PETALING JAYA: Military aircraft were not deployed to chase down Malaysian Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 when the plane went missing on the morning of March 8, says Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.
Hishammuddin’s communications team had moved swiftly late Thursday night to deny a CNN report which cited an unnamed senior Government official as claiming that Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) fighter jets were scrambled at around 8am on March 8 to track down MH370.
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