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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Search: Phone Call Offers New Clue

Australian Authorities Believe Flight 370 Turned South Earlier Than Thought


Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss, right, and Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai sign a Memorandum of Understanding at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Aug. 28. European Pressphoto Agency

CANBERRA, Australia-Australian authorities believe Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 turned south earlier than previously thought based on an attempted phone call to the plane after it vanished, providing a new clue to the jetliner's possible location in the southern Indian Ocean.

Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said the assessment was based on fresh analysis that included being able to trace the satellite phone call by Malaysia Airlines ground staff, which wasn't successful in contacting the plane after it disappeared on March 8.

"The detailed research that is being done now has been able to identify, or trace, that phone call and help to position the aircraft and the direction it was traveling," Mr. Truss said Thursday.