Search for lost jet expands amid signs it flew on

March 14, 2014 at 10:06a.m.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The international search for the missing Malaysian jetliner expanded further into the Indian Ocean today amid signs the aircraft may have flown on for hours after its last contact with air-traffic control nearly a week ago. A U.S. official told The Associated Press that the Malaysia Airlines plane sent signals to a satellite for four hours after the aircraft went missing early last Saturday, raising the possibility the jet carrying 239 people could have flown far from the current search areas. It also increased speculation that whatever happened to the plane was a deliberate act.