Questions yet to be answered about ill-fated Flight 370

With the exact location of Flight 370 still unknown, profound questions remain about what brought down the aircraft and why.

The missing Malaysia Airlines plane crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean, said the nation’s prime minister, citing a new analysis of satellite data. The statement was the first major step toward resolving a two-week-old mystery that has consumed the world.

Dressed in a black suit, Najib Razak announced the news in a brief statement, saying the information was based on an unprecedented analysis of satellite data.