Missing airliner carrying 239 triggers Southeast Asia search

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Hanoi — Rescuers from several nations mounted an air and sea search Saturday for a Malaysia Airlines jet that has gone missing over Southeast Asia, with grave fears for the 239 people on board.

Vietnam authorities said contact with Flight MH370 was lost near its airspace, but its exact location and fate remained a mystery more than 14 hours after it slipped off air-traffic control screens.

Frustrated officials and passenger's relatives struggled to make sense of the disappearance of the Boeing 777-200 which -- like the Malaysian national carrier -- has a solid safety record.

The airline said the plane, on an overnight flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, relayed no distress signal, indications of rough weather, or other signs of trouble.

Asked whether Malaysia was looking at possible terrorism, Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the government was "looking at all possibilities."

"The plane lost contact near Ca Mau province airspace as it was preparing to transfer to Ho Chi Minh City air traffic control," the Vietnamese government said in a statement.


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After listening to the CBC reports last night just reminds me of the Air India crash which was blamed on a bomb on board the aircraft
 
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Liberalman said:
After listening to the CBC reports last night just reminds me of the Air India crash which was blamed on a bomb on board the aircraft
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"Blamed"? you mean it wasn't a bomb? Oh enlighten us oh great one.

Liberalman said:
Vietnam has a lot of live munitions scattered all over that country
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and that would have what to do with a Malaysian airline possibly crashing?




wow, just wow. It's surprising that you can walk and breath at the same time. It's pretty obvious you can't think and breath at the same time.
 
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gerryh said:
"Blamed"? you mean it wasn't a bomb? Oh enlighten us oh great one.




and that would have what to do with a Malaysian airline possibly crashing?




wow, just wow. It's surprising that you can walk and breath at the same time. It's pretty obvious you can't think and breath at the same time.
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What kind of drugs are you on, your comprehension is lacking it was blamed on a bomb that's what the newspapers reported so long ago
 
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two individuals on the plane were carrying stolen passports
 
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Missing Malaysia Airlines plane 'may have turned back'

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Friends and relatives expecting to meet passengers from the flight in Beijing were taken to a nearby hotel

Radar signals show a Malaysia Airlines plane that has been missing for more than 24 hours may have turned back, Malaysian officials have said.

Rescue teams looking for the plane have now widened their search area.

Investigators are also checking CCTV footage of two passengers who are believed to have boarded the plane using stolen passports.

Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing disappeared south of Vietnam with 239 people on board.

Air and sea rescue teams have been searching an area of the South China Sea south of Vietnam for more than 24 hours.

But Malaysia's civil aviation chief, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur the search area had been expanded, to include the west coast of Malaysia.

Five passengers booked on the flight did not board, he added. Their luggage was consequently removed.

Twenty-two aircraft and 40 ships are now involved in the search, armed forces chief Gen Zulkefli Zin said.


Rodzali Daud, Royal Malaysian Air Force: "There is a possibility the aircraft did make a turn back"

Air force chief Rodzali Daud said the investigation was now focusing on a recording of radar signals that showed there was a "possibility" the aircraft had turned back from its flight path.

Vietnamese navy ships which reached two oil slicks spotted earlier in the South China Sea found no signs of wreckage.

'Suspect'

Malaysia's Transport Minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, initially said at least four names on the passenger list were "suspect" but later told the BBC there were in fact only two suspect names.

The BBC has confirmed that a man falsely using an Italian passport and a man falsely using an Austrian passport purchased tickets at the same time, and were both booked on the same onward flight from Beijing to Europe on Saturday.

Both had purchased their tickets from China Southern Airlines, which shared the flight with Malaysia Airlines, and they had consecutive ticket numbers.

The real owners reportedly had their passports stolen in Thailand in recent years.


Aerial search teams have yet to spot any wreckage


Military ships have been searching the sea south of Vietnam

BBC News - Missing Malaysia Airlines plane 'may have turned back'
 
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Vietnamese navy ships which reached two oil slicks spotted earlier in the South China Sea found no signs of wreckage.
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If that's the wreck site, it's a good indication the plane dove in fast. There would be localized debris if it ditched - and spread over a wide area if it blew up in flight
 
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Would it be possible for almost everything to disintegrate?
 
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