Although the article is somewhat murky, it appears to be saying that Flight 370’s co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid switched his cell phone on and tried to make a call as the plane was flying low and off-course, moments before it disappeared from radar, and that authorities know to whom it was made:

It is understood that the aircraft…was flying at an altitude low enough for the nearest telecommunications tower to pick up his phone’s signal.

His call, however, ended abruptly, but not before contact was established with a telecommunications sub-station in the state.

However, the NST is unable to ascertain who Fariq was trying to call as sources chose not to divulge details of the investigation. The links that police are trying to establish are also unclear.

They think it was cut off because the plane moved away from the tower.

So we have the following questions: As with all reports connected with Flight 370, the first question is whether the report is accurate. The second is what authorities know that they’re not telling us. The third is what it all signifies. And the fourth is whether we’ll ever know much more about what happened on Flight 370.

I think the answer to that last one is “Yes, but it probably will take years.”

[Hat tip: John Hinderaker at Powerline.]