Missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370: Timeline

March 9: Malaysian authorities say the aircraft may have turned back before it disappeared. They also investigate two passengers who they say used false passports to board the plane. March 10: One of the two suspects with stolen passports is identified as an Iranian teen, but it is concluded he had no terror links. March 10: Search expanded to the Andaman Sea as well as the Gulf of Thailand, apart from the South China Sea. On March 11, after a determination had been made the plane made a sharp turn and apparently flew back over the Malaysian Peninsula, the search was extended to the Strait of Malacca, off the nation’s western coast. A day later, the search was expanded again, to the Andaman Sea, northwest of the Strait of Malacca and then to the Indian Ocean. March 11: The US Navy dispatches one more Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to join the multinational search. The USS Kidd joins the USS Pinckney in the search efforts.