Beijing Times [Family of missing passengers: Received text message stating the plane crashed in the southern Indian Ocean with no survivors] Family members of the missing passengers staying at Lido Hotel stated that they have currently received text messages from the mobile number used by Malaysia Airlines to contact families, stating that MH370 crashed in the southern Indian Ocean and that there is no possibility of any survivors. (Beijing Times reporters Wang Lixia, Liu Xiaoxu)
\AFP reported that on the night of the 24th, Malaysia Airlines sent text messages to the families of MH370 passengers, with the following content: "Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets to announce that we must, beyond any reasonable doubt, believe that MH370 has been lost and that no one on board has survived. We must now accept all evidence suggesting that the plane was diverted into the southern Indian Ocean."
