorities' bafflement over the disappearance of the flight, with 40 ships and more than 30 planes finding no sign of it. Anger in China Emotions are running high as Beijing blamed Kuala Lumpur for a lack of information, while tearful relatives of the 153 Chinese passengers aboard voiced frustration with all sides of the response effort. China said Malaysia needed to "step up" its efforts after authorities admitted they were mystified. "The Malaysian side cannot shirk its responsibilities," the Global Times newspaper, which is close to the ruling Communist Party, wrote in a scathing editorial. "The initial response from Malaysia was not swift enough." A day of conflicting information deepened relatives' anguish, with tests on oil slicks in the South China Sea showing they were not from the Boeing 777 and reports of possible debris from the flight proving to be false alarms. Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department said that a pilot on a flight from the southern Chinese city to Kuala Lumpur had reported seeing "large debris" while flying over Vietnamese waters in the latest sighting to be investigated. Terror Probe Malaysia has launched a terror probe after at least two of the passengers on board the plane were found to have traveled on stolen passports. Two European names -- Christian Kozel, an Austrian, and Luigi Maraldi of Italy -- were listed on the passenger list, but neither man boarded the plane. Both had their passports stolen in Thailand in the last two years and questions swirled over how the two passengers using their documents managed to board the flight. The United States has sent an FBI team to help investigate the passengers, but U.S. officials stressed there was as yet no evidence of terrorism. Malaysia's police chief said Monday one of the passengers traveling with a stolen passport had been identified, but gave no further details. Azharuddin said that the two men were not of Asian appearance, contrary to previous reports. But he had few answers to the burning questions over the missing plane. Asked whether it was possible the plane had been hijacked or disintegrated mid-air, he said nothing could be ruled out. "We are looking at every aspect of what could have happened," he said. "This unprecedented missing aircraft mystery -- it is mystifying and we are increasing our efforts to do what we have to do." Relatives Wait At a Beijing hotel, Malaysian embassy officials were processing visa applications for families wanting to take up an offer from MAS to travel to Kuala Lumpur to be closer to the rescue operations. Scores of relatives made their way into the room, some in groups of five or six, clutching handkerchiefs and wiping away tears from their faces. Others said they would not go. "There is more we can do here in China," one woman said. "They haven't even found the plane yet." A team of Chinese officials from government ministries headed for Malaysia Monday, tasked with investigating the incident and helping family members already there. As the search entered a third full day, other families of missing passengers gathered at a hotel in Malaysia's administrative capital, Putrajaya, sharing breakfast as they stared intently at television news bulletins. Malaysian officials have said there was a possibility that MH370 may have inexplicably turned back towards Kuala Lumpur. The plane, captained by a veteran MAS pilot, had relayed no indications of distress, and weather at the time was said to be good. The incident is a serious blow for Malaysia Airlines, which has hemorrhaged cash for several years amid mounting competition from low-cost rivals such as AirAsia. Shannon Teoh, AFP Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2014
