PUBLISHED: 14:31 GMT, 12 April 2014 | UPDATED: 22:28 GMT, 12 April 2014
However, according to anonymous sources, cellular towers over Malaysia began receiving ‘network handshaking’ signals which are synonymous with a phone trying to reconnect to the network two hours later.
Newly obtained cellular data logs show that he made contact via Whatsapp, a messaging application prior to the flight taking off from Kuala Lumpur. At that point, his phone was switched off for takeoff