http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26492748
Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board has disappeared.
Lost contact at 6:40PM GMT
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26492748
Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board has disappeared.
Lost contact at 6:40PM GMT
maybe they just ran out of power
oo Spooky
Oh god, this not good news at all. This reminds me of the Air France 447 flight that went missing back in 2009. Hopefully they will be able to find it soon and start looking into it what the hell happened.
heard it on the radio, hope they're safe :(
It's been all over the news this morning. The news channel for WA posted 'SEVEN Australians and two New Zealanders are among 239 people on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight.' and there's been regular updates on the tv about it. Not looking good D: Hopefully they'll be able to find it.
Having travelled with Malaysia Airlines before, this is quite scary for me. Hope they find the plane soon :(
MAS Flight crashed
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/cat...ays-viet-navy/
Malaysia, Vietnam Launch Search For Missing Beijing-bound MAS Plane
Malaysia Airlines Group CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya today dismissed speculation that a Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines flight that went missing had landed in Nanming, China
http://bit.ly/1ggemRJ
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hate people who blame malaysia and the airline for this, ignorant *****
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China has dispatched two maritime rescue ships to the South China Sea to help in rescue work for a missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft, state television reported on Saturday on one of its official microblogs.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/03/08/Missing-flight-China-sends-two-ships/
No one should be blaming anyone until we have all the answers
Oh dear, hope everyone is safe. Scary stuff :(
doesn't look good
its been missing since 17:30 gmt I think?
keepin up to date here http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...h-live-3219331
still nothing
Eric's post says it crashed but apparently that guys words were mixed?
Well, it must have crashed - no chance it's still flying, and if it landed somewhere, surely someone would have been able to contact someone by now. The question really is how many people have survived - it could have ditched safely right? Although you wouldn't expect that from a complete loss of contact? I think I'll shut up and let other people on here discuss, we do have a lot of plane-orientated people on here :P
Also, I was just thinking - the Malaysian GP is in Kuala Lumpur and the Chinese GP is in Beijing - you think the F1 personnel would have took this flight since the two grand prix are only a week away from each other? Scary if this happened a few weeks later...
It's quite a small area to search compared to the Air France flight from what the media seem to be suggesting (whole of the Atlantic vs. South China Sea), but it's strange how there is a lot of urgency being made about it but not as much action as there probably should be - or at least not from where I'm sitting, they seem to be keeping it quiet other than showing airport cancellations. Is it assumed it has now crashed or is there a chance it landed elsewhere with no records suggesting what the plane is and how it got there, if that is even possible? It seems strange that they've not checked the flight path of the plane or if they have that it's not where it should be.Quote:
Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx
Very peculiar situation.
I don't believe there is a chance of it landing else where and it has most likely crashed into the sea as the last reported position was over the South China Sea.Quote:
Originally Posted by GommeInc
It's very peculiar it's not been found but I don't know much of the area to comment other than the size of it. Isn't it rare for this type of plane to have faults, particularly for this airline? I read that there hasn't been a problem for over a decade which just adds to how serious this is - particularly since Boeing have been having many problems lately (I heard US Dreamliners may have to be checked again for hairline cracks to the wings).Quote:
Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx
Ignore me, the Chinese GP is in Shanghai.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kardan
Can't post the report as on phone but sky news have said it's been found in the sea but now looking for survivors. So sad.
http://news.sky.com/story/1222674/ma...hes-in-vietnam
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Asked whether Malaysia was looking at possible terrorism, Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the government was “looking at all possibilities.”“The plane lost contact near Ca Mau province airspace as it was preparing to transfer to Ho Chi Minh City air traffic control,” the Vietnamese government said in a statement.
Ca Mau province is in southernmost Vietnam, next to the Cambodian border.
The airline said the plane’s last known position was a point about 150 kilometres north of Malaysia’s eastern coast.
The disappearance triggered a South China Sea search effort involving vessels from several nations with rival maritime claims to the region.
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”.
It was not clear if the nations were cooperating.
Overlapping claims to the South China Sea, a resource-rich region and vital shipping lane, have been a growing source of tensions between China and its neighbours.
