CAMom Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Wow. That's scary. I can't find any updates to say if it's been found yet. Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 They haven't found it yet, but it sounds like they're pretty sure it went down. It wasn't carrying enough fuel for it to still be in the air. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 No more updates yet, it seems. But one article mentioned that the airline is contacting next-of-kin for passengers & crew. :crying: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 It doesn't look good. :( http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/site/dark-site.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I have been following for the past 45 min......this is not good at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 239 people. Terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammie Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Yes, following here. Two infants on board. Terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 One possible explanation they are saying is an explosion. That would explain the loss of radar and the lack of a distress call. Awful. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammie Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 They are now saying it went missing over Vietnam airspace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Coast Sue Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 How tragic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 They are now saying it went missing over Vietnam airspace. North or South? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 North or South? Vietnam is not split up. (ETA: oops I thought you mean north or south as in political boundaries) The Malaysia main newspaper has no update yet :( http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-color-red-update-font-mas-lost-contact-with-plane-carrying-239-people-carrier-1.502231 "China's CCTV said 160 Chinese nationals were onboard the flight, according to microblogging website Weibo. Chinese state TV also reported there had not been any reports received yet about any aircraft crashed in Chinese waters. State news agency Xinhua reported radar contact with the flight was lost while it was in Vietnamese airspace." ETA: No update on MAS website either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 So so horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Oh, no...that's terrible. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammie Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 North or South? Based on the flight path shown on CNN it would have crossed over the northern part of Vietnam. Not sure if that flight path was accurate, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 It may have been over water???? An official at the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) said the plane had failed to check in as scheduled at 1721 GMT (12.21 p.m. ET) while it was flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh city. "It's code didn't appear in our system," Bui Van Vo, the CAAV's flight control department manager, told Reuters by telephone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Hijacking and turned off transponder? I wonder if anyone important was on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 You would think that they would have wanted to either land somewhere or crash somewhere important and there would be some reports. That is my the explosion makes more sense to me (although that could also be part of a terrorist attack type situation.) Dawn Hijacking and turned off transponder? I wonder if anyone important was on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 (edited) Hijacking and turned off transponder? I wonder if anyone important was on board. Considering that a Boeing 777 crashed in SFO last summer, I would assume technical problems before anything else (ETA: as in terrorism and what not). The MY defence minister has requested people not to speculate. "KUALA LUMPUR: Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein in his tweet urged members of the public to not speculate news on the “missing†Malaysia Airlines (MAS) MH370 flight." (New Straits Times) Below is the nationalities breakdown of the passengers and crew from New Straits Times (Malaysia's newspaper). "KUALA LUMPUR: MAS flight MH370 was carrying a total number of 239 passengers and crew – comprising 227 passengers (including 2 infants), 12 crew members. The passengers were of 14 different nationalities - citizens from: 1. China – 152 plus 1 infant 2. Malaysia - 38 3. Indonesia - 12 4. Australia - 7 5. France - 3 6. United States of America – 3 pax plus 1 infant 7. New Zealand - 2 8. Ukraine - 2 9. Canada - 2 10. Russia - 1 11. Italy - 1 12. Taiwan - 1 13. Netherlands - 1 14. Austria - 1" ETA: Link to incomplete list of missing passengers ETA: The news page for MH370 on Malaysia's newspaper. Multinational Search and Rescue teams have already been deployed. http://www.nst.com.my/mh370 Edited March 8, 2014 by Arcadia in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I read that the airlines is in financial trouble and had major cutbacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 But that was pilot error. Considering that a Boeing 777 crashed in SFO last summer, I would assume technical problems before anything else. The MY defence minister has requested people not to speculate. "KUALA LUMPUR: Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein in his tweet urged members of the public to not speculate news on the “missing†Malaysia Airlines (MAS) MH370 flight." (New Straits Times) Below is the nationalities breakdown of the passengers and crew from New Straits Times (Malaysia's newspaper). "KUALA LUMPUR: MAS flight MH370 was carrying a total number of 239 passengers and crew – comprising 227 passengers (including 2 infants), 12 crew members. The passengers were of 14 different nationalities - citizens from: 1. China – 152 plus 1 infant 2. Malaysia - 38 3. Indonesia - 12 4. Australia - 7 5. France - 3 6. United States of America – 3 pax plus 1 infant 7. New Zealand - 2 8. Ukraine - 2 9. Canada - 2 10. Russia - 1 11. Italy - 1 12. Taiwan - 1 13. Netherlands - 1 14. Austria - 1" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 This might already be "old" news. Signal detected in Vietnam. