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No one has claimed responsibility of the attack though.
Beijing bound Air Malaysia flight loses contact
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Yesterday, Vietnam Emergency Rescue Center announced it found signal of the missing plane at 9.50am 120 miles South West of Ca Mau cape, the Southern-most point of Vietnam.
The signal is believed to be the ELT (Emergency Locator Transmittor) , which can be activated manually by the flight crew or automatically upon impact.
So the signal was most likely triggered by an impact of the plane on the water.
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If it was a bomb blast, debris would be all over the place. The gulf of Thailand is shallow and full of fishing boats, no one has reported a plane crash so far, where the heck can a huge jet like 777-200 go?
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Vietnamese search and rescue team (3 aircrafts and 6 vessels) currently scanning the area 07.00N – 104.00E and 07.31N – 104.00E, about 120 nautical miles southwest of Vietnam’s Ca Mau cape, where the planed was supposed to had gone down.
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Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 – these are the possible scenarios
Read more at: http://www.firstpost.com/world/miss...scenarios-1425749.html?utm_source=ref_article
Read more at: http://www.firstpost.com/world/miss...scenarios-1425749.html?utm_source=ref_article
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...yes, there are many many signs.
Vietnam authority has ordered an increase of security checks at airports.
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MH370 was trying to turn back - Malaysian Military chief.
Malaysia Airlines tragedy: False passports spark terror fears
Read more at: Malaysian Airline tragedy: Questions arise over false IDs | Firstpost
Malaysia Airlines tragedy: False passports spark terror fears
Read more at: Malaysian Airline tragedy: Questions arise over false IDs | Firstpost
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Any source?
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40 ships, 22 aircrafts now involved in search for missing plane: Malaysia Armed Forces Chief - Reuters
Just saw the press conference from Malaysia...
Just saw the press conference from Malaysia...
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ANOTHER pilot who was flying ahead of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has revealed he made contact with aircraft minutes after he was asked to do so by Vietnamese air traffic control.
The captain, who requested to remain anonymous, told Malaysian media outlets his plane, which was bound for Narita, Japan, was inVietnamese airspace when he was asked to contact the pilot flying the missing plane.
In using his plane’s emergency frequency, he was asked to try and establish its position after authorities failed to make contact.
“We managed to establish contact with MH370 just after 1.30am and asked them if they have transferred into Vietnamese airspace,” he told the New Straits Times.
“The voice on the other side could have been either Captain Zaharie or Fariq, but I was sure it was the co-pilot.
“There were a lot of interference... static... but I heard mumbling from the other end.
“That was the last time we heard from them, as we lost the connection,” he said.”
First officer Fariq ab Hamid ... who was on the missing aircraft. Source: Facebook
He said those on the same frequency at the time would have heard him, including vessels on the waters below.
He said he thought nothing of losing contact at first, as it was was normal, until the plane never landed in Beijing.
“If the plane was in trouble, we would have heard the pilot making the Mayday distress call. But I am sure that, like me, no one else up there heard it.
“Following the silence, a repeat request was made by the Vietnamese authorities to try establishing contact with them.”
The new details come as the lcation of the plane remains a mystery.
Oil slicks were spotted today, which could possibly lead officials to where it landed.
As family and friends wait for news, a Malaysian aviation authority official told the media this morning their search had been unsuccessful so far.
“We have not been able to locate anything, see anything,” he said.
Today, the Department of Civil Aviation will extend the search and rescue operation to the Straits of Malacca, as Malaysian authorities are now awaiting the latest satellite imagery for any signs of wreckage from flight MH370.
The airline also said one of its teams has already arrived in Beijing to meet with familes of the passengers. It will also set up a command center at Kota Bharu, Malaysia or Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam as soon as the location of the aircraft is established and “make the necessary arrangements”.
The FBI is also deploying agents and technical experts to assist and help review video from the Kuala Lumpur airport for images of departing passengers that can be checked in the bureau’s vast counter-terrorism database.
