Missing plane may have flown for 5 hours after it disappeared

Missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 may have been flying for more than five hours after it disappeared, sources have said.

It is believed the plane was sending automated signals to a satellite system long after radar contact was lost. This would mean the jet could have flown more than 1,600km beyond its last confirmed position.

Yesterday US surveillance teams were sent to the Indian Ocean, much further west than the initial searches.