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deliberately diverted from its course by someone on board. Police | :00:09. | :00:14. | |
have searched the home of the plane's pilot, as Malaysia's Prime | :00:15. | :00:17. | |
Minister says investigators are keeping an open mind. Despite media | :00:18. | :00:26. | |
reports that the plane was hijacked, I wish to be very clear - we are | :00:27. | :00:32. | |
still investigating all possibilities. | :00:33. | :00:40. | |
Protesters in Crimea demand it remains part of Ukraine, on the eve | :00:41. | :00:46. | |
of a referendum about union with Russia. | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
And victory for Ireland in the Six Nations, after a thrilling climax in | :00:53. | :00:55. | |
Paris. Hello, good evening. The passenger | :00:56. | :01:19. | |
plane that went missing on a flight from Malaysia, a week ago, was | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
deliberately diverted from its scheduled route to China, after its | :01:24. | :01:27. | |
communications were switched off by someone on board. Malaysia's Prime | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
Minister told a news conference that the plane, with 239 people on board, | :01:32. | :01:37. | |
could have flown on as far as Kazakhstan to the north or the | :01:38. | :01:41. | |
southern Indian Ocean. There are flashing images in this report. | :01:42. | :01:49. | |
There were sudden and dramatic developments today, this white | :01:50. | :01:52. | |
police car has just raided the home of the pilot of missing flight | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
MH370. 53-year-old, Zaharie Ahmad Shah was the captain that day. His | :01:58. | :02:04. | |
home and that of copilot, Hamid were raided following a press conference | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
by the Malaysian Prime Minister. In it he said his government believes | :02:09. | :02:12. | |
someone on board the plane deliberately diverted it. Primary | :02:13. | :02:17. | |
radar data showed an aircraft, which was believed, but not confirmed, to | :02:18. | :02:25. | |
be MH370 did indeed turn back. These movements are consistent with | :02:26. | :02:32. | |
deliberate action by someone on the plane. This is what we now know: | :02:33. | :02:39. | |
Flight MH370 took off at 12. 40am, heading for Beijing. As it crossed | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
the East Coast, a key communications system was disabled. At 1. 22, over | :02:46. | :02:51. | |
the Gulf of Thailand, the plane's radar transponder was also switched | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
off. Malaysian military radar tracked it as it turned back and | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
headed into the straits of moo lacka. This is the -- Malacca, this | :03:01. | :03:05. | |
is the last known position. We know it continued to transmit satellite | :03:06. | :03:09. | |
data for six more hours. That data shows it could have flown North West | :03:10. | :03:13. | |
towards Kazakhstan, or south-west into the Indian Ocean. | :03:14. | :03:20. | |
Whoever diverted the flight did so very deliberately and with quiet a | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
lot of knowledge about how to fly a Boeing airliner. In theory, that | :03:25. | :03:28. | |
could mean any of the more than 200 adults on board. But right now, the | :03:29. | :03:35. | |
focus is on the pilots. But tonight, one of the captain's friends told me | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
it is inconceivable he could have gone rogue and taken over the plane. | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
His character, his personality doesn't point to that kind of | :03:45. | :03:50. | |
direction. So I honestly, I'm in a very confuelsed state -- confused | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
state. If we were to fly on the plane and we were given the chase to | :03:55. | :04:02. | |
choose a pilot, captain would be my first choice. The task ahead is | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
still massive. The hunt for the plane now stretches over not | :04:07. | :04:14. | |
hundreds, but thousands of miles. Confirmation that the plane's | :04:15. | :04:18. | |
disappearance was not an accident has further focussed attention on | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
the 12 crew and the passengers. But the motive for someone taking | :04:23. | :04:27. | |
control of the plane remains a mystery. Our Security Correspondent | :04:28. | :04:32. | |
is with me for more on that. The whole nature of this | :04:33. | :04:35. | |
investigation has changed dramatically in the last 24 hours. | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
Knowing now that it was a deliberate act by whoever turned off the | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
plane's communications, means that either the flight crew chose to do | :04:46. | :04:48. | |
it or someone forced them to do it. But who and why? | :04:49. | :04:55. | |
Modern passenger airliners normally have two automatic communications | :04:56. | :05:02. | |
systems on board, and a transponders. Disabling them in | :05:03. | :05:05. | |
flight is a technical task. Only flight crew or trained engineer | :05:06. | :05:08. | |
could have done it. They must have known what to do and when to do it | :05:09. | :05:16. | |
and how to get access to the system. Whether this was a pilot or one of | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
the others, that information would not normally be accessible. So they | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
would have to have prior knowledge. The pilot and copilot of the flight | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
were not initially under suspension. But investigators will now look more | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
