News UPDATE
March 25: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has confirmed that flight MH370 ended its flight in a remote part of the Southern Indian Ocean west of Perth, Australia. Speaking to a press conference at 3am New Zealand time, Mr Razak said new satellite data revealed that the plane had taken the southern corridor route and crashed into the sea. Here is his full statement.
Relatives shrieked and sobbed uncontrollably and some were rushed out on stretchers after Malaysia's prime minister revealed there was no longer any doubt that Flight 370 went down in the southern Indian Ocean.
Meanwhile, the HMAS Success is in the area and attempting to recover objects seen by a Royal Australian Air Force P3 Orion, and a US Navy P8 Poseidon, a second RAAF Orion and a Japanese Orion are also en route to try to find items.