Flight MH370 crashed in Indian Ocean, says Malaysian Prime Minister

New evidence suggests that the missing Malaysian Boeing 777 airliner crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, Prime Minister Najib Razak announced today.

"Based on new analysis, experts have concluded that the Boeing 777 was flying in the southern corridor, and its last location was defined in the middle of the Indian Ocean west of the Australian city of Perth, this remote place, far from possible landing sites. Thus I have to report that the plane finished its flight in the southern Indian Ocean," Razak is quoted by RIA Novosti.

Razak added that he has already informed the relatives of the passengers and asked them to respect the right to privacy.

This was earlier reported by Malaysian Airlines, the Sky News TV channel reports, citing a statement by the airline company.

None of the passengers is presumed to have survived.