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ANCHOR>> New information tonight on the missing Malaysian jetliner. The country's prime minister
now says the plane was deliberately diverted. He says it continued flying for more than
6 hours after losing contact with the ground. This revelation extends the possible locations
it could've crashed or landed. Investigators are refocusing on the 12-person crew and more
than 200 passengers on board. Now missing for 8 days, and still a lot of theories and
rumors about what possibly could have happened to the flight. A local RIT psychology professor
who has studied rumors for 20 years says the mystery of the plane is just the sort of thing
that can create a string of rumors, some true, and others outlandish. He says the lack of
information or any proof of the plane is still fueling those rumors. NICHOLAS DIFONZO>> People
are sense-makers, we like to make sense of unexplained events. We don't like chaotic
or events that make no sense. And so put those two together and we have social sense making,
we're making sense together, and that's what rumor is. ANCHOR>> That professor added that
flight tracking tools online have also contributed to the mystery and rumors.