(22 March) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has hit back at an American reporter who called Thai authorities “jerks” for their alleged delay in publishing the flight data of the missing Malaysian jet.

Thai officials have previously indicated that military radars manned by the Royal Thai Air Force have detected the suspected presence of flight MH370 as it departed Malaysia and headed toward the Gulf of Thailand. Officials said the airplane was later seen veering off its path and flying back to Malaysia.

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