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     Malaysia Investigates Identities of Four Passengers on Missing Flight

   Malaysia`s transport minister says an investigation has been launched
   to determine the identities of four people on the missing Malaysia
   Airlines jet who were traveling with stolen passports or suspicious
   papers.
   Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told reporters Sunday that
   Malaysian intelligence agencies are probing the entire passenger
   manifest and are coordinating with their international counterparts,
   including the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
   Officials also say radar tracking the plane indicated that it may have
   turned back from its scheduled route before disappearing. Rescue teams
   have expanded the search area.
   Two men listed on the passenger list -- one from Italy and another from
   Austria -- never boarded the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing that
   disappeared early Saturday with 239 people on board. Both men had their
   passports stolen in Thailand in the last two years. It is not clear who
   was flying with the stolen documents. Officials announced two more
   questionable identities on Sunday.
   The search for the aircraft continues with no confirmed sightings of
   the plane or any wreckage.
   The U.S. is sending a team of experts to help with the investigation
   into the missing aircraft. U.S. officials say they are still looking at
   the disappearance as if it is an accident, but Malaysian officials say
   they are not ruling anything out.
   Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared from radar screens about an
   hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing in good weather.
   Most of the passengers were Chinese.
   Air traffic controllers say they never received any distress calls
   before the jet disappeared.
   The aircraft is a Boeing 777-200 -- a very popular plane with an
   excellent safety record. The most recent accident involving a Boeing
   777 was the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International
   Airport in July 2013. Three people were killed. Pilot error is
   suspected in that incident.
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