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Foto: Guliver Image / Getty Images I DALJE su nejasne okolnosti nestanka Boeinga koji je prevozio 239 putnika iz Kuala Lumpura prema Pekingu. U potragu je uključeno 40 brodova i više od trideset zrakoplova, no rezultata nema. BBC je objavio da je zrakoplov koji traga za ostacima nestalog aviona u vijetnamskim vodama uočio nepoznati žuti objekt. Malezija je poslala brodove na ovu lokaciju kako bi utvrdili o čemu se radi. "Primili smo informaciju da je posada zrakoplova koji je nadlijetao područje zamijetila žuti predmet koji pluta na površini, a podsjeća na pojas za spašavanje", rekao je voditelj malezijskog civilnog zrakoplovstva Azharuddin Abdul Rahman. "Kontaktirali smo kolege iz inozemstva i onamo poslali brodove i helikoptere da bismo provjerili o čemu je riječ", kazao je. U potrazi za preživjelima i ostacima nestalog zrakoplova sudjeluju timovi iz osam zemalja. Istovremeno, dok traje potraga, iz Kine je stiglo upozorenje malezijskim vlastima da moraju intenzivirati potragu za avionom, u kojem su bila i 153 kineska državljana, među ukupno 239 osoba. "Malezija pridaje veliku važnost tom incidentu.. ali s obzirom na situaciju, Malezija bi morala intenzivirati napore", rekao je Qin Gang, glasnogovornik kineskog ministarstva vanjskih poslova. Identificiran jedan korisnik ukradene putovnice Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, šef malezijske policije, kazao je u ponedjeljak kako je identificiran jedan korisnik ukradene putovnice. Abu Bakar kazao je kako ta osoba nije iz Malezije, no još ne može medijima otkriti iz koje države dolazi, javlja ABC. Jedini trag koji su istražitelji imali bila je naftna mrlja koja je uočena 150 kilometara južno od Vijetnama. No, malezijska državna agencija objavila je kako nije riječ o gorivu koji se koristi u zrakoplovima. Uzorak je ranije poslan na testiranje, prenosi BBC. Ne isključuje se niti jedna mogućnost Postoji mogućnost da se avion vratio, a nije isključena ni mogućnost terorističkog napada - potvrđeno je nakon što je Interpol objavio da je u avionu bio dvojac s lažnim putovnicama. Postoji mogućnost da je u pitanju i otmica. Ne isključuje se niti jedna mogućnost. "Nažalost, dame i gospodo, nismo našli predmete koji su povezani sa zrakoplovom", izjavio je Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, generalni direktor civilnog zrakoplovstva Malezije, prenosi CNN. Rahman je kazao kako izvješća o pronalasku vrata zrakoplova nisu potvrđena od strane vijetnamskih vlasti. Kazao je i kako nije točno da je pronađen rep zrakoplova. Jedini trag nestalog zrakoplova je velika naftna mrlja na moru, a uzorak je trenutno na testiranju. "Da zrakoplov nestane samo tako... što se nas tiče i mi smo zbunjeni također" izjavio je Rahman i za kraj poručio: "Moramo pronaći taj zrakoplov". Obiteljima je rečeno da se pripreme na najgore. Interpol potvrdio da su na malezijskom letu korištene ukradene putovnice TEKST SE NASTAVLJA ISPOD OGLASA Danas je i Interpol potvrdio da je najmanje dvoje putnika koristilo ukradene putovnice. U tijeku su pregledi putovnica ostalih putnika. Na popisu putnika nalaze se imena Christiana Kozela (30) iz Austrije i Luigija Maraldija (37) iz Italije, no oni nisu bili u zrakoplovu, a putovnice su im ukradene. Interpol je objavio da nastoji otkriti pravi identitet putnika koji su se ukrcali na taj let s ukradenim putovnicama. Iz malezijskog ministarstva unutarnjih poslova također su potvrdili da je u avionu bilo dvoje putnika s ukradenim putovnicama. Osobe koje su putovale s talijanskom i austrijskom putovnicom bile su Azijati. "To je nevjerojatno. Znaju li ti ljudi svoj posao? Na check-inu se pojave dva Azijata s talijanskom i austrijskom putovnicom, a njima ništa nije čudno", ljut je bio ministar unutarnjih poslova Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Pilot je bio zaljubljenik u avione i vrlo iskusan Pilot malezijskog zrakoplova nestalog u subotu toliko je uživao u letenju Boeingom 777 da je svoje slobodne dane provodio na simulatoru leta u svom domu, rekli su njegovi sadašnji i bivši kolege. Zaharie Ahmad Shah (53), kapetan zrakoplova u kojemu je bilo 239 putnika i članova posade na letu iz Kuala Lumpura za Peking, oduvijek je želio postati pilot i to mu je i uspjelo 1981. Kolege koji su radili s njim kažu da jako dobro poznaje zrakoplov Boeing 777. "On je zaljubljenik u zrakoplovnu tehniku. Mogli ste ga bilo što pitati i on bi vam pomogao. Takav je on", rekao je kopilot Malysia Airlinesa koji je ranije letio s njim. Zaharie je postavio simulator u svom domu u predgrađu Kuala Lumpura. "Znali smo ga zadirkivati. Pitali bismo ga zašto nosi posao kući", rekao je pilot koji poznaje Zahariea 20 godina. Zaharie ima više od 18.000 sati letačkog iskustva i dužnosnici Malaysia Airlinesa kažu da je nemoguće da bi on na bilo koji način bio kriv za nestanak zrakoplova.