Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370)[1] is a missing Malaysia Airlines international passenger flight.[2] The aircraft was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board.[3] The accident confirmed everyone aboard has been presumed dead. In July 2015, the wreckage was found in Madagascar after being washed up.
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| Disappearance summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8 March 2014; 11 years, 10 months and 5 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 |
Four months later after the accident, another Boeing 777 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, carrying 283 passengers and 15 crew members aboard that was shot down during War in Donbas in Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine with no survivors.
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 determine 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]
No search found the plane in the Indian Ocean. The search ended in 2018. In March 2025, a new search was started, attempting to find the plane in a different area.[8]
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.[9][10][11]
People on board
| Nationality | Number |
|---|---|
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 6 |
| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 4 |
| File:Flag of Canada.svg Canada | 2 |
| File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 153 |
| File:Flag of France.svg France | 4 |
 Germany
|
4 |
 Hong Kong
|
1 |
| File:Flag of India.svg India | 5 |
 Indonesia
|
7 |
 Iran
|
2 |
 Malaysia
|
50 |
 Netherlands
|
1 |
 New Zealand
|
2 |
 Philippines
|
3 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 1 |
| File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan | 1 |
| File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | 2 |
 United Kingdom
|
10 |
| File:Flag of the United States.svg 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.)
A P-8 Poseidon patrol aircraft of the US Navy departs Perth Airport on 22 March 2014 to search for MH370.
ADV Ocean Shield deploys the Bluefin-21 autonomous underwater vehicle, which conducted the seafloor sonar survey from 14 April to 28 May 2014.[source?]
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The initial search area in Southeast Asia
- MH370 SIO search.png
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.
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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.
- ↑ "Final search for missing MH370 Malaysia Airlines flight begins after 11 years". The Independent. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ↑ 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.