Oil slick results: Malaysian authorities receive test results from the oil slick spotted off Vietnam's coast, which came back negative for jet fuel. The oil turns out to be fuel oil typically used in cargo ships.
Search area widened: Malaysia's civil aviation announces that the search area will double to 100 nautical miles to cover a larger area of the Gulf of Thailand between Malaysia and Vietnam. This came after several leads from the original 50 mile-radius search parameter proved erroneous.
The largest rescue flotilla in Chinese naval history - four warships and five civilian and commercial vessels - speeds overnight to waters between Malaysia and Vietnam. Ten Chinese satellites join the hunt.
Malaysia Airlines announces it will give 31,000 yuan to relatives of each passenger as a special condolence payment.
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