Plane missing with 236 people on board

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.

 

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"No stone should be left unturned." Why?

 

The article mentioned is about a possible magnetic anomaly 5000Km distant (Bay of Bengal) from  the most likely crash area. This area has been determined from a comprehensive study  of the aircraft ACARS "handshake" signals and the Doppler shift in them due to a southerly  heading. This heading was maintained for some hours before the aircraft's fuel was exhausted.

 

If you wish to look under every non technical/implausible stone you are also going to uncover the odd conspiracy nut with no aviation knowledge,  as here !

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@monman12 wrote:

"No stone should be left unturned." Why?

 

The article mentioned is about a possible magnetic anomaly 5000Km distant (Bay of Bengal) from  the most likely crash area. This area has been determined from a comprehensive study  of the aircraft ACARS "handshake" signals and the Doppler shift in them due to a southerly  heading. This heading was maintained for some hours before the aircraft's fuel was exhausted.

 

If you wish to look under every non technical/implausible stone you are also going to uncover the odd conspiracy nut with no aviation knowledge,  as here !

nɥºɾ

 


Any new possibilities should be investigated and not ignored.

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"Any new possibilities should be investigated and not ignored."

 

Not if they are totally without merit.

Investigating a report that is totally at odds with the collective  aviation and communication data  used to determine  the most probable crash area, would be a waste of resources.

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@monman12 wrote:

"Any new possibilities should be investigated and not ignored."

 

Not if they are totally without merit.

Investigating a report that is totally at odds with the collective  aviation and communication data  used to determine  the most probable crash area, would be a waste of resources.

nɥºɾ

 


Arguably, the resources used in scouring the Indian Ocean could be described as "wasted".

Despite all data the plane was not found. 

 

 

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what a huge huge farce surprise.....

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Update:

 

The Adelaide company that believes it may have located MH370 is relieved Malaysian authorities have confirmed they are trying to verify its findings.

GeoResonance says it has been overwhelmed by international media attention in the past 48 hours, but that its goal has always been to have an audience with authorities.

Yesterday, it presented its findings to the Malaysian Government, which last night revealed it is working with China and Australia to examine the new lead.

 

It believes flight MH370 is sitting at the bottom of the Bay of Bengal, 5000km north of the current search zone.

 

Its scientists identified elements consistent with material from a plane by analysing images two days after the aircraft disappeared.

The elements were not visible before the jet vanished.

 

“We’ve achieved our goal through Channel 7 of getting contact with the Malaysian authorities and we’re happy with that, we felt we had a moral obligation,” the director of GeoResonance David Pope told 7News.

 

The company’s findings have been dismissed by Australian authorities, which are now focused on a deep sea search of the southern Indian Ocean.

 

GeoResonance says its technology could help in that search too.

 

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Four Corners ABC on now MH370.....many agencies know what happened.

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                          4 Corners reporter:      "Why shoot it down if it's not hostile?"

 

                          

                         Malaysian PM:    " Well, the Americans would"

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It might be on where you are, but it's not on everywhere

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