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Oil slicks offer sign that Malaysian jet crashed; stolen passports used
Two large oil slicks spotted Saturday by the Vietnamese air force offered the first sign that a jetliner carrying 239 people had crashed into the ocean after vanishing from radar without sending a single distress call. The discovery that two of the passengers were carrying stolen passports also raised the unsettling possibility of foul play. Updated 3 minutes ago
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Oil slicks offer sign that Malaysian jet crashed; stolen passports used
Two large oil slicks spotted Saturday by the Vietnamese air force offered the first sign that a jetliner carrying 239 people had crashed into the ocean after vanishing from radar without sending a single distress call. The discovery that two of the passengers were carrying stolen passports also raised the unsettling possibility of foul play.
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