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Thailand failed to share missing Malaysian plane's radar data

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Thailand reportedly detected the missing plane in its radar, but failed to give information about it.

The Thailand military said its radar detected a plane that may have been the missing Malaysian Airlines jet just minutes after the jetliner's communications went down.

However, Thailand did not share the information with Malaysia earlier because it wasn't specifically asked for it, news.com.au reports.

The twisting flight path was described by Thai air force spokesman Air Vice Marshal Montol Suchookorn.

He added that the plane was taken to the Strait of Malacca, which is where Malaysian radar tracked Flight 370 early March 8.

He however said that the Thai military does not know whether it detected the same plane.

 

He said the plane never entered Thai airspace and that Malaysia's initial request for information in the early days of the search was not specific.

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First Published: Mar 19 2014 | 12:15 PM IST

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