A new search area for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may be opened in the Indian Ocean, the White House said, significantly broadening the potential location of the plane, which disappeared nearly a week ago with 239 people on board.

白宫称印度洋可能会成为马航MH370的新搜索区域，此举将大大拓宽寻找这架失联客机的地点范围。马航370航班和机上的239人已经消失将近一周。

Expanding the search area to the Indian Ocean would be consistent with the theory that the Boeing 777 may have detoured to the west about an hour after take-off from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur en route to Beijing.

将搜索区域扩展到印度洋，证明这架从马来西亚首都吉隆坡飞往北京的波音777飞机可能在起飞一个小时后向西绕道而行。

"It's my understanding that based on some new information that's not necessarily conclusive - but new information - an additional search area may be opened in the Indian Ocean," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters in Washington.

美国白宫发言人杰伊·卡尼在华盛顿对记者说：“根据一些‘并非是定论’的最新信息，印度洋可能会出现一块新的搜索区域。”

Carney did not specify the nature of the new information and Malaysian officials were not immediately available to comment.

卡尼并没有指明这个最新信息的实质性，马来西亚的官员也暂时未做出评论。

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