Malaysia Releases First Report on Flight 370

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Malaysian authorities released its first preliminary report on the missing Flight 370 on Thursday

The five-page report, embedded below, reveals that it was 17 minutes before officials noticed Flight 370, which disappeared on March 8 at 1:21 a.m., had vanished from the radar. Authorities waited for four hours before launching its search and rescue operation. The report gives no details of why it took so long to activate its search efforts.

See also: What Happened to Flight 370? 5 Leading Theories

Malaysia's report comes after much protest from families of missing passengers, some of whom have accused the government of hiding information. Earlier on Thursday, Malaysia Airlines announced that it will close family support centers on May 7, urging relatives to go home and wait for updates. Read more...

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