The Malaysian Government says that the Malaysia Airline aircraft which went missing with 239 people on board, has crashed in the southern Indian Ocean.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak made this announcement at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.

Najib said that the government has reached the conclusion on the basis of information provided by British satellite company Inmarsat.

The Malaysia Airlines Boeing went missing on March 8, one hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur. Five Indians and an Indo-Canadian were among the passengers on board the Flight.