Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 has gone missing between Malaysia and Vietnam.

Boeing 777-200ER 9M-MRO. Photo © Martyn Wheatley - pinkfroot.com
Boeing 777-200ER 9M-MRO. Photo © Martyn Wheatley – pinkfroot.com

The Boeing 777-200ER aircraft left Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) at 00:40 local time (16:40 GMT 7 March) and was bound for Capital International Airport (PEK) in Beijing, China. The aircraft was expected to land in Beigjing at 06:30 local time (20:30 GMT).

The Boeing 777 involved is registration number 9M-MRO and is 12 years old and was using callsign MAS370.

The aircraft is thought to be carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew.

Unconfirmed reports say the aircraft crashed into the sea south of Vietnam.

Links:

Flight MH370: http://planefinder.net/data/flights/MH370

Boeing 777-200ER: http://planefinder.net/data/airplanes/9M-MRO

Flight track: http://planefinder.net/flight/MAS370/time/2014-03-07T16:50:00%20UTC

(Important Note – we do not yet have ADS-B receivers in the region so lost coverage for that reason early in the flight)

ADS-B Data Tracks received by our Plane Finder network for the flight: http://froot.co/1k2pu9f

MH370 shortly after takeoff - Screenshot planefinder.net
MH370 shortly after takeoff – Screenshot planefinder.net

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