Malaysian Plane en Route to China with 239 People on Board Goes Missing

March 08 2014

This is not just some hyped up news folks, the mainstream is reporting this as a “MISSING/VANISHED PLANE” as well (links below). Is this something like the Bermuda Triangle? At any rate, this is horrific and devastating for the families waiting for their loved ones!

Vanished after reaching 35,000 feet

Kuala Lampur: Malaysia Airlines said it had lost contact with a flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on Saturday.

The Boeing B777-200 aircraft departed Kuala Lumpur at 12:41 am and was expected to land in Beijing at 6:30 am. The flight lost contact with air traffic control at 2:40 am.

The plane lost communication two hours into the flight in Vietnam’s airspace at 1:20 am (18:20 GMT Friday), China’s official Xinhua News Agency said.

The flight carried 162 passengers from China, It also had 38 citizens from Malaysia, 12 from Indonesia, 7 from Australia, 3 from France, 4 including an infant from USA, 2 each from New Zealand, Ukraine and Canada. 1 each from Netherland, Russia, Taiwan, Austria and Italy. There was no Indian on board the flight. The Airline is now trying to get in contact with the relatives of people who were in the flight.

China has sent ships to the South China Sea to search for jetliner, CCTV report. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reacted to the incident saying, “This news has made us all very worried. We hope every one of the passengers is safe. We are doing all we can to get more details.Contact lost over Vietnam airspace.”

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Kuala Lampur: A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew went missing over the South China Sea on Saturday, presumed crashed, as ships from countries closest to its flight path scoured a large search area for any wreckage.

Vietnamese state media, quoting a senior naval official, had reported that the Boeing 777-200ER flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing had crashed off south Vietnam, but Malaysia’s transport minister later denied any crash scene had been identified.

“We are doing everything in our power to locate the plane.

We are doing everything we can to ensure every possible angle has been addressed,” Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein told reporters near the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

“We are looking for accurate information from the Malaysian military. They are waiting for information from the Vietnamese side,” he said.

Vietnam’s state-run Tuoi Tre news also quoted Admiral Ngo Van Phat as qualifying his earlier remarks about a crash site having been identified, saying he had been referring to a presumed crash site beneath the plane’s flight path using information supplied by Malaysia.

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