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-vietnam-detects-signals-missing-place-22829399 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Strike that. It crashed in the sea. http://my.news.yahoo.com/mas-aircraft-goes-missing--says-airline-023820132.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Well, it still looks like conflicting reports as to whether or not Vietnam detected a signal or not.... Basically, everything still unknown at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Goodness, getting my countries and decades mixed up. I was thinking of the 1960s-70s Vietnam and today's Korea. It makes sense that it was over water if there are not yet reports of wreckage. What a tragedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathnerd Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I read theories on news sites that it could have been a possible sudden explosion because there were a lot of backup systems in the 777 that could have been activated in any other situation. Apparently, the only time when the crew cannot activate all the rescue signals or the power backups is when they did not have even few seconds to respond. This is such a horrible tragedy. My heart goes out to all those families. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 No news from Search and Rescue yet. Hubby is on business trip in China and no one is in the mood to work waiting for updates. It is now 4pm Beijing time there.I don't feel like sleeping either, used to take Malaysian Airlines regularly to Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Flew Singapore to Beijing too. Just feeling sad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Thought I would wake up to some news. They still have no idea. Sudden explosion makes the most sense to me. Even the plane that went down in the Pacific had distress calls going out up until they went in to the ocean. Can't imagine what their loved ones are going through not knowing yet what has happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 This is just awful. Prayers for all the families involved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 The vietnamese airbfprce spotted two large slicks in online news update 40mins ago. Probability of crash in sea is so high now :( http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-color-red-missing-mh370-font-vietnam-spots-oil-slicks-in-hunt-for-missing-jet-1.503067 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Oh, this is so sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Two of the passports were used by someone else. The Italian and Austrian had their passports stolen some time ago, weren't on the planes and someone else used them. I got this from Drudge and here is the link-- http://news.yahoo.com/stolen-european-passports-missing-plane-150519884.html;_ylt=AwrBEiJtMxtTYW8AUjTQtDMD . It is an AP story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Well, I don't want to get in trouble with the Malaysian defense minister but it wouldn't surprise me if this was the result of a deliberate act. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Recent news suggests that the lack of a debris field might point to the fact that an explosion did not occur (I.e., a bomb). The Vietnamese military has spotted two oil slicks, and as I said, no debris field around those oil slicks. An Air Force officer indicated in the news a few minutes ago that the oil slick and no debris field point to possibly crashing into the South China Sea.....which does not mean that the aircraft was not forced down in a terrorist act. (I do not know how to do smilies on my ipad but I am heartbroken about all this). Malaysia Airlines has an excellent safety record according what I have heard last night and this morning and the Boeing 777 has a good safety record. The crew was, from what I have learned, extremely experienced. This hits so close to home because of the affection our family has for Heather and her family when they visited and we got to know each other.......actually, it was like we had always known each other. It was fascinating to hear them speak of Malaysia and how they dispelled all of our incorrect ideas about that part of the world. Additionally, because of heather and Co., ds13 is doing his Adopt a Country semester long project on Malaysia. He and I have learned so much about this beautiful country in the past couple of months......history, geography. As we listen to the news, we know where every location is. Prayers for everyone affected by this terrible event. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 My friends have been notified by the consulate. Their oldest son was moving to Beijing with his work and was on that flight. Brings the reality of the tragedy very close to home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 My friends have been notified by the consulate. Their oldest son was moving to Beijing with his work and was on that flight. Brings the reality of the tragedy very close to home. I'm so sorry. I remember when a large plane went into a mountain outside of Juneau in the 70s, everyone knew someone on the plane or someone who knew someone. It's so hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 My friends have been notified by the consulate. Their oldest son was moving to Beijing with his work and was on that flight. Brings the reality of the tragedy very close to home. