on 08-03-2014 02:29 PM
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.
on 08-03-2014 11:19 PM
@the*scarlet*pimpernel wrote:The Malaysian Airline site has just been updated. Says still not located. Sea search continues, air search will resume at daylight.
They have released the passenger list.
Sad for the families and friends waiting for news.
on 08-03-2014 11:54 PM
Just awful. I reallly feel for them.
I can't help thinking of the many, many minutes of fear most aircrash victims would experience before the actual crash.
on 08-03-2014 11:59 PM
@the*scarlet*pimpernel wrote:Just awful. I reallly feel for them.
I can't help thinking of the many, many minutes of fear most aircrash victims would experience before the actual crash.
Yes. It would be extreme terror, I imagine.
It seemed at first they were hoping it was a comms glitch or something and hoping to find it had landed somewhere.
on 09-03-2014 01:54 AM
on 09-03-2014 08:26 AM
So sad for all the families that have to wait to find out what happened.
Two people on that plane were travelling on stolen passports !!
Stolen in Thailand.
on 09-03-2014 08:32 AM
How awful.
Maybe it will never be found. 😞
on 09-03-2014 09:04 AM
So very sad for the families and there were also two babies on the plane.
on 09-03-2014 01:40 PM
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-09/australians-on-board-malaysia-airlines-flight-named/5308370
"There are reports oil slicks have been found in the ocean off Vietnam in what could be the first sign of the plane's whereabouts.
Vietnam says its rescue planes have spotted two slicks, about 15 kilometres long, and a column of smoke off its coastline, but it is not clear if they are connected to the missing plane."
on 09-03-2014 02:11 PM
@just*duff wrote:How awful.
Maybe it will never be found. 😞
yeah it will, don't worry, they'll keep searching.
on 09-03-2014 02:17 PM