Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370)[1] is a missing Malaysia Airlines international passenger flight.[2] The aircraft had 227 passengers and twelve crew members on board.[3]
_9M-MRO_-_color.jpg) The missing aircraft pictured in December 2011 | |
| Disappearance summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8 March 2014; 10 years, 7 months and 6 days ago |
| Summary | Inconclusive, some debris found |
| Place | Indian Ocean, probably southern |
| Passengers | 227 |
| Crew | 12 |
| Fatalities | 239 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 777-200ER |
| Airline/user | Malaysia Airlines |
| Registration | 9M-MRO |
| Flew from | Kuala Lumpur International Airport |
| Flying to | Beijing Capital International Airport |
Flight
Flight 370 left Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at 00:41 on 8 March 2014 (MST; UTC+8) for a scheduled six-hour flight to Beijing Capital International Airport. Subang Air Traffic Control Centre lost contact with the plane at about 01:22, while it was over the Gulf of Thailand. It was reported missing at 02:40.[4]
Investigation
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated to see if terrorism was involved. Two passengers, one from Austria and another one from Italy, were named on the manifest but they were discovered not to have been on board. Their passports had been stolen.[5] Malaysian authorities found identity of two other passengers to be false.[6][7]
Government statements
On 24 March 2014, officials with both Malaysia Airlines and the Malaysian government stated that while the aircraft's whereabouts were still not known, "unparalleled" analyses by the United Kingdom's Air Accidents Investigation Branch and UK satellite company Inmarsat indicated that it had crashed into the southern Indian Ocean. It was presumed by these officials that all 239 people aboard died.[8][9][10]
People on board
| Nationality | Number |
|---|---|
 Australia
|
6 |
 Belgium
|
4 |
 Canada
|
2 |
 China
|
153 |
 France
|
4 |
 Germany
|
4 |
 Hong Kong
|
1 |
 India
|
5 |
 Indonesia
|
7 |
 Iran
|
2 |
 Malaysia
|
50 |
 Netherlands
|
1 |
 New Zealand
|
2 |
 Philippines
|
3 |
 Russia
|
1 |
 Taiwan
|
1 |
 Ukraine
|
2 |
 United Kingdom
|
10 |
 United States
|
4 |
| Total (15 nations and regions) | 239 |
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Media
Map showing the scheduled destination of the flight and the wider surrounding region
Flight Information Regions in the vicinity of where Flight 370 disappeared from secondary radar. Kuala Lumpur ACC provides ATC services for two routes, located within FIR Singapore, between Malaysia and Vietnam. (Air routes are depicted as roughly 5 nmi / 8–10 km wide, but vary in width, with some as wide as 20 nmi / 35–40 km.)
ADV Ocean Shield deploys the Bluefin-21 autonomous underwater vehicle, which conducted the seafloor sonar survey from 14 April to 28 May 2014
A P-8 Poseidon patrol aircraft of the US Navy departs Perth Airport to search for Flight 370, 22 March 2014
The initial search area in Southeast Asia
The shifting search zones for Flight 370 in the Southern Indian Ocean. The inset shows the path taken by the vessel ADV Ocean Shield operating a towed pinger locator, acoustic detections, and the sonar search. The underwater phase (both the wide area search and priority area) is shown in pink.
Boeing 777 right wing flaperon (Part No. 657)
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References
- ↑ Beijing-bound flight from Malaysia missing. 9 March 2014. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/07/malaysia-airlines-beijing-flight-missing/6187779/. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ↑ Terrorism not ruled out in disappearance of Malaysia Airlines jet. 8 March 2014. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-malaysia-plane-missing-20140308,0,412921.story. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ↑ Malaysia Airlines 'loses contact with plane'. BBC. 8 March 2014. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26492748. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ↑ "Crash: Malaysia B772 over Gulf of Thailand on Mar 8th 2014, aircraft missing". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ↑ "Passengers on Malaysia Airlines plane come from 14 countries, airline says". CNN. Turner Broadcasting System. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ↑ Two more Europeans with suspect identities onboard missing MH370. 9 March 2014. http://my.news.yahoo.com/two-more-europeans-passengers-suspect-identities-onboard-missing-005206266.html. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ↑ Pete Williams; Robert Windrem; Richard Esposito (9 March 2014). Malaysia Probes Identity of Four Passengers on Missing Jet. http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/missing-jet/malaysia-probes-identity-four-passengers-missing-jet-n47861. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ↑ Branigan, Tania (24 March 2014). "Missing flight MH370 lost in southern Indian Ocean, says Malaysian PM". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ↑ "Malaysian prime minister: Missing flight MH370 'ended in Indian Ocean and no one on board survived'". Metro.co.uk. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ↑ Sevastopulo, Demetri (24 March 2014). "Malaysia says data indicate MH370 crashed into the Indian Ocean". Financial Times. Retrieved 24 March 2014.