Did jetliner fly into Taliban-controlled area?

March 18, 2014 09:00

The Independent reports: The missing Malaysian airlines flight MH370 may have been deliberately flown under the radar to Taliban-controlled bases on the border of Afghanistan, it has emerged.

Authorities said that the final message sent from the cockpit came after one of the jet's communications systems had already been switched off.

The Independent has learnt that Malaysian authorities are seeking diplomatic permission to investigate a theory that the plane was flown to one of a number of Taliban strongholds on the Afghan border in Northwest Pakistan.

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