Singapore PM "deeply saddened" by news of MH370's crash

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday that he is "deeply saddened" by the news that the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had "ended in the southern Indian Ocean."

"For more than two weeks, we have been hoping against hope that somehow the worst did not happen. We know how anguished and desperate the families and friends of those on board felt," he wrote in a Facebook post.

"While we are still far from understanding what happened, I hope this latest news will nonetheless give some certainty and closure," he said.

"My deepest sympathies and condolences to the families and friends of those on board, and to the governments of Malaysia and China," he added.