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ABOVE: Malaysian officials on Tuesday played audio communication between flights 370′s cockpit and air traffic controllers to relatives of the missing passengers in Beijing. It was the first time audio recordings had been played to relatives, one man put his head in his hand as the conversation was played.

TORONTO – The families of passengers on board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight reportedly heard on Tuesday the never-before-released audio from the plane’s cockpit.

Authorities played the final exchange between the jetliner’s crew and ground control during a press conference in Beijing.

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The release of the audio comes more than a month after the Malaysia government released the full transcript. In April, it was revealed that the last spoken communication was “nothing out of the ordinary” and that the last words spoken were “Good night Malaysian three seven zero,” and not “All right, good night,” as previously reported by Malaysian authorities.

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“There is no indication of anything abnormal in the transcript,” Malaysian acting transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said in the statement.

On Monday, the aerial search for Flight MH370 was called off because spotting debris in the ocean surface was deemed “unlikely” by officials. The underwater search, however, expanded to cover the entire area where the plane “may have gone down.”

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Officials say it could take about eight months to cover the new search area.

The plane vanished March 8 with 239 on board, including 2 Canadians.