More info on the B777 that went missing :- Malaysia Airlines flight 370 is has crashed 153 miles off of Vietnam’s Tho Chu island- the Vietnamese Navy confirms. This data, which comes from radar telemetry is most likely accurate- but no wreckage has been found at this time. The Vietnamese Military has been very slow to confirm what has, and still is, being said by Admiral Ngo Van Phat. The flight, operating Kuala Lumpur (airport code: KUL) to Beijing (airport code: PEK), disappeared and “lost contact” with the airline according to AFP. Malaysia is currently working with Search and Rescue officials to locate. The plane lost contact approximately forty minutes in to the usually six-hour flight. Originally reports stated that the aircraft went missing two hours after departure- but the Malaysian defense ministry confirms this not to be true. Search and Rescue (Recovery) efforts are being focused on a location nearly identical to the Tho Chu island area indicated by Vietnamese radar. We are deeply saddened by this incident and await the results of the accident investigation. The plane believed to be involved is 9M-MRO, a Boeing 777-200ER delivered in May of 2002. Malaysia Airlines official statement: MEDIA STATEMENT released at 7.24am/8 Mar 2014 MH370 Incident Sepang, 8 March 2014: Malaysia Airlines confirms that flight MH370 has lost contact with Subang Air Traffic Control at 2.40am, today (8 March 2014). Flight MH370, operated on the B777-200 aircraft, departed Kuala Lumpur at 12.41am on 8 March 2014. MH370 was expected to land in Beijing at 6.30am the same day. The flight was carrying a total number of 227 passengers (including 2 infants), 12 crew members. Malaysia Airlines is currently working with the authorities who have activated their Search and Rescue team to locate the aircraft. This is a breaking story and will be updated. Originally posted March 7, 2014 4:40pm PST MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT 370 UPDATES Times are in PST 9:02PM: Vietnamese Navy Admiral Ngo Van Phat confirms MH370 has crashed into the Gulf of Thailand 153 miles off of Thu Cho Island. 9:10PM: Malaysia Airlines refuses comment on the latest developments out of Vietnam 10:30PM: Malaysia Airlines now confirming that the aircraft sent no distress calls. 10:34PM: While the Vietnamese Navy states that they have radar imagery of the aircraft going down, Malaysia is waiting to confirm the location with physical data. 10:40PM: The Malaysian Armed forces are going over their Air Search Radar as well as working with the Vietnamese. 10:41PM: The Malaysian government has sent their SAR resources to the point where the aircraft was last seen. 10:46pm: There will be another press conference in two hours. 5:45pm: Group Chief Executive Officer of Malaysia Airlines, Ahmad Jauhari Yahya has released a statement. 5:50pm: Since the aircraft has been in the air and missing so long, it would of run out of fuel and needs to be on the ground in one way or another. Hopefully intact. 6:41pm: He NTSB has stated via Twitter, “We are aware of reports of the loss of Malaysia MH370, a Boeing 777-200 and are monitoring the situation.” 7:15pm: The airline held a press conference confirming mostly facts already known. No major details on the whereabouts of the aircraft. The captain started with the airline in 1981, and has logged 18,365 flying hours, while the first officer joined in 2007 and has 2,763 hours logged. The newest press release from the airline: We deeply regret that we have lost all contacts with flight MH370 which departed Kuala Lumpur at 12.41 am earlier this morning bound for Beijing. The aircraft was scheduled to land at Beijing International Airport at 6.30am local Beijing time. Subang Air Traffic Control reported that it lost contact at 2.40am (local Malaysia time) today. Flight MH370 was operated on a Boeing B777-200 aircraft. The flight was carrying a total number of 239 passengers and crew – comprising 227 passengers (including 2 infants), 12 crew members. The passengers were of 13 different nationalities. Malaysia Airlines is currently working with the authorities who have activated their Search and Rescue team to locate the aircraft. Our team is currently calling the next-of-kin of passengers and crew. ~UP
Posted on: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 06:50:06 +0000
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