"The restricted area is located in the southern part while the MH17 path was 100km north from the restricted area," he told a press conference at the Sama-Sama Hotel here.
Izham denied reports that MH17 had deviated from its flight path to avoid a hurricane.
"There was no hurricane in that vicinity as confirmed by other flights which came later.
"We are aware of the tweets and status on the social media with regards to pilots reporting they reverted to us regarding the route changes...it is false. There was no report from our pilot," he said.
Flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was carrying 283 passengers of different nationalities and 15 crew when it crashed in Ukraine.
The Boeing 777 jet left Amsterdam at 12.15pm (Netherlands time) on Thursday and was to arrive in Kuala Lumpur at 6.10am (Malaysian time) on Friday. - Bernama
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