At least three US citizens, and an infant who could be a US citizen, were on board the plane.
“This gives us entree’’ to the case, the official said, speaking confidentially because the FBI investigation is just beginning. “But so far what happened is a mystery.’’
US officials said they are looking at whether this could be terrorism, as they would with any plane crash until proved otherwise.
As Malaysian Airlines released more information about passengers on board the plane, it emerged that two passengers were travelling on stolen passports.
Luigi Maraldi, 27, was listed as the sole Italian national aboard the missing flight, but according to his father, was not on the plane.
“Luigi called us early this morning to reassure us he was fine, but we didn’t know about the accident,” Walter Maraldi told NBC News. “Thank God he heard about it before us.”
The name of an Austrian citizen, Christian Kozel, 30, also appeared on the passenger manifest, but the European nation’s foreign ministry stated that the man was safe back home, and that his passport had been stolen.
Officials from Italy and Austria confirmed that the travel documents of both men were reported stolen in Thailand.
The captain, who requested to remain anonymous, told Malaysian media outlets his plane, which was bound for Narita, Japan, was inVietnamese airspace when he was asked to contact the pilot flying the missing plane.
In using his plane’s emergency frequency, he was asked to try and establish its position after authorities failed to make contact.
“We managed to establish contact with MH370 just after 1.30am and asked them if they have transferred into Vietnamese airspace,” he told the New Straits Times.
“The voice on the other side could have been either Captain Zaharie or Fariq, but I was sure it was the co-pilot.
“There were a lot of interference... static... but I heard mumbling from the other end.
“That was the last time we heard from them, as we lost the connection,” he said.”
First officer Fariq ab Hamid ... who was on the missing aircraft. Source: Facebook
He said those on the same frequency at the time would have heard him, including vessels on the waters below.
He said he thought nothing of losing contact at first, as it was was normal, until the plane never landed in Beijing.
“If the plane was in trouble, we would have heard the pilot making the Mayday distress call. But I am sure that, like me, no one else up there heard it.
“Following the silence, a repeat request was made by the Vietnamese authorities to try establishing contact with them.”
The new details come as the lcation of the plane remains a mystery.
Oil slicks were spotted today, which could possibly lead officials to where it landed.
As family and friends wait for news, a Malaysian aviation authority official told the media this morning their search had been unsuccessful so far.
“We have not been able to locate anything, see anything,” he said.
Today, the Department of Civil Aviation will extend the search and rescue operation to the Straits of Malacca, as Malaysian authorities are now awaiting the latest satellite imagery for any signs of wreckage from flight MH370.
The airline also said one of its teams has already arrived in Beijing to meet with familes of the passengers. It will also set up a command center at Kota Bharu, Malaysia or Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam as soon as the location of the aircraft is established and “make the necessary arrangements”.
The FBI is also deploying agents and technical experts to assist and help review video from the Kuala Lumpur airport for images of departing passengers that can be checked in the bureau’s vast counter-terrorism database.
At least three US citizens, and an infant who could be a US citizen, were on board the plane.
“This gives us entree’’ to the case, the official said, speaking confidentially because the FBI investigation is just beginning. “But so far what happened is a mystery.’’
US officials said they are looking at whether this could be terrorism, as they would with any plane crash until proved otherwise.
As Malaysian Airlines released more information about passengers on board the plane, it emerged that two passengers were travelling on stolen passports.
Luigi Maraldi, 27, was listed as the sole Italian national aboard the missing flight, but according to his father, was not on the plane.
“Luigi called us early this morning to reassure us he was fine, but we didn’t know about the accident,” Walter Maraldi told NBC News. “Thank God he heard about it before us.”
The name of an Austrian citizen, Christian Kozel, 30, also appeared on the passenger manifest, but the European nation’s foreign ministry stated that the man was safe back home, and that his passport had been stolen.
Officials from Italy and Austria confirmed that the travel documents of both men were reported stolen in Thailand.
