FBI to investigate disappearance of a Malaysian Airlines jet

latimes.com

WASHINGTON — The FBI is deploying agents and technical experts to assist in investigating the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jet, based on the American citizenship of three of the passengers aboard the lost flight, a top federal law enforcement official in Washington said Saturday.

“He said that a fourth passenger, whom he described as an infant flying with the three Americans, also may be a U.S citizen.

“This gives us entree” to the case, the official said, speaking confidentially because the FBI investigation is just beginning. “But so far what happened is a mystery.”