Malaysians are now backing off prior statements about military radar locating the plane off their west coast. Seems to raise the question I mentioned earlier - the reliability of that identification.
Air force chief Gen. Rodzali Daud said air defense radar showed an unidentified object at 2:15 a.m. about 200 miles northwest of Penang. "I am not saying it's flight MH370. We are still corroborating this. It was an unidentifiable plot," he said. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 mystery deepens; officials don't know which way it was flying - CBS News
Here is a blog post listing the changes and contradictions in "official" information, which is contributing to the chasing-ones-own-tail circle of ever-weirder conspiracy theories.
Contradictory statements from Malaysia over missing airliner perplex, infuriate