closely at the men's private lives, looking for any signs of personal | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
crisis. Then there's the security question: Could someone or some | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
people have got on board and forced the crew to change course? If so, | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
they would have had to overcome modern security systems, but the | :05:47. | :05:49. | |
pilots could have alerted air traffic control. And why target this | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
flight? Malaysia has no real enemies. It did face a militant | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
insurgency a decade ago by a regional group, but experts doubt | :06:01. | :06:03. | |
they're capable of hijacking a plane like this. If this was terrorism, | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
then it was a very well thought-out, planned, executed operation. | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
Spotlight on South East Asia in the past often is on the group that | :06:14. | :06:18. | |
carried out the Bali bombings. But counter-terrorism agencies believe | :06:19. | :06:21. | |
the group is no longer capable of pulling off mass casualty attacks. | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
Their operations have largely been diminished. As the search for clues | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
continues, on land, at satisfy and in the air, ever more outlandish | :06:31. | :06:33. | |
theories are being considered. We won't know the truth until they | :06:34. | :06:39. | |
recovery the flight recording, the vital black box. | :06:40. | :06:42. | |
We're left with a number of possibilities, none of which are | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
conclusive. A hijack, for political or criminal reasons by the crew or | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
someone on board, or some kind of mental break down, even suicide by | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
someone who had control over the plane's systems. | :06:56. | :07:03. | |
Russia has vetoed a US-backed United Nations resolution condemning | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
tomorrow's referendum in Crimea, in which voters will decide whether to | :07:08. | :07:11. | |
remain part of Ukraine or join Russia. Ukraine has warned that it | :07:12. | :07:15. | |
will use all necessary measures to stop what it's called "Russia's | :07:16. | :07:18. | |
military invasion". Final preparations in the polling | :07:19. | :07:36. | |
station in school number two in Simferopol, for the referendum which | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
could tear Ukraine apart. A ballot pay were two choices -- paper with | :07:41. | :07:49. | |
two choices, to declare independence or join Russia. It's as if the | :07:50. | :07:54. | |
decision has already been made with the Russian flag flying here. This | :07:55. | :07:57. | |
will be the most significant redrawing of a European border since | :07:58. | :08:03. | |
Kosovo. Across town, a last-ditch demonstration by those opposed to | :08:04. | :08:07. | |
the referendum. People who say the poll is illegal. People who warn | :08:08. | :08:13. | |
that Crimea is dependent on Ukraine. There's no water here. Water comes | :08:14. | :08:19. | |
viate canal from Ukraine. The only two rail roads go to Ukraine. But | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
like many here, the owner of the local safari park is a huge | :08:26. | :08:30. | |
enthusiast for rejoining Russia. He says Ukraine wasted its chance. | :08:31. | :08:37. | |
"We've been waiting for 23 years for Ukraine to pay attention to Crimea. | :08:38. | :08:45. | |
Nothing has been done." In Moscow, tens of thousands took to | :08:46. | :08:49. | |
the streets to protest against their country's actions in Ukraine. That | :08:50. | :08:55. | |
was countered by an organised demonstration in support of the | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
Kremlin. As Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution | :09:02. | :09:11. | |
condemning the Crimean resolution, helicopters were flying outside | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
Crimea on a nearby bit of land, something the Ukrainian Foreign | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
Ministry called an invasion. Tomorrow's referendum could hardly | :09:22. | :09:23. | |
be held in more controversial circumstances. | :09:24. | :09:31. | |
Our world affairs editor is in Crimea tonight. John, reports today | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
of Russian military incursion into Ukraine as well. Yes, something like | :09:37. | :09:45. | |
80 Russian commandos seem to have gone to a village just north of | :09:46. | :09:50. | |
Crimea in eastern Ukraine, taken over a village on the pretext or on | :09:51. | :09:55. | |
the excuse, at any rate, that they were protecting some kind of | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
installation and then were confronted by the Ukrainian army. | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
There doesn't seem to have been any shooting, certainly no blood shed. | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
It looks as though it is all over now. Not a big incident in itself, | :10:10. | :10:15. | |
buffer it's precisely the -- but it's the kind of thing Western | :10:16. | :10:18. | |
countries are really nervous about, the whied that Russia -- the idea | :10:19. | :10:24. | |
that Russia might stage an invasion of Ukraine, very dangerous indeed. | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
It's clear why the Russians might want to do that, because they're | :10:29. | :10:33. | |
very nervous about having a hostile Ukraine right bang on their borders, | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
