New twist to missing plane

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Malaysian military says it has radar evidence showing a missing Boeing 777 jetliner changed course and made it to the Malacca Strait, hundreds of kilometers (miles) away from the last location reported by civilian authorities.

The development injects new mystery into the investigation of the flight's disappearance.

Local newspaper Berita Harian quoted Malaysian air force chief Gen. Rodzali Daud as saying radar at a military base had detected the airliner near Pulau Perak, at the northern approach to the strait.

A high-ranking military official involved in the investigation confirmed the report on Tuesday and also said the aircraft was believed to be flying low.

Meanwhile, authorities say the information they're learning about two men who were traveling with stolen passports on the missing plane makes it less likely that terrorism was a cause of its disappearance over the weekend.

The secretary general of Interpol says one of the men, a 19-year-old, was believed to have been planning to seek asylum in Germany. Interpol released an image of the two Iranian men boarding a plane at the same time.