It has been more than 200 hours since MAS plane MH370 'vanished' whilst on air. The plane, which was on the way to Beijing,China departed at 0041 hours from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and supposed to reach by 0630 hours.
The last radar contact was at 0122 hours, near the borders between Vietnam- Malaysia. The flight was piloted by Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 53, with total flying hours of 18,365 hours. First officer, Fariq Ab.Hamid, 27, has a total flying hours of 2,763 hours. There were 228 passengers from China (153), Malaysia (38), Indonesia (7), Australia (6), India (5), France (4),United States (3), Canada (2), New Zealand (2), Ukraine (2), Russia (1), Taiwan (1), Netherlands (1), and Iran (2, who flew with stolen passports, was first identified as Italian and Austrian). There were 12 crews on board, all of them are Malaysians.
An aircraft was detected by military radar near Pulau Perak, Kedah, (northwest) Malaysia at 0240 hours, but it is not confirmed as MH370. At the time, the aircraft is said to be carrying a total fuel of 7.5 hours. The Search and Rescue (SAR) operations have been expanded from Sumatra, Indonesia to Hong Kong, focusing mainly in South China Sea. About 12 nations joins the mission of finding MH370. There are many agencies such as FBI, Boeing, Rolls Royce joins the investigation team. So far, 47 aircraft and 48 ships and vessels are deployed to assist the operation, and it is said that more nations will join the mission.
On 14th March, U.S. officials indicated that the plane might be crashed in Indian Ocean. India started their operations in searching the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where there are more than 500 uninhabited islands. About 2.3 million people starts to find the missing airliner on their PCs through Tomnad.com , a website which provides the satellite images.
Meanwhile, on 15th March, it is confirmed that MH370 made an 'air-turn back' and it is confirmed that the plane deviates from its route, went off course and flew towards the west. SAR operations in South China Sea is stopped and a new search area began, the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean. In a press meet on the same day, Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib said that the plane might headed to one of the possible corridors, the Northern corridor ( border of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan to Northern Thailand ) or the Southern corridor ( from Indonesia to Southern Indian ocean ). A new data obtained shows the last confirmed contact of the plane with satellite was on 8th March at 0811 hours, indicates how far the plane flew. The Prime Minister also said that the transponder and other communications is switched off in a deliberate action by 'someone' in the plane.
Since the day MH370 'vanished', many theories came up, such as the plane crashed while in mid air, hijacked and so on. Many people turned to be a one day detectives by coming up with their own theories. A man, claimed to be Raja Bomoh Sedunia ( bomoh is a Malay word for Shaman ), said that he could locate the plane, but only turned up to be a laughing stock by people by his acts.
The SAR operations is still going on and hope for the best that the plane could be found. More updates will come soon..
The last radar contact was at 0122 hours, near the borders between Vietnam- Malaysia. The flight was piloted by Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 53, with total flying hours of 18,365 hours. First officer, Fariq Ab.Hamid, 27, has a total flying hours of 2,763 hours. There were 228 passengers from China (153), Malaysia (38), Indonesia (7), Australia (6), India (5), France (4),United States (3), Canada (2), New Zealand (2), Ukraine (2), Russia (1), Taiwan (1), Netherlands (1), and Iran (2, who flew with stolen passports, was first identified as Italian and Austrian). There were 12 crews on board, all of them are Malaysians.
An aircraft was detected by military radar near Pulau Perak, Kedah, (northwest) Malaysia at 0240 hours, but it is not confirmed as MH370. At the time, the aircraft is said to be carrying a total fuel of 7.5 hours. The Search and Rescue (SAR) operations have been expanded from Sumatra, Indonesia to Hong Kong, focusing mainly in South China Sea. About 12 nations joins the mission of finding MH370. There are many agencies such as FBI, Boeing, Rolls Royce joins the investigation team. So far, 47 aircraft and 48 ships and vessels are deployed to assist the operation, and it is said that more nations will join the mission.
On 14th March, U.S. officials indicated that the plane might be crashed in Indian Ocean. India started their operations in searching the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where there are more than 500 uninhabited islands. About 2.3 million people starts to find the missing airliner on their PCs through Tomnad.com , a website which provides the satellite images.
Meanwhile, on 15th March, it is confirmed that MH370 made an 'air-turn back' and it is confirmed that the plane deviates from its route, went off course and flew towards the west. SAR operations in South China Sea is stopped and a new search area began, the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean. In a press meet on the same day, Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib said that the plane might headed to one of the possible corridors, the Northern corridor ( border of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan to Northern Thailand ) or the Southern corridor ( from Indonesia to Southern Indian ocean ). A new data obtained shows the last confirmed contact of the plane with satellite was on 8th March at 0811 hours, indicates how far the plane flew. The Prime Minister also said that the transponder and other communications is switched off in a deliberate action by 'someone' in the plane.
Since the day MH370 'vanished', many theories came up, such as the plane crashed while in mid air, hijacked and so on. Many people turned to be a one day detectives by coming up with their own theories. A man, claimed to be Raja Bomoh Sedunia ( bomoh is a Malay word for Shaman ), said that he could locate the plane, but only turned up to be a laughing stock by people by his acts.
The SAR operations is still going on and hope for the best that the plane could be found. More updates will come soon..
