Beijing bound Air Malaysia flight loses contact

[manojb]

CNN: "A flight carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing is missing and would likely have run out of fuel, the airline says." how can it loose fuel?
Unfortunate incident!! Hoping for miracle.

 

[Bombaywalla]

Oh my lord what a tragic piece of news to wake up to. Amidst all this negative speculation, I too am hoping for a miracle.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

CNN: "A flight carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing is missing and would likely have run out of fuel, the airline says." how can it loose fuel?
Unfortunate incident!! Hoping for miracle.

It just means it can't still be in the air right now.

 

[cnleio]

Right now only depend on Spy Satellite to scan incident areas.

Malaysia airlines said M370 maybe there, incident areas between Gulf of Siam and South China Sea

 

[Bombaywalla]

This was a code share flight with China Southern Airlines, and the captain of the missing airliner was no novice - having worked with MAS since 1981.

 

[cnleio]

2014.03.08 morning pics at China BeiJing international airport

 

[Bombaywalla]

A question for those in the know - does Ho Chi Minh have the capability to launch a full fledged search and rescue operation given that the aircraft went missing in Vietnamese airspace?

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

It's 839KM from Kuala Lampur to Phu Quoc. 777 planes fly at at 950km/hr. Air traffic talked to the pilot 2 hours after the plane left the terminal. May have made it across the Gulf of Thailand.

 

[cnleio]

Last report location on the sea, there's no any successful record Boeing 777-200 land on the water.

 

[xuxu1457]

China need send PLA Navy & CHINA COAST GUARD & China Maritime Safety into accident waters.

MH370 airline

Lost at the green area:

 

[Pardesi]

SEVEN Australians are among the 239 people on board a Malaysia Airlines flight bound that has lost contact with air traffic control and is missing.
The Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, a Boeing 777-200 aircraft, lost contact with Subang Air Traffic Control at 5.40am (AEST).
“The flight was carrying 227 passengers (including two infants), 12 crew members,” the airline said in a statement.
Malaysia Airlines said the passengers were from 13 different nationalities.
“It is our understanding there are Australian passengers on board,” a Malaysian Airlines spokesman told News Corp Australia.
A total of 160 were Chinese nationals.
“Malaysia Airlines is currently working with the authorities who have activated their search and rescue team to locate the aircraft,” Malaysia Airlines said.

China’s state news agency is reporting that the Malaysia Airlines aircraft has lost contact over Vietnam while an unconfirmed report on a flight tracking website said the aircraft had plunged 200m and changed course shortly before all contact was lost.
The route would have taken the plane across the Malaysian mainland in a north easterly direction and then across the Gulf of Thailand.
Chinese news agency Xinhua quoted Chinese aviation authorities saying the plane did not enter China’s air traffic control sphere.
China’s foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement: “We are very concerned learning this news.”
”We are contacting relevant authorities and are trying to confirm relevant information.’’
Malaysia Airlines vice president told CNN that the missing plane had enough fuel for seven hours and suspects it would have run out by now.

 

[Donatello]

How can such an advanced airliner simply go missing? Reminds of AF 447, but that was over a Radar blank zone over the Atlantic. If this plane went down (god forbid) over land, some locals must have notified the authorities by now. I hope all is well, though i guess it has been long enough missing.

 

[cnleio]

We have lost it on the sea.

MH370 passager:
152x Chinese include one baby
1x Taiwanese
38x Malaysian
12x Indonesian
7x Australians
4x American
3x Frensh
Rest r New zealander, Ukraine, Canadian, Russian, Italian, Austrian and Dutch

中国人152人和1名婴儿，中国台湾1人，马来西亚38人，印尼12人，澳大利亚7人，美国4人，法国3人。此外机上还有新西兰、乌克兰、加拿大、俄罗斯、意大利、奥地利和荷兰人。

 

[senheiser]

How can such an advanced airliner simply go missing? Reminds of AF 447, but that was over a Radar blank zone over the Atlantic. If this plane went down (god forbid) over land, some locals must have notified the authorities by now. I hope all is well, though i guess it has been long enough missing.

every plane crashes and has issues now, just shows that people should buy russian planes at least they are significantly cheaper in price

 

[Pardesi]

In a press conference the airline stated, the last contact with the aircraft had been about 160nm northeast of Kota Bharu (Malaysia), over the Gulf of Thailand. The aircraft was piloted by an experienced captain (53, 18,365 hours total) and a first officer (27, 2,763 hours total). The aircraft carried 153 Chinese citizens, 38 Malaysians, 12 Indonesians, 7 Australians, 3 French, 4 citizens of USA, 2 New Zealanders, 2 Ukrainians, 2 Canadians, 1 Russian, 1 Italian, 1 Taiwanese, 1 Dutch and 1 Austrian.
According to The Aviation Herald's radar data the aircraft was last regularly seen at 17:22Z (01:22L) about half way between Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) at FL350 over the Gulf of Thailand about 260nm northnortheast of Kuala Lumpur and 160nm northeast of Kota Bharu 40 minutes into the flight, followed by anomalies in the radar data of the aircraft over the next minute (the anomalies may be related to the aircraft but could also be caused by the aircraft leaving the range of the receiver).

Aviation sources in China report that radar data suggest a steep and sudden descent of the aircraft, during which the track of the aircraft changed from 024 degrees to 333 degrees. The aircraft was estimated to contact Ho Chi Minh Control Center (Vietnam) at 01:20L, but contact was never established.

Infrared VISSR Satellite Image Mar 7th 18:00Z (Graphics: AVH/Meteosat):

The flight was piloted by Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, a Malaysian aged 53. He has a total flying hours of 18,365hours. He joined Malaysia Airlines in 1981. First officer, Fariq Ab.Hamid, a Malaysian, is aged 27. He has a total flying hours of 2,763 hours. He joined Malaysia Airlines in 2007.