This looks bad, I hope it is not caused by terrorism.
There are about 160 chinese citizens on board.
Fears are growing for 239 people aboard a Malaysian Airlines flight to Beijing after it disappeared from air traffic control screens two hours after leaving Kuala Lumpur.
The flight, which left the Malaysian capital at 12.41am on Saturday morning, had been due to arrive in Beijing at 6.30am but disappeared from air traffic controllers’ screens at 2.40am.
If the aircraft has been lost, it will be much the most serious crash involving a Boeing 777, one of the safest aircraft ever to fly. While a 777 crash-landed at London’s Heathrow airport without loss of life in 2008, the only previous passenger fatalities on a 777 were those of three people who died when as Asiana Airlines 777 crash-landed last year at San Francisco International Airport.
Malaysia Airlines confirmed that the flight, MH370, lost contact with Subang Air Traffic Control in Kuala Lumpur. There were 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members on board, it said.
“Malaysia Airlines is currently working with the authorities who have activated their search and rescue team to locate the aircraft,” it said.
The airline did not say where the aircraft was when contact was lost and whether it was flying over land or the South China Sea at the time.
Boeing said it was aware of the reports and was monitoring the situation.
There are about 160 chinese citizens on board.
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