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Maylaysia Airlines Flight 370 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/MAS370, also designated under a codeshare agreement as China Southern Airlines flight CZ748/CSN748) is a missing since March 8th, 2014 international passenger flight operated by a Boeing 777-200ER aircraft with 227 passengers and 12 crew members which total 239 were on board. The flight departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport on 8 March at 00:41 Malaysia time (7 March, 16:41 UTC) and was scheduled to land at Beijing Capital International Airport at 06:30 (7 March, 22:30 UTC). The aircraft ceased all communications and the transponder signal was lost just before it was to be passed off to the Ho Chi Minh Area Control Center. Malaysia Airlines issued a media statement at 07:24 confirming that contact had been lost at 02:40 and that search and rescue operations had begun. The plane relayed no distress signal, indications of bad weather, or technical problems before vanishing from radar screens. When radar contact with the aircraft was lost, it was carrying enough fuel for an additional 7.5 hours of flying time. Relevant authorities in China and Thailand informed their Malaysian counterparts that the aircraft had not entered their airspace. The Aviation Herald website reported that Subang Air Traffic Control lost radar and radio contact with the aircraft at 01:22 and officially advised Malaysia Airlines at 02:40 that the aircraft was missing. However, a Malaysia Airlines spokesperson said that the last conversation between the flight crew and air traffic control in Malaysia had been around 01:30, and stated that the plane had not disappeared from air traffic control systems in Subang until 02:40, which is long enough for the plane to have been flying across Vietnam. ATC requested another Malaysia Airlines flight, this one en route to Japan and about half an hour ahead of MH370, to try to contact the unresponsive 777. The captain established contact with the crew of MH370 just after 01:30, but could not hear them clearly, describing them as "mumbling".
Flight 370 departed Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at 00:41 on 8 March 2014 (MST; UTC+8) for a scheduled six-hour flight to Beijing, China. Reports indicate that Subang Air Traffic Control Centre lost contact with the plane at 01:22, while it was over the Gulf of Thailand, and the plane was reported missing at 02:40. A joint search-and-rescue effort was being conducted by American, Chinese, Filipino, Malaysian, Singaporean and Vietnamese authorities which Boeing has announced on March 8th, 2014 that Boeing will join U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Team as a Technical Advisor. Meanwhile, The National Transportation Safety Board has a team of investigators en route to Asia to be ready to assist with the investigation of the March 8 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 event. The Boeing 777 went missing on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing which was intended destination should be Beijing, China on March 8th, 2014 which was posted delay 6:30:
According to Wall Street Journal Live, Two Large Oil Slicks spotted approximately location of possible oil slicks Tho Chu Island which had suspected fragment on Saturday by Vietnamese Air Force Kuala Lumpur, Jack Maxtwell reported although it is not sure that if this oil slicks spots are came from missing aircraft. Also it has not been confirmed yet if the aircraft is crashed or where the aircraft is disapeared although there have been reported. The Vietnamese government initially reported that the aircraft had crashed at sea in the Gulf of Thailand, although the airline denied this claim, and the claim about the known location of the aircraft by the Vietnamese Navy was rejected by Malaysian Minister of Transport, Hishammuddin Hussein. The Vietnamese Navy later clarified that the admiral had actually been referring to the location where contact was last made, rather than indicating a crash site. When asked whether terrorism was suspected, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said authorities were "looking at all possibilities".
