Malaysia under fire over missing plane

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia faced a storm of criticism on Wednesday over contradictions and information gaps in the hunt for a missing airliner with 239 people on board, as the search zone dramatically veered far from the intended flight path.

Efforts to locate Malaysia Airlines flight 370, involving the navies and air forces of multiple nations, had focused on Vietnam’s South China Sea coast where it last made contact Saturday on a journey from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.