US: plane likely crashed in ocean

The US Navy sends the USS Kidd, a destroyer, to the western portion of the Strait of Malacca; officials say they have “indications” that the plane may have crashed in that body of water. They say if the plane went down there, it was most likely crashed deliberately. This contradicts reports that says the plane continued flying for anywhere up to seven hours after contact with it was lost, and with officials’ beliefs that the plane flew eastward over the South China Sea.