Australia: MH370 plunged at high speed


A Malaysian man walks in front of a mural of missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane in a back-alley in Shah Alam on March 8, 2016.Malaysia and Australia said they remained hopeful of solving the mystery of flight MH370 as the second anniversary of the planes disappearance arrived March 8 with no end in sight for devastated families. / AFP / MANAN VATSYAYANA

Sydney: Flight MH370 plunged into the ocean at high speed – up to 20,000 feet a minute – reinforcing analysis that the missing Malaysia Airlines jet crashed in the current search zone, a report said.

The Boeing 777 disappeared on March 8, 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people onboard.

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