KUALA TERENGGANU - The Terengganu police today confirmed having received a report on a loud explosion heard by local villagers in Marang last Saturday morning, the day the Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines (MAS) MH370 went missing.
Terengganu police chief Datuk Jamshah Mustapa said the report had been forwarded to the Bukit Aman police yesterday for further action.
He said from the report that was lodged, the eight men only heard the explosion, but did not see any object.
"So far, we only received one report at the Marang district police station yesterday morning," he told reporters after the commissioning of student leaders here today.
Yesterday, the eight men, who are residents at Kampung Pantai Seberang Marang, lodged a report on a mysterious sound they heard north-east of Pulau Kapas, believing it was linked to the disappearance of the MAS aircraft on that day.
They were seated on a bench about 400 metres from the Marang beach at 1.20 am when they heard the noise, which sounded like the fan of a jet engine.
MAS Flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew, went missing en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing about an hour after taking off from the KL International Airport at 12.41am Saturday.
It should have landed in Beijing at 6.30am the same day.
The aircraft was carrying passengers of 14 nationalities, with most of them from China and Malaysia.--BERNAMA
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