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Flight 370: Best new lead
The NZ Air Force are playing a key role in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, with possible debris spotted in water west of Australia.

Live updates: The search for MH370
Live updates on the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished en route to Beijing with 239 people aboard.

Flight 370: Authorities slammed
The FBI is examining deleted data from the missing plane's pilot's simulator while angry relatives accuse authorities of hiding the truth from them.

So how do you hide a Boeing 777?
Masking the jets position from the eyes of civilian aviation teams would have been as simple as turning a knob. "Just switch it to the left and the transponder is off," said Captain Amin Said.

Flight 370 hunt: 'We are still clueless'
Eleven days after contact was lost with Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, there has been minimal progress in determining precisely what happened or where the plane ended up.

Airline's hotel move 'heartless'
The families of passengers missing on Flight 370 for more than 11 days are being pushed out of their Kuala Lumpur hotel, as they wait for news of their loved ones.

Missing plane: NZ Orion to conduct first major search
An New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion will today search for for anything floating in the sea that may indicate where a missing Malaysian passenger plane might be.

Flight path programmed in
The turn that diverted the missing Malaysia Airlines plane off its flight path was programmed into the aircraft's computer navigation system, it has been revealed

Officials simulating lost jet's path
Sources tell the Herald a lack of cell or internet communication from those on board a missing jet indicate it could be in "remote, non-friendly territory".

Did Flight 370 fly into a Taliban area?
Malaysian authorities are seeking diplomatic permission to look at whether missing Flight 370 flew under the radar to Taliban-controlled bases on Afghan border.

9/11-type hijack probed
Evidence of a plot by Malaysian Islamists to hijack a passenger jet in a terrorist attack copying 9/11 was being investigated in connection with the disappearance of Flight MH370.

Missing flight: Family hang on to hopes
The family of Kiwi Paul Weeks are hanging on to slim hopes he could still be alive after it was revealed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 flew for more than seven hours.

Missing Kiwi's wife: 'There's no finality'
The wife of Kiwi engineer Paul Weeks - missing since Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared six days ago - has given an emotional interview to CNN's Piers Morgan, detailing how her husband wanted his son to have his wedding ring.

Navy chasing plane's mysterious 'pings'
The US Navy has ordered a ship to the Indian Ocean to search for a missing Malaysian airliner amid reports the plane kept "pinging" a satellite after losing radar contact.

Missing plane: Kiwi wife's anguish
Little Lincoln Weeks has a map on his wall showing where his father, Kiwi Paul Weeks, was going to live and work in Mongolia before his plane went missing.

Leaders confess: We're in the dark
Malaysian leaders fronted a news conference in Kuala Lumpur last night and admitted that, five days into the search for Flight 370, they still have no idea what's happened to the jet.

Malaysia: Shopping - fake and fabulous
Kate Shuttleworth gets a bargain, or several, on a Kuala Lumpur spree.

Lincoln Tan: Passengers take beefed-up airline security in their stride
Herald reporter Lincoln Tan flew Malaysia Airways to KL, talking to crew about their missing colleagues and passengers about their concerns.

Some NZ passports miss 'stolen' check
New Zealand border authorities concede not every traveller's passport is checked with Interpol to determine it isn't stolen.

Live updates: The hunt for Flight 370
Live updates on the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished en route to Beijing with 239 people aboard.

NZ Orion to help search for missing jet
A NZ Air Force Orion is being sent to help in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, as airports - including Auckland - are asked to beef up security.

Missing plane: 'Passport ring' probed
Thai police say they are investigating a "passport ring'' as details emerged of bookings made in Thailand with stolen European passports for the vanished Malaysia Airlines flight.

The hunt for Flight 370
We'll keep you updated with the latest from the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

'Miss you already': Lost Kiwi's text
Prime Minister John Key says it's unfortunate the wife of a New Zealand man missing aboard Flight 370 first heard about plane's disappearance from a journalist.

Brisbane couples among passengers
Two Brisbane couples and another two Australians are among 239 people feared dead after a Malaysia Airlines flight went missing en route to Beijing.

Two Kiwis on missing flight
A father of two young sons is one of two Kiwis feared dead in a mysterious Malaysia Airlines flight which disappeared yesterday.

Borneo: Once were warriors
Peace reigns among the tribes but it wasn't always that way, writes Diana Balham.