Regret Missing MH370 plane 'lost', says Malaysian PM: highlights

Kuala Lumpur: The missing Malaysia Airlines jet came down in the Indian Ocean, Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Monday, as the airline reportedly told relatives it had been lost and that none on board survived.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished from civilian radar screens less than an hour after take-off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing with 239 people on board on March 8.

Here are the highlights:

• Regret Missing MH370 plane 'lost' and none on board survived
  
• Last position in the middle of Indian Ocean
• The last position was a remote location- far from any possible landing site
  
• Airline has spoken to families
• Deep sadness and regret that the search ended in the deep southern Indian Ocean
• MH370's last known position was far from any possible landing site
• Malaysia Airlines have already spoken to relatives saying that it is to be "assumed beyond any reasonable doubt" that MH370 has been lost
• A multinational search is continuing in the southern Indian Ocean on Monday for the missing plane
• Ten planes scoured the southern Indian Ocean area on Monday for possible debris and have all now left the search area