Mystery in Malaysia

The search continues for the Malaysian Airlines flight that disappeared this weekend. The oil slicks originally believed to belong to the missing flight were deemed as unrelated to the incident. Malaysian officials are now saying that the last place the plane was tracked was on the western coast of Malaysia, contrary to original reports about the last contact with the plane being made on the eastern coast, near Vietnam. Over ten nations are contributing to the search for the aircraft.

Officials are also investigating the two, possibly four, passengers who boarded the plane using stolen passports taken in Thailand within the past two years from an Italian and an Austrian. Last night, authorities identified both men who used the stolen passports. One was an Iranian who was attempting to seek asylum in Germany. The other man, who purchased his ticket with the asylum-seeking Iranian, intended to travel with him to Amsterdam. Authorities have determined that he is Iranian.

The thought of these two men boarding the plane with stolen passports raised questions about a possible terror attack on the Malaysian Airlines flight. There have been instances of passengers attempting to bring bombs on flights leaving Kuala Lumpur's airport. However, officials have stated that the identified passenger has neither had a history of terrorism nor is a suspected terrorist.