Plane missing with 236 people on board

[freakiness]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-08/malaysia-airlines-lost-contact-with-plane/5307888

Malaysia Airlines says one of its planes has gone missing on the way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.

A statement from the airline says flight MH370 lost contact with air traffic controllers at 2:40am local time, just over two hours into the flight.

The plane, a Boeing 777-200, left Kuala Lumpur at 12:41am on Saturday, and had been due to arrive in Beijing at 6:30am local time.

The company says the plane was carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members.

The airline says it is contacting the next-of-kin of all passengers and crew, which includes people of 13 different nationalities.

In a statement on the airline's website, group chief executive officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said the airline was working with authorities to locate the aircraft.

"Focus of the airline is to work with the emergency responders and authorities and mobilise its full support," the statement said.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected passengers and crew and their family members."

The airline says it will provide regular updates on its website.

The ABC understand Malaysia Airlines will hold a press conference on the incident shortly.

[cherry*135]

Alhtough this bit is concerning:

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to brief the media.

The official said that hijacking was no longer a theory. “It is conclusive,’’ he added.

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak is expected to brief the media later today.

[icyfroth]

---

@ca04 wrote:

Icy

XXXXXXXXXXXXX

Not always,It depends on the angle it hits the water at.

You may remember the pilot that "landed" an airliner on the Hudson river.

It floated while they got the passengers out on boats.

There are numerous accounts of aircraft Landing in the sea intact and 

the people getting out before it sank.

---

Yes ok thanks, that plane landed on the water and stayed bouyant. Great piloting.

This theory, of the Malaysian plane, is that it's on the sea bed. They think so because of the seismic activity recorded in the area.

What I'm asking is, if the plane hit the ocean with enough force to sink to the seabed, would there not be floating wreckage in the area? It obvously didn't "land" there, on the surface, otherwise it would be found, wouldn't it?

[debra9275]

It sounds like they are grasping at straws. I hope for the sake of the families that the passenger & crew are alive somewhere, but I just dunno?? Still waiting, it hasn't come on Sky yet it's the Malaysian PM.

[colic2bullsgirlore]

you mave have been right re checking the skys over Bunbury She-ele

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/malaysia-confirms-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-was-hi...

"Meanwhile a source cited by Bloomberg news agency has said the last satellite transmission from the airliner has been

traced to the Indian Ocean off Australia, somewhere to the west of Perth."

Will have to wait and see how correct the "source' was I guess

[monman12]

C2BG that is an interesting  addition to the scenario,  as it would indicate a possible hijack

I still wonder if it would be possible for the aircraft to have diverted to the west  over the peninsular, as some believe,  without detection ( automatically recorded) by  a ground based surveillance radar  which have ranges of around 200 miles primary,  if hijacked secondary radar would be turned off (greater range).

Wait and see!

nɥºɾ

[cherry*135]

A theory published:  if the plane was hijacked by pirates, they may have been heading for India's Andaman Islands( pop 380 000). If a large jet landed there it wouldn't go unnoticed.

If the plane was hijacked for ransom, and they have landed safely somewhere, the hijackers would have given their demands by now?

Until any plane wreckage is found, people will have hope the passengers and crew could be still alive somewhere.

[debra9275]

I'm waiting to hear what they have to say

[icyfroth]

---

@debra9275 wrote:
I'm waiting to hear what they have to say

---

me too, Deb, it's absolutely riveting!

[debra9275]

So far, they have kept the press waiting for about an hour & a half

[cherry*135]

Its absolutely tragic more like (especially if all the people on board have lost their lives, no matter what happened to the plane)