Relatives of passengers on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been told to assume the plane has been lost.
News reports say Malaysia Airlines has texted families of the 239 people on board to say it now has to assume "beyond any reasonable doubt" that the flight been lost and there are no survivors.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said satellite data showed the plane was last recorded to be in the middle of the southern Indian Ocean.
"It is therefore with deep sadness and regret that according to this new data, flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean."
