Royal Malaysian Air Force chief Rodzali Daud said: "We realised there is a possibility the aircraft did make a turnback."
A pilot claims to have made contact with Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 shortly before it went missing - but all he heard was interference, static and mumbling
In an interview with a Malaysian newspaper, the man said he got in touch with the plane via his emergency frequency at the request of Vietnamese aviation authorities, who had been unable to reach it as expected.
Vietnam does not believe the flight entered its airspace.
The unnamed man said his Japan-bound plane was deep into Vietnamese airspace when officials asked him to relay to MH370 to establish its position, and that he succeeded at about 1.30am local time.
He told the New Straits Times: "The voice on the other side could have been either Captain Zaharie [Ahmad Shah, 53,] or Fariq [Abdul Hamid, 27], but I was sure it was the co-pilot.
"There were a lot of interference ... static ... but I heard mumbling from the other end.
"That was the last time we heard from them, as we lost the connection."
He said he did not think any more of it at the time, as losing connections was common.
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