Malaysian airlines has lost a 777

[ElFenix]

Was supposed to have landed a couple hours ago. On tapa so find your own Link

 

[Ns1]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26492748

Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with a plane travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 people on board.

The airline said in a statement that flight MH370 disappeared at 02:40 local time on Saturday (18:40 GMT on Friday).

It was expected to land in Beijing at 06:30 (22:30 GMT).

"Malaysia Airlines is currently working with the authorities who have activated their search and rescue team to locate the aircraft," the carrier said.

The Boeing B777-200 aircraft was carrying 227 passengers, including two children, and 12 crew members.

It went missing two hours after taking off from Kuala Lumpur.

It was lost in airspace controlled by Vietnam, China's Xinhua state news agency said.


The aircraft did not enter airspace controlled by China and did not make contact with Chinese controllers, the agency added.

Malaysia Airlines has told the BBC it will be holding a press conference later on Saturday.

The airline is the national carrier of Malaysia and one of Asia's largest, flying nearly 37,000 passengers daily to some 80 destinations worldwide.

 

[ElFenix]

So they lost it 7 hours ago but we only found out about it within about the past hour. That's pretty crazy

 

[88keys]

I watch "Air Crash Investigations" for too often to be able to think positively about this .

 

[uhohs]

oh boy

 

[JulesMaximus]

Edited-I await my forthcoming vacation. :'(

 

[JulesMaximus]

I watch "Air Crash Investigations" for too often to be able to think positively about this .

True that. Chances of there being survivors is very slim in these situations I'm afraid. :'(

 

[Ns1]

Well, where'd they lose it? A 777 ain't a set of fucking car keys, is it? And it ain't as if it's incon-fucking-spicuous now, is it?

Sorry, I had to... the thread topic made it irresistible.

"somewhere" over vietnamese airspace.

 

[foghorn67]

Another airliner lost to a SAM?

 

[ElFenix]

Seeing some reports on Twitterverse that it landed at Nanning China with no radios

 

[Dari]

Plan on seeing Non-Stop tomorrow. Can't wait.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Seeing some reports on Twitterverse that it landed at Nanning China with no radios

Can't see it. The airline would know and this wouldn't be the breaking story now. Just can't see that being a possibility.

 

[Mutilator]

Hope they did land safely. And I doubt they would have been shot down... they fly this route regularly.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/MAS370/history/20140307/1635Z/WMKK/ZBAA

 

[Mixolydian]

Sounds like that Air France incident that happened a few years ago.

 

[iamwiz82]

Hope they did land safely. And I doubt they would have been shot down... they fly this route regularly.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/MAS370/history/20140307/1635Z/WMKK/ZBAA

Iran Air 655 was a normal flight as well. Shit happens

 

[Kaido]

Says they would have run out of gas by now. There's no way this ended well. RIP

 

[ElFenix]

Can't see it. The airline would know and this wouldn't be the breaking story now. Just can't see that being a possibility.

i'm not really holding out any hope that that's what happened.

 

[slightlyhuman]

hoping for the best, but really thinking/expecting the worse. RIP

i hate flying. i'm a believer in statistics but damn there's just something about a metal tube with two guys who i can't see, flying it. flying to cancun next month.

taking a go-pro ever since i saw that guy on youtube go down in a small passenger plane, go pro and all, swam out alive.

 

[RaistlinZ]

If it had landed safely anywhere we'd know about it. Satellites can't even see it anymore. My guess is it's in the ocean.

I've seen many a "Air Crash Investigation". The plane just disappeared off radar at 35,000 feet and the pilots couldn't even get off a single mayday call. It probably came apart in the air or started spiraling out of control suddenly.

 

[Away]

Seeing some reports on Twitterverse that it landed at Nanning China with no radios

Sadly, the Nanning landing didn't happen.

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/03/08/Missing-plane-false/

 

[Mai72]

I remember flying from South Korea to Thailand during Super Typhoon Haiyan. By the time we were in the air it was over Vietnam and was that scary. They flew around it but you could feel the plane violently shake. I was scared. A Korean couple sitting next to me looked at me like I was a puss. I had my face buried in my pillow

Sad news tonight.

 

[halik]

ouch, was hoping the nanning thing is true. RIP at this point

 

[slayer202]

very scary

 

[techs]

You have to wonder that its the same day they found cracks in the wings at the Boeing plants.

 

[ElFenix]

You have to wonder that its the same day they found cracks in the wings at the Boeing plants.

different airframe