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.

[lionrose.7]

I have to say this because it keeps going over and over in my head, the words are it has been gunned down, driving me crazy

[2106greencat]

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@paintsew007 wrote:

only puzzling if you believe the 'mystery' theory being 'propaganded'....

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I thought you agreed with the mystery theory paints ?

Sorry, not reading though this whole thread again, I thought it was you, if I am wrong, my apologies.

Sad as it sounds, I doubt this is ever going to be resolved - I don't think there is a chance in hell of finding anything now, let alone an explanation, it has been too long.

I feel for the families, it must be unbeleivably hard.

[cq_tech]

I genuinely believe it will eventually turn up. Remember the passenger aircraft that crashed and was missing in the US for over 2 years, and was eventually discovered only 14 miles from a heavily populated area? You wouldn't think it possible, but that's exactly what happened, and if MH370 came down on rugged terrain somewhere, it could very easily lie undiscovered for years.

[twyngwyn]

seen on fire?

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/sailor-katherine-tee-reports-seeing-malaysia-airlines-m...

[twyngwyn]

New Zealand authors: no accident

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-no-accident-say-new-zeal...

[twyngwyn]

Flights vanish from radar in Austria:

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/flights-vanish-from-radar-in-austria/story-e6frfq80-122...

[fourandsixpants]

ref. lionrose comment:

I have to say this because it keeps going over and over in my head, the words are it has been gunned down, driving me crazy

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You must be careful what you say on here LR or you will be branded a conspiracy theorist.

[icyfroth]

Update:

The chief of the world's biggest international airline has grave concerns that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will be given up as lost as part of an international cover-up.

"Many mathematicians have done extensive calculations and have detailed them in their emails to me," Sir Tim said.

 "None believe the current hypothesis. We must get to the truth."

"My instincts tell me something is wrong and there are far too many questions that are unanswered," he said.

 Sir Tim is perplexed by the total lack of debris.

 "When a plane crashes into the sea there is always debris that will float, yet none has been found despite a mammoth search," he said.

 "We haven't seen a single thing that suggests categorically that this aircraft is where they say it is - nothing."