"All lives are lost," family members of those aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 were told today.
The grim news that the airliner apparently crashed in the southern Indian Ocean was announced by Malaysia's Prime Minister.
The mystery of what happened to the 227 passengers and 12 crew members aboard the Boeing 777 had set off a frenzy of speculation and conspiracy-theory hatching.
Relatives met the news today with anguish, wailing and crying at the Beijing hotel where they had met with Malaysia Airlines officials.
Prime Minister Najib Razak said British investigators' conclusion that the plane's flight ended in the southern Indian Ocean was based on new analysis of Inmarsat satellite data.
The Prime Minister said the airliner's last known position was far from any landing area.
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