Maldives position (the island Kudahuvadhoo) does not fall on the satellites arc of assumed last position/ping. So, either the satellite information is wrong or the "eye witnesses" are off/a hoax. I'd lean more towards the latter but at this time with all the information disaster in front of us...
The German news outlet "Die Welt" reports in their online article (
http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/artic...-Flugzeug.html)
"Die Berichte von Größe und Farbe des mysteriösen Flugzeugs stimmten mit der Maschine der Malaysia Airline überein." = Reports of the size and color scheme of the mysterious plane are in concordance with a plane of Malaysia Airlines."