I’ve been laying low on the story until more details to the story were fleshed out, the revelation that a couple of stolen passports made it on the plane, definitely raises suspicion of terrorism level a couple of notches.
Malaysia Airlines Plane ‘Crashes Near Vietnam’
Stolen passports lead to terrorism fears as the passenger plane vanishes from radar screens without sending a distress signal.
Nearly 240 people are feared dead after two large oil slicks were spotted where a passenger plane reportedly crashed into the sea off Vietnam.
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it vanished around two hours into the flight.
The two parallel slicks – both between 10 miles (16km) and 12 miles (19km) long and 500 metres apart – were seen by two Vietnamese air force jets off the south coast of Vietnam.
A Vietnamese government statement said they were consistent with the kind of spills caused by fuel from a crashed airliner.

Rescue boats are being sent to the area from the nearby island of Phu Quoc to look for survivors.
Earlier, the country’s state media quoted a navy official as saying Flight MH370 crashed near Tho Chu Islands at around 2.40am local time.
More here. H/T: Softly Bob
via WSJ
Quote: “On Sunday afternoon, a statement issued in the name of a previously unknown group claimed that the disappearance of the plane was a political act aimed at the Chinese and Malaysian governments and referred to last week’s attack in a Chinese train station by alleged Uighur separatists. It stopped short of a claim of responsibility. Malaysian officials said that they were unaware of any claim of responsibility but would investigate all possibilities.