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Search operation. they have been focusing on the flight path the plane was intended to take. they have been looking, expanding, expanding the search zone, because they found absolutely nothing, a few false leads, but nothing else in the area where the plane should have gone down according to its flight path. so theyre now focusing on this other area. just one more thing, wolf, is that this does tie in with earlier reports where the malaysian air force has been very cagey, saying that we believe ...

The pilot did during the final moments of that flight. >> hold on for a moment. because i want the you to react to this next report. andrew stevens is joining us now, correspondent in kuala lumpur in malaysia. up date our viewers, andrew, what were learning precisely, and what it may suggest. >> reporter: well, were hearing, wolf, now the last reported position, last position the plane was seen, was over a small island in the strait of malacca. this is on the subpoena sit side of the country of ...

This is cnn breaking news. >> and the breaking news, some more mysterious information just coming into cnn from the malaysian air force. the malaysian air force says it has now traced the last travel of malaysia airlines flight 370 to a very small island in the straits of malacca, according to the senior malaysian air force official. the official declined to be named, because hes not authorized to speak to the news media. but the official says that about 2:40 a.m. local time, the civilian and mi...

But by looking at what theyre doing with the search pattern, that pattern has been going further and further out across the straits of the malacca, into where that air -- where that plane was last seen and sort of unofficially, if you like. just from my understanding of this, wolf, when the plane was last officially seen, the transponders were on. it was sending a signal which verified it was that particular aircraft. when the transponders were turned off, a primary radar which is used by both t...