In the  evening of Mar 9th 2014 local time Malaysia's Transport Ministry  reported, that no trace of the missing aircraft has been found at dawn  Mar 9th after two days of search. The oil slicks as well as debris found  so far are not related to the aircraft. Rumours like other crew  establishing contact to the accident flight after radar contact was  lost, phone contact to a mobile phone of one the passengers of the  missing flight or the aircraft having landed in China or Vietnam, are  false.
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According  to the states run Chinese news agency Xinhua Chinese police established  that one of the Chinese passengers listed on the manifest never left  China, is still at home and in possession of his passport, therefore was  not on the accident flight. The passenger's passport had not been lost  or stolen, the numbers on his passport and the passport number noted on  the manifest are identical however.
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Malaysia's  Defense Ministry said, that as result of the verified discrepancies  between passenger manifest and people on board of the aircraft, the  Austrian and the Italian, the entire manifest is under scrutiny. At  least 4 names are suspicious and are being investigated with the  participation by the FBI from the USA.