Missing?
Via CTV
Malaysia Airlines has “lost contact” with a Beijing-bound plane carrying 239 people.
In a statement, the airline said flight MH370 departed Kuala Lumpur at 12:41 a.m. (local time) on March 8.
The plane was expected to land in Beijing approximately six hours later.
The airline said the plane lost contact with Subang air traffic control at approximately 2:40 a.m.
The airline said 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members are onboard the Boeing 777-200 aircraft. The passengers were of 13 different nationalities.
China’s Civil Aviation Administration confirmed that 158 Chinese nationals are onboard the Malaysian jetliner, China Central Television reported.
The airline said it is contacting next-of-kin of the passengers and crew.
HT JettieG