History: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
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Date | 8 March 2014 | ||
Type : | Missing | ||
Location : | Southern Indian Ocean | ||
Passengers : | 227 | ||
Crew : | 12 | ||
Fatalities : | unknown | ||
Survivors : | unknown | ||
Aircraft involved : | Boeing 777-200ER | ||
Operator : | Malaysia Airlines | ||
Aircraft registration : | 9M-MRO | ||
Flight origin : | Kuala Lumpur International Airport KUL WMKK | ||
Destination : | Beijing Capital International Airport PEK ZBAA |
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Kuala Lumpur International Airport KUL WMKK to Beijing Capital International Airport PEK ZBAA which disappeared on the 8th of March 2014, 40 minutes after takeoff at 1.20 am MST. There were 227 passengers and 12 crew on board.
Shortly after the aircraft vanished from the radars one of the largest joint search and rescue operation began. The search initially began in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea but later was expanded to include the Strait of Malacca, Andaman Sea and the Indian Ocean
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