== Search Area Shifts 700 Miles to Northeast (28 March) == 

 Summary of rationale for shift in search area:  last radar contact at 2:15 AM indicates plane was flying faster than previously believed, hence would have burned fuel at a higher rate and not been able to travel as far along the southern corridor. 

 Criticism:  Partial ping at 8:19 AM indicates that plane was in air until that moment.  Had plane continued at the speed noted at 2:15 AM, it would have gone into the ocean much sooner.  Note calculation anomaly: 

 02:15     Last primary radar contact by Malaysian military, 200 miles (320 km) NW of Penang. 
 08:19     Partial ping. 

 200 miles NW of Penang TO new search area 1150 miles WSW of Perth 
 ~ 2900 miles traveled in 6 hrs = 483 mph 

 200 miles NW of Penang TO old search area at tip of southern corridor 
 ~ 3600 miles traveled in 6 hrs = 600 mph