This is why we have extended the search. We are expanding our search into the Andaman Sea.” The sea, part of the Indian Ocean, is northwest of the Malay Peninsula. He said Malaysia was asking for radar data from India and other neighboring countries to
Looking to the Indian Ocean: ABC News: "U.S. officials have an 'indication' the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner may have crashed in the Indian Ocean and is moving the USS Kidd to the area to begin searching. It's not clear what the indication was
"We have an indication the plane went down in the Indian Ocean," a senior Pentagon official told ABC News. The official said they are working on a theory the plane flew for another four or five hours after disappearing from
the White House said on Thursday. "It's my understanding that based on some new information that's not necessarily conclusive, but new information, an additional search area may be opened in the Indian Ocean," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
This is the White House announcement of naval deployments into the eastern Indian Ocean, which take further the recent Malaysia announcements of extended search areas in the Andaman Sea. A US ABC report says:.