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 My friends have been notified by the consulate. Their oldest son was moving to Beijing with his work and was on that flight. Brings the reality of the tragedy very close to home. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 My friends have been notified by the consulate. Their oldest son was moving to Beijing with his work and was on that flight. Brings the reality of the tragedy very close to home. I'm so sorry. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Never mind. Should have read the link posted. ;) Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAMom Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 My friends have been notified by the consulate. Their oldest son was moving to Beijing with his work and was on that flight. Brings the reality of the tragedy very close to home. :crying: So sad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 My heart goes out to the families of those on this flight. However, I'm very disturbed by all the images of grieving families in airports that are plastered all over. Surrounding a crying relative with dozens of cameras is just wrong. Is there no shame left in the media? 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moxie Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 My heart goes out to the families of those on this flight. However, I'm very disturbed by all the images of grieving families in airports that are plastered all over. Surrounding a crying relative with dozens of cameras is just wrong. Is there no shame left in the media? No, there is not. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennynd Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 My heart goes out to the families of those on this flight. However, I'm very disturbed by all the images of grieving families in airports that are plastered all over. Surrounding a crying relative with dozens of cameras is just wrong. Is there no shame left in the media? I was thinking the same yesterday last night when they posted a guy and a lady. People surrounding them look like they are watching a show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennynd Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I read that the airlines is in financial trouble and had major cutbacks. I read that too. Been in aircraft industry means the maintenance might be delayed. Or they use after market part / reverse engineered parts to save money.. Even through they look exactly the same.. Or sound like the same on paper.. Big no no... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 My friends have been notified by the consulate. Their oldest son was moving to Beijing with his work and was on that flight. Brings the reality of the tragedy very close to home. I am so very sorry. What a heartbreak. Thoughts and prayers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I was thinking the same yesterday last night when they posted a guy and a lady. People surrounding them look like they are watching a show. Please correct me if I am wrong, but in the u.s. the cameras are no longer allowed to be in the area with the families. This was decided after the PanAm flight was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland. When the news of that tragedy was just breaking, the New York Networks were showing live footage of families arriving at Kennedy Airport and receiving this horrible news. That same night, it was announced that those moments would no longer be taped.......understandably so. And, I do understand that decisions made here years ago do not apply to other countries. It is awful to see those people in so much pain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennynd Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Please correct me if I am wrong, but in the u.s. the cameras are no longer allowed to be in the area with the families. This was decided after the PanAm flight was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland. When the news of that tragedy was just breaking, the New York Networks were showing live footage of families arriving at Kennedy Airport and receiving this horrible news. That same night, it was announced that those moments would no longer be taped.......understandably so. And, I do understand that decisions made here years ago do not apply to other countries. It is awful to see those people in so much pain. I agree with you. They should give the family the basic respect . I have no idea what is the policy in Malaysia or China. In either case, I do not believe they think like US. ( I am a Chinese.. From Taiwan. ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I agree with you. They should give the family the basic respect . I have no idea what is the policy in Malaysia or China. In either case, I do not believe they think like US. ( I am a Chinese.. From Taiwan. ) I have no idea either.........we don't have tv in our home now, but I can recall the Lockerbie images as if it was yesterday. Hopefully there will be a voice of reason and respect and the families will be given privacy. It is so sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 My friends have been notified by the consulate. Their oldest son was moving to Beijing with his work and was on that flight. Brings the reality of the tragedy very close to home. I can't even imagine. This is so sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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