Malaysia airlines flight carrying 239 people missing

[Razor]

Malaysia airlines flight carrying 239 people crashed into the sea – unconfirmed reports

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 carrying 239 people crashed into the sea, reports Vietnamese state media citing a Navy official. The craft disappeared from radars early on Saturday morning over Vietnamese airspace.

Vietnamese state media said the plane came down close to Vietnam's Tho Chu Island, however these reports have not yet been confirmed by Malaysia Airlines who still describe the flight as "missing". At a press conference in Beijing, representatives from Malaysia Airlines said no wreckage has yet been found and they have deployed boats and helicopters in the area to verify reports from the Vietnamese Navy.

Malaysia Airlines said flight MH370 lost touch with Subang Air Traffic Control around 02:40 local time Saturday morning

The aircraft left Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 00:41 and was expected to land in Beijing at 06:30 local time (22:30 GMT).

Despite local news reports, Vietnamese and Malaysian rescue crews have not located the plane's signal, but Hanoi believes the craft disappeared in Vietnamese airspace.

The flight was carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members, the airline said in a statement.

"Malaysia Airlines is currently working with the authorities who have activated their search and rescue team to locate the aircraft," the airline added.

There were 14 nationalities represented among the 227 passengers, according to airline officials. Passengers include 153 Chinese, 38 Malaysians, 12 Indonesians, seven Australians, four Americans, and one Russian, among others.

"Our team is currently calling the next-of-kin of passengers and crew," Malaysia Airlines said in a further statement."Focus of the airline is to work with the emergency responders and authorities and mobilize its full support."

The last contact the plane had with air traffic controllers was 120 nautical miles off the east coast of the Malaysian town of Kota Bharu, the airline said on Saturday. The pilot of the flight was 53-year-old Malaysian national Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah who has logged a total of 18,365 flying hours and has been working for Malaysian airlines since 1981.

China is assisting Malaysia Airlines with the search for the plane, Chinese state television reported.

"We are very worried after learning the news. We are trying to get in touch with relevant parties to check it out," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in statement.

The flight was a codeshare with China Southern Airlines.

Prior to July 2013's deadly crash of an Asiana Airlines 777 in San Francisco, the aircraft had been one of only a few long-range jets built by Boeing and Airbus to have never recorded a fatality.

The 777 first flew in 1994, and was introduced into commercial service in 1995. Boeing had delivered 1,100 of the aircraft around the world as of last year.

"We're closely monitoring reports on Malaysia flight MH370," Boeing tweeted. "Our thoughts are with everyone on board."

http://rt.com/news/malaysia-airlines-plane-beijing-570/

 

[ubuntu]

RIP....

 

[ladder]

Rest In Peace.

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[Ray]

RIP.

Most unfortunate.

I have flown Malaysian.

Won't say that they were very efficient.

Likewise, I don't fly Air India, for reasons that they are erratic because of the employees having that sarkari outlook that none can sack them even if they are the pits and there is no guarantee that they will fly as scheduled.

 

[Compersion]

Really sad and also unfortunate. RIP

 

[Blackwater]

hope they survived if not RIP.

for the last few years, Quality of Malaysian airlines have gone down.

 

[bennedose]

The plane went missing at the safest part of its flight - mid flight 2 hours after take off. It would have been at 10,000 meters. The last two times this sort of midflight disaster occurred were

1. Air India flight blown up mid air off Ireland (1984?)
2. Pan Am flight blown up over Lockerbie in Scotland (1988?)

Flight to Beijing? Hmmm...

 

[Hindi]

Besides five Indians, those on board include 152 Chinese, 38 Malaysians, 7 Indonesians, 6 Australians, 3 French, 4 including an infant from the US, 2 New Zealanders, 2 Ukrainians, 2 Canadians, 1 each from Russia, Italy, Taiwan, the Netherlands and Austria.

RIP. May God give courage and patience to the families who have lost their loved ones.

 

[tarunraju]

Rest in Peace. Hope CN, MY, and VN authorities get to the bottom of this.

 

[Sea Eagle]

An RSAF C130 was launched earlier today for a search and locate mission for the missing aircraft.

 

[amoy]

Godspeed to the search and rescue teams!

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[fzaq]

Missing airliner carrying 239 triggers Southeast Asia search

Rescuers from several nations mounted an air and sea search Saturday for a Malaysia Airlines jet that has gone missing over Southeast Asia, with grave fears for the 239 people on board.

Vietnam authorities said contact with Flight MH370 was lost near its airspace, but its exact location and fate remained a mystery more than 14 hours after it slipped off air-traffic control screens.

China, which has 153 of its nationals on the missing plane, said it had ordered maritime patrol vessels to begin scouring the area.

Vietnam's defence ministry launched a rescue mission, the government said, and a Malaysian maritime official said the country had sent several planes and vessels.

The Philippines said it was sending three navy patrol boats and a surveillance plane. Singapore dispatched an air force C130 transporter on a "search and locate mission".




Missing airliner carrying 239 triggers Southeast Asia search

 

[asianobserve]

This is so shocking. There is absolutely no trace until now.

List of passengers on board:

 

[tarunraju]

Looks like among the 5 Indians on that list, 3 are from the same family. Mom, dad, and kid. There's also one NRI (Canadian passport holder).

 

[ladder]

Looks like among the 5 Indians on that list, 3 are from the same family. Mom, dad, and kid. There's also one NRI (Canadian passport holder).

5.18 pm: Malaysian Airlines releases identities of Indian passengers Five Indians, including three from one family, and an Indian-origin Canadian were among the 239 people on board the Beijing-bound Malaysian Airlines plane that went missing and is presumed to have crashed today. The five have been identified as Chetna Kolekar, Swanand Kolekar, Suresh Kolekar, Chandrika Sharma and Prahlad Shirsatha, Indian Embassy in Beijing said. One Indian-origin Canadian Muktesh Mukherjee was also on board the flight. Other details of the Indians on board were not immediately available.

Read more at: http://www.firstpost.com/world/live...es-flight-1424627.html?utm_source=ref_article

 

[nimo_cn]

The plane went missing at the safest part of its flight - mid flight 2 hours after take off. It would have been at 10,000 meters. The last two times this sort of midflight disaster occurred were

1. Air India flight blown up mid air off Ireland (1984?)
2. Pan Am flight blown up over Lockerbie in Scotland (1988?)

Flight to Beijing? Hmmm...

Are you implying that it's a terror attack?

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[Yusuf]

The plane went missing at the safest part of its flight - mid flight 2 hours after take off. It would have been at 10,000 meters. The last two times this sort of midflight disaster occurred were

1. Air India flight blown up mid air off Ireland (1984?)
2. Pan Am flight blown up over Lockerbie in Scotland (1988?)

Flight to Beijing? Hmmm...

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[Singh]

Terror angle revived ? A couple of passengers didn't board it.

 

[Singh]

news of a an Austrian in the #MH370 manifest is also alive, passport confirmed stolen 2 years ago. 2 stolen passports used on the flight now

 

[Yusuf]

news of a an Austrian in the #MH370 manifest is also alive, passport confirmed stolen 2 years ago. 2 stolen passports used on the flight now

Yeah that makes it suspicious. But it could be a case of someone trying to get away? Impersonate ?