but it's precisely the kind of thing that the West realises is going to | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
be an extremely dangerous crisis. Thank you for now. | :10:45. | :10:50. | |
Here, the Education Secretary has criticised the number of old | :10:51. | :10:54. | |
Etonians in David Cameron's inner circle. In an interview with the | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
Financial Times, Mr Gove, a personal friend of the Prime Minister, said | :10:59. | :11:02. | |
it's ridiculous there are so many people at the top of Government from | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
similar, privileged backgrounds. Very busy day in the world of sport. | :11:08. | :11:14. | |
Let's get all the latest details. Good evening, there was a thrilling | :11:15. | :11:18. | |
conclusion to the Six Nations competition with Ireland eventually | :11:19. | :11:22. | |
being crowned the 2014 champions after a nail-biting finale against | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
France. Ireland had to win the match to claim the title and deny England | :11:28. | :11:31. | |
the championship. They did so, beating France 22-20. | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
It was the most fitting of Fay gnawies, disc -- finales, Brian | :11:38. | :11:45. | |
O'Driscoll playing his last international and helped Ireland to | :11:46. | :11:48. | |
win the tournament, the legendary player had come to define. This Six | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
Nations went to the wire. England doing their best earlier in the day | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
to grab glory in Rome. They weren't able to overhaul Ireland's superior | :11:58. | :12:01. | |
points difference, but seven tries sealed an impressive 52-11 victory. | :12:02. | :12:06. | |
England now needed France to do them a favour in Paris. For Ireland, it | :12:07. | :12:11. | |
was simple - win and they'd be champions. Two early tries put them | :12:12. | :12:15. | |
on course. But in a thrilling game, that swung one way, then another, | :12:16. | :12:19. | |
France hit back. The hosts holding a one-point lead at halftime. Ireland | :12:20. | :12:28. | |
regained the initiative through Jonathan Sexton's second try of the | :12:29. | :12:31. | |
night. England's players nervously watched on. France could have handed | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
them the trophy. Chances were missed and a late try ruled out for a | :12:37. | :12:40. | |
forward pass. Ireland bravely holding out for the win. The | :12:41. | :12:46. | |
retiring great O'Driscoll had his fairy-tale ending. It feelles great | :12:47. | :12:51. | |
to be a -- feels great to be a two-times Six Nations winner. It's | :12:52. | :12:54. | |
great to finish on a high, my last game, in this magnificent jersey. | :12:55. | :13:01. | |
When I hang it on the hook, it will be with very fond memories. Ireland | :13:02. | :13:07. | |
champions then of a classic Six Nations, arguably the greatest | :13:08. | :13:13. | |
player of his generation, given the sendoff his career deserved. | :13:14. | :13:20. | |
In the final day's other game, Wales secured their biggest Six Nations | :13:21. | :13:25. | |
victory with a win over Scotland. Wales finished in third place. | :13:26. | :13:29. | |
Scotland are in fifth. Match of the Day follows us on BBC | :13:30. | :13:32. | |
One, so please pop out of the room if you don't want to know today's | :13:33. | :13:35. | |
results. Fabian Delph scored Aston Villa's | :13:36. | :13:39. | |
winning goal as they surprised Chelsea with a 1-0 victory. The | :13:40. | :13:43. | |
Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho and two of his players were sent off | :13:44. | :13:47. | |
during the defeat as they failed to regain their nine-point lead at the | :13:48. | :13:52. | |
top of the table. Fulham are still bottom of the | :13:53. | :13:56. | |
table, but had their first victory to move to within one point of | :13:57. | :13:58. | |
Cardiff. In the Scottish Premiership, Ross | :13:59. | :14:20. | |
County won away from home for only the second time this season. They | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
beat St Johnstone 1-0 to ease relegation concerns. Wins for dun | :14:26. | :14:30. | |
deep ut and Partick Thistle. -- Dundee United and Partick | :14:31. | :14:34. | |
Thistle. Great Britain have won a bronze in | :14:35. | :14:40. | |
the wheelchair curling. They beat China 7-3. The medal makes this | :14:41. | :14:46. | |
Great Britain's most successful winter Paralympics for 30 years. | :14:47. | :14:52. | |
In just over seven hours, Lewis Hamilton starts on pole position for | :14:53. | :14:55. | |
the first Grand Prix of the Formula One season. The Mercedes driver | :14:56. | :14:59. | |
equalled Nigel Mansell's British record of 32 pole positions after | :15:00. | :15:02. | |
qualifying fastest in wet conditions in Australia. World champion, | :15:03. | :15:05. | |
Sebastian Vettel, starts back in 13th place. | :15:06. | :15:10. | |
That's all your sport for now. Before I go, just a pointer that the | :15:11. | :15:14. | |
Chancellor, George Osborne, will be talking to Andrew Marr tomorrow | :15:15. | :15:17. | |
morning in the run up to Wednesday's budget. That's the Andrew Marr Show, | :15:18. | :15:23. | |
9am tomorrow on BBC One. From everybody here tonight, a very good | :15:24. | :15:24. | |
night. Bye-bye. Good evening. High pressure has been | :15:25. | :15:39. | |
dominating our weather now for a week. It's sitting just to the | :15:40. | :15:45. | |
south-west of the UK. And actually it's allowing this cloud to topple | :15:46. | :15:48. | |
over the top and produce patchy rain across the North West of Scotland | :15:49. | :15:51. | |
today. There were decent breaks in the cloud with highest values in the | :15:52. | :15:55. | |
south-east of 19 degrees. Through the night, a quiet night, largely | :15:56. | :15:59. | |
dry. Rather breezy with | :16:00. | :16:00. |