Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
 The missing aircraft pictured in December 2011 | |
| Disappearance | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8 March 2014; 10 years, 8 months and 2 days ago |
| Summary | Inconclusive, some debris found |
| Site | Indian Ocean, probably southern |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 777-200ER |
| Operator | Malaysia Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | MH370 |
| ICAO flight No. | MAS370 |
| Call sign | Malaysian 370 |
| Registration | 9M-MRO |
| Flight origin | Kuala Lumpur International Airport |
| Destination | Beijing Capital International Airport |
| Occupants | 239 |
| Passengers | 227 |
| Crew | 12 |
| Fatalities | 239 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370)[1] is a missing Malaysia Airlines international passenger flight.[2] The aircraft 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.
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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]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]
Government statements
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]| 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 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Beijing-bound flight from Malaysia missing". USA Today. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ↑ "Terrorism not ruled out in disappearance of Malaysia Airlines jet". Chicago Tribune. 8 March 2014. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ↑ "Malaysia Airlines 'loses contact with plane'". BBC. 8 March 2014. 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". Malaysian Insider. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ↑ Pete Williams; Robert Windrem; Richard Esposito (9 March 2014). "Malaysia Probes Identity of Four Passengers on Missing Jet". NBC. 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.