m_kishuri
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- Jan 27, 2010
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[h=1]What happened to the missing Malaysian flight? A visual guide[/h][h=3]1. Flight departs[/h]Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Flight departs at 12:41 a.m., and is due to land in Beijing at 6:30 a.m. the same day.
[h=3]2. Contact lost[/h]March 8: Airline loses contact with plane between 1-2 hours after takeoff. Flight tracking shows plane flew northeast over Malaysia after takeoff and climbed to altitude of 35,000 feet.
[h=3]3. Debris spotted[/h]March 8: Twelve-mile long oil slick and debris spotted between Malaysia and Vietnam
[h=3]4. Plane attempted to turn around[/h]March 9: Malaysian military says the plane may have attempted to turn around. Radar indicates flight may have turned back from its scheduled route to Beijing before disappearing.
[h=3]5. Search widens[/h]March 10: Dozens of ships and aircraft from seven countries scour the seas around Malaysia and south of Vietnam
[h=3]6. New theory[/h]March 11: Military says the flight may have reached the Strait of Malacca, to the west
[h=3]7. Search widens again[/h]March 12: The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet expands to an area stretching from China to India
[h=3]8. New information[/h]March 13: Reports emerge that Flight 370 was in the air for five hours, citing sources who say the plane was in contact with a satellite network that collects data for the planes manufacturer, Boeing.
[h=3]9. Was the plane hijacked?[/h]March 14: Indian officials begin searching hundreds of uninhabited islands in the Andaman Sea using heat-seeking devices. Officials are now openly speculating that one of the pilots or a hijacker may have taken over the aircraft.
GOOD LUCK!
[h=3]2. Contact lost[/h]March 8: Airline loses contact with plane between 1-2 hours after takeoff. Flight tracking shows plane flew northeast over Malaysia after takeoff and climbed to altitude of 35,000 feet.
[h=3]3. Debris spotted[/h]March 8: Twelve-mile long oil slick and debris spotted between Malaysia and Vietnam
[h=3]4. Plane attempted to turn around[/h]March 9: Malaysian military says the plane may have attempted to turn around. Radar indicates flight may have turned back from its scheduled route to Beijing before disappearing.
[h=3]5. Search widens[/h]March 10: Dozens of ships and aircraft from seven countries scour the seas around Malaysia and south of Vietