Stolen Passports Prompt Terrorism Concern Over Airliner
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The use of stolen passports by two passengers to board a Malaysian airliner that vanished over the South China Sea sends a “red flag” that terrorism may have played a part, according to security officials and analysts.
Groups such as al-Qaeda have sought to crash planes into oceans to cover up evidence, they said. A Singapore aircraft looking for the Malaysian Airline Boeing Co 777-200 today spotted what appears to be a life raft in the sea, with two ships sent to the area in the Gulf of Thailand to search for it, Vietnam officials said.