Malaysia officials: whereabouts of plane still unknown

The Beijing-bound plane that vanished from radar screens about an hour after take-off from Kuala Lumpur early Saturday has now been missing for over 60 hours.  [Special coverage]

Officials from Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation have denied earlier reports saying that an object suspected of being part of the plane was spotted. They say that they have not found anything that might belong to the plane, let alone the plane itself.

Rescue teams from nine countries are conducting search efforts. The chief Malaysian investigator says that the possibility of a hijacking has not been ruled out.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 went missing early Saturday morning on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. 239 people, including 154 Chinese, were on board. The plane lost contact with ground controllers somewhere between Malaysia and Vietnam. Two large oil slicks were found at the place where the plane was last spotted.

"Unfortunately, ladies and gentlemen, we have found nothing that appears to be the object from missing plane, we will intensify our efforts of the search, last night, there is a report that the Vietnam newspaper have reported to locate a piece of the aircraft, a door, an inner part of the door, but to inform all of you, that report is not verified official by the Vientiane. We immediatlty call the Vietnam last night, they confirmed that there didn't spot any sign of the object," said Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, Malaysia's Civil Aviation Chief.

"The Chinese passengers, we are making arrangement to fly them to Kuala Lumpur. we will accommodate them at the hotels in Kuala Lumpur," said Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, Malaysia Airlines Group CEO.