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We're following the breaking news that is coming in this time from "the new york times." reporting that the malaysia air flight 370 experienced significant changes in altitude and altered its course more than once as if still under a pilot's control. american officials and others familiar with the investigation says radar signals appear to show the missing airliner climbing to over 45,000 feet soon after it disappeared from civilian radar and then made a sharp turn to the west. radar shows that the plane desended unevenly to an altitude of 23,000 feet. that's below cruising levels. malaysia's ...

Then according to the "times"' report, it made a sharp turn to the west. the radar track then shows the plane descending unevenly to an altitude of 23,000 feet, that's below the approved cruising level and that's as it approached the malaysian island of panang. that's this dot here. that's one of the country's most densely populated islands. then the plane turned from a southwesterly course here to a northwest-bound course, climbed to a higher altitude, flew over the strait of malacca. the times did say the data the incomplete, difficult to determine. if this report is accurate, some dramatic ...

Many as four hours after it went missing. but malaysian officials are denying this, at least publicly. >> those reports are inaccurate. the last transmission from the aircraft was at 0107, which indicated everything was normal. >> reporter: in a hint the focus of the search might be shifting west, india has dispatched two ships to the eastern indian ocean, and u.s. ships involved with the operation are steaming toward the same area to help with the expanding search area. >> it's my understanding that based on some new information that's not necessarily conclusive but new information, an additi...

Of the island of panang. made a sharp turn recrossing the peninsula before disappearing. malaysian officials have been careful not to speculate if this blip is in fact the missing jet. officials have come under criticism from other countries for giving confusing statements and withholding critical information. today they pushed back. >> malaysia has nothing to hide. we have spared no expense and no effort. we have followed protocols as since the incident began. >> reporter: adding to the already growing mystery, aircraft and ships sent to an area where three chinese satellite images showed wha...

Operations. but complicating efforts are a string of confusion and conflicting statements by malaysian authorities. military officials there now appear to be backing off an earlier suggestion that the plane made an abrupt turn to the west less than an hour into the flight. rerecognizance the malay peninsula and ending up in an island in the middle of the malacca strait. other asian officials doubted this theory. then the military offered another theory, saying instead an unidentified blip turned up on military radar 200 miles northwest of the city of panang, close together thai island of puket...