Missing aircraf summary Date 8 Ma 2014 Summary Missi Passengers 227 Crew 12 Aircraft type Boei 777-200 Operator Mala Airlin Registration 9M- Flight origin Kual Lump Inter al Ai Destination Beiji Capit Inter al Ai Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/ MAS370), also marketed as China Southern Airlines flight 748 (CZ748) under codeshare, was a scheduled flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing, China. On 8 March 2014, the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER operating the flight disappeared with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board, following its last contact with air traffic control 40 minutes after take-off. The cause remains unknown. A joint search and rescue effort covering an area of 30,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi) in the Gulf of Thailand, Strait of Malacca, and the South China Sea,[1] is being conducted by eleven countries which have dispatched a total of 34 aircraft and 40 ships to the effort.[2][3][4][5] Two passengers who boarded the aircraft using stolen passports gave rise to concerns that terrorism may have been involved.[6] After several days of speculation, Malaysian police determined the identities of the two passengers and dismissed terrorism by those two as a possible motive.[7] Incident The flight departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport on 8 March at 00:41 local time (16:41 UTC, 7 March) and was scheduled to land at Beijing Capital International Airport at 06:30. It ascended to its assigned cruise altitude of 35,000 feet (10,600 m) and was travelling at 471 knots (542 mph; 872 km/h) when it ceased all communications and the transponder signal was lost. The aircrafts last known position was 6°55′15″N 103°34′43″E / 6.92083°N 103.57861°E. This location corresponds to the navigational waypoint IGARI, at which the aircraft was due to alter its course slightly eastward. The aircraft was also expected to contact air traffic control in Ho Chi Minh City as it passed into Vietnamese airspace just north of the point where contact was lost.[8][9] Beyond this point, Malaysian military radar tracked a change in heading to the west and a reduced altitude, sustained until tracking was lost over the Malacca Strait, some 500km beyond last contact with civilian air traffic control.[10] The last time the plane could be traced by an air control tower was near Pulau Perak, which is on the Straits of Malacca at 2.40am, said Royal Air Force Malaysia chief General Tan Sri Rodzali Daud.[11][12] 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. It later emerged that Subang Air Traffic Control had lost contact with the aircraft at 01:22 and notified Malaysia Airlines at 02:40. Neither the crew nor the aircrafts onboard communication systems relayed a distress signal, indications of bad weather, or technical problems before vanishing from radar screens.[13] The airline reported in its eleventh press release that all its aircraft are fitted with ACARS, a system that automatically transmits data about the status of the aircraft, but added Nevertheless, there were no distress calls and no information was relayed.[14] Search
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