China Searching for Missing MH370 Jet on Own Territory

China has begun searching for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on its own territory, state media said Tuesday, citing Beijing’s envoy in Kuala Lumpur.

The northern corridor projected from satellite and military radar data that the aircraft might have flown through passes through far western China, and Chinese ambassador Huang Huikang said that China had begun search and rescue operations in the area, the official news agency Xinhua said.