MH370: Passengers likely suffocated, Australia says

Map showing the new search area in the Indian ocean for missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft MH370, during an announcement by Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss (not pictured), at the Parliament House Canberra, Australia.

SYDNEY (Reuters): The passengers and crew of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 most likely died from suffocation and coasted lifelessly into the ocean on autopilot, a new report released by Australian officials on Thursday said.

In a 55-page report, the Australian Transport Safety Board outlined how investigators had arrived at this conclusion after comparing the conditions on the flight with previous disasters, although it contained no new evidence from within the jetliner.