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Andaman Islands\/Google ImagesTHE Andaman Islands are at the centre of one of the newest theories in the increasingly tangled search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. <\/p>\n
Analysis of radar data, revealed by Reuters on Friday, suggests the plane was flying towards the Indian Ocean archipelago. Reuters cited unidentified sources familiar with the investigation. <\/p>\n
Aviation experts and locals are debating whether it would be possible for a giant 777 to land or even approach the islands undetected. An Indian military search operation is being launched from Port Blair, the administrative centre for the islands. <\/p>\n
Here are five things to know about the islands now enveloped in the missing plane mystery. <\/p>\n
Where are the Andaman Islands? <\/p>\n
THEYRE REMOTE AND MOSTLY UNINHABITED <\/p>\n
The Andaman Islands are part of Indias Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory. There are 572 islands in the territory, only three dozen of which are inhabited. The territory has a population of nearly 380,000, according to Indias 2011 census. <\/p>\n
The Andaman group is about 1,370 kilometres east of the Indian subcontinent in the Indian Ocean. Most of the population descends from immigrants from South Asia. India has designated five indigenous tribal groups in the territory as particularly vulnerable due to the loss of sustaining resources and customs. <\/p>\n
THE AIRPORTS RUNWAY IS LONG ENOUGH FOR A 777 <\/p>\n
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