United States officials are currently investigating the possibility that terrorism led to the disappearance of the aircraft, with focus on two passengers who were using false identities. United States officials are currently investigating the possibility of terrorism. Two passengers on board the missing plane are suspected to have boarded using stolen passports. A leading aviation safety expert also said that it was “extraordinary” that the pilots of the jetliner did not have time to make a distress call. US officials said they were checking into passenger manifests and going back through intelligence. Officials told NBC News that they had found no clear link to terrorism, and that there are other criminal reasons - for example drug smuggling - that stolen passports might be used to board a plane. "We are aware of the reporting on the two stolen passports." an unnamed senior official said. "We have not determined a nexus to terrorism yet, although it's still very early, and that's by no means definitive." NYDaily News: March 8th, 2014 9:19 AM: Terrorism possible in missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370; military radar indicates jet may have turned aroundThe plane — which had two passengers using stolen passports — vanished off the Vietnamese coast during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing while carrying 239 people, including three U.S. passport holders: Philip Wood, 51, Nicole Meng, 4, and Yan Zhang, 2. Malaysia's air force chief said early Sunday that military radar indicated the missing jet may have turned back to Kuala Lumpur.USA News dated March 8th, 2014: The Malaysia Airlines jet - traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board - had been flying for about two hours when air-traffic control reported it had lost all communications earlySaturday local time. Italian news agency ANSA reported that the Italian citizen whose name is on the passenger manifest, Louis Maraldi, 37, from Cesena, was not aboard the plane and had phoned his parents to say that he is well. He had reported his passport stolen Aug. 1. The Italian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that the Italian was not on board the aircraft. At the same time, Austrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Weiss told the AP that a name listed on the manifest matches an Austrian passport reported stolen two years ago. Weiss would not confirm the identity. USA Today News: When asked earlier whether terrorism was suspected, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said authorities were "looking at all possibilities," the AP reported and contiributed by Calum MacLeod in Beijing; Donna Leinwand Leger in Washington -------------------------- BEIJING — Two passengers on the flight manifest for the Malaysian jetliner that vanished with 239 on board weren't on board the plane, foreign ministry officials in Italy and Austria said Saturday. Italian news agency ANSA reported that the Italian citizen whose name is on the passenger manifest, Louis Maraldi, 37, from Cesena, was not aboard the plane and had phoned his parents to say that he is well. He had reported his passport stolen Aug. 1 in Thailand. The Italian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that the Italian was not on board the aircraft. At the same time, Austrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Weiss told the AP that a name listed on the manifest matches an Austrian passport reported stolen two years ago in Thailand. Weiss would not confirm the identity. Meanwhile, authorities in Southeast Asia launched a search-and-rescue mission for the plane, which vanished on a flight to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. The plane had been flying for about two hours when air-traffic control reported it had lost all communications. March 9th, 2014: KUALA LUMPUR/PHU QUOC ISLAND, Vietnam (Reuters) - Search and rescue planes scoured waters off the southern tip of Vietnam on Monday, searching for any trace of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner 48 hours after it vanished from radar screens with 239 people on board. Questions mounted over possible security lapses and whether a bomb or hijacking could have brought down the Beijing-bound plane, after Interpol confirmed at least two passengers used stolen passports and said it was checking whether others aboard had used false identity documents. Flight MH370 disappeared in the early hours of Saturday, about an hour into its flight from Kuala Lumpur, after climbing to a cruising altitude of 35,000 ft. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam said on its website late on Sunday that a Vietnamese navy plane had spotted an object in the sea suspected of being part of the Boeing 777-200ER, but that it was too dark to be certain. "We sent two boats to where the navy plane reported seeing that object but the boats couldn't find it," Admiral Ngo Van Phat told Reuters early on Monday. "We are sending more planes there this morning." Many are concerns and prayers including the Boeing offers its deepest concern Boeing is continue to working with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board team as a technical advisor. Meanwhile, United States officials are currently investigating the possibility that terrorism led to the disappearance of the aircraft, with focus on two passengers who were using false identities. United States officials are currently investigating the possibility of terrorism. Wall Street Journal talks about more about stolen passports.
Two passengers on board the missing plane are suspected to have boarded using stolen passports. A leading aviation safety expert also said that it was “extraordinary” that the pilots of the jetliner did not have time to make a distress call. US officials said they were checking into passenger manifests and going back through intelligence. Including Three Americans, nationality of passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airliners Flight 370 from Australia, Canada, China, France, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine, and United States also there are two unknown which the officials identified that two passports were stolen and unidentified.
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