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/cat...t-asia-search/
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The moment it disappears from the Radar. found this on reddit
http://www.flightradar24.com/2014-03...MAS370/2d81a27
The Boeing 777 is one of the safest commercial airliners in the world. It's very rare for this type of plane or any modern airliner to just "crash". From what I have been reading I don't think the weather would have been a factor as it seemed clear skies for most of the area. So the answer to your question yes it is quite rare.Quote:
Originally Posted by GommeInc
In regards of the Boeing 787 Dreamliners and the cracks in the wings - They are on undelivered aircraft and doesn't affect any of the current fleet that are in service.
I just want to know what is happening - prayers are with everyone involved. Hope they are safe
Vietnamese search planes spot two oil slicks, possible jet engines of missing flight #MH370 http://t.co/wo1F0SMRRy
— WSJ Asia (@WSJAsia) March 8, 2014
scary, hope they find out what has happened soon
Ohgod that's awful news.
'A Vietnamese government statement said the slicks, spotted off the southern tip of Vietnam, were each between 6 and 9 miles long (10-15km). It said the slicks were consistent with the kinds that would be left by fuel from a crashed airliner'
Seems like they're getting slowly closer to finding the wreckage (if they haven't already idk)
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I keep quoting you but mainly because you have some knowledge over this :PQuote:
Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx
Would this have implications over how the plane crashed if this is what's left? As there's no sign of debris would this mean the plane landed smoothly and sank as a whole? I'd imagine if it came in and broke up at speed by either nose diving there would be a lot of debris, while just oil on the surface suggests it landed (reasonably) smoothly with no break up. That just may be films talking but it seems strange debris would float away on a violent impact only leaving oil.
It would be mean some sort of broke up has occurred of the aircraft for the oil to come out of it. There was also oil spottings when Air France flight 447 went down as well. I would say it would have been a big impact as at the time of the flight they should have been at cruise level - Still a lot of questions unanswered.Quote:
Originally Posted by GommeInc
An extraordinary story has just emerged from Italy in relation to missing flight MH 370.
Louis Maraldi, 37, from Cesena, was named as one of the passengers on board the plane.
However, reports in Italy have confirmed that he was NOT on board and that he had reported his passport stolen last August.
Mr Maraldi's parents have spoken to him in Thailand and he is 'fine', news agency ANSA reports.
The revelation suggests that one of the 227 passengers on board the missing flight was using a stolen passport.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...#ixzz2vNZYgWsT
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wtf here come the conspiracy theories
HIJACKER
but on the list they gave out it was mostly Asian names
nvm does say Italian Louis maraldi on it is it not just poss there are two Louis maraldis
i'm so nosey, but looked at the names of the people and found two of their facebooks
they're a young couple aged 18/20 from france :(
really interested to learn what happened
reminds me of the tv show lost
THIS ESPECIALLY REMINDS ME OF LOST WITH ALL THE TWISTS AND TURNS WITH SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR STORIES OF HOW THEY ENDED UP ON THE FLIGHT WTFQuote:
Originally Posted by buttons
A SECOND passenger on the flight was using a stolen passport, it has emerged.
Austrian Christan Kozel, aged 30, has been confirmed as safe and well by authorities.
He said his passport was stolen when he visited Thailand two years ago, Austrian newspaper De Standard reports.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...#ixzz2vNwTpFQg
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is this a joke...
oh man, just say it was a hijacking
what would have happened?
Starting to look like it was a planned hijacking. =/Quote:
Originally Posted by buttons
but we have heard nothing, what's the point in hijacking a plane without voicing your agenda/demands
just to crash it into the ocean? it doesn't make any sense
bad hijackers
Terrorist attack maybe? If it is we will probably get a video from a group we have never heard of before from the middle of the desert claiming there responsible.Quote:
Originally Posted by wixard
But your right If they did hijack it for a ransom or some strange demands we would of heard something by now.
Surely they would have reported passport as stolen, and it would alert the terminal staff that the passport is stolen? :s
it just confuses me because the passports stolen are from white people with white names, so it can't be asians as obviously u won't get on a flight if ur passport is of someone of a completely different ethnicity
WHY
HOW WILL WE EVER KNOW
i mean this in a why would 2 nonmalaysian/chinese people be taking down an asian plane
maybe they were Asian idk I'm sure we will find out soon
Passports probably get stolen all the time and it just happens that this flight had two passengers using stolen passports. It could be something related, it might not be. We'll find out for sure once the wreckage or the flight data recorders are found so they can look into what caused it to crash.
Exactly, I highly doubt it's related and it's just something for news to report about.Quote:
Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx
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Originally Posted by buttons
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