All over the place sites are reporting things like this: "Aviation sources in China report that radar data suggest a steep and sudden descent of the aircraft, during which the track of the aircraft changed from 024 degrees to 333 degrees. The aircraft was estimated to contact Ho Chi Minh Control Center (Vietnam) at 01:20L, but contact was never established." (
Crash: Malaysia B772 over Gulf of Thailand on Mar 8th 2014, aircraft missing) ..
However, I think they are just misreading the track log which STARTS with 333 degrees ...
Flight Track Log ? MAS370 ? 08-Mar-2014 ? WMKK / KUL - ZBAA / PEK ? FlightAware
Unless time goes backwards?