"the radar return was last seen at 02:40L near Pulau Perak in the Straits of Malacca"
This is actually interesting. Do you remember that initially MH told people that the aircraft disappeared after two hours of flying? And only after some time they changed their statement and said they actually lost contact at 1:30L which almost matched the disappearence from the FlightRadar website.
2:40L is exactly 2hrs after the plane departed. So if this new information is true, MH might really have received the last information from the flight at 2:40L. Maybe that have been the last ACARS transmissions which might be the reason why they haven't released the ACARS data to the public yet.
If the plane was flying at 3000ft there might have been an incident when it actually turned around. Maybe a loss of cabin pressure that forced the pilot to go to a lower altitude. But then there should have been a distress call unless parts of the electronics got damaged. The pilot might have tried to fly the plane back to the mainland. But I've got no clue why it then crossed the mainland and continued its way out over the Straits of Malacca.
I also find it quite strange that a plane appears on military radar and flies over a country and that doesn't trigger any action? There's still some information missing... This still doesn't make sense.
Let's see what we get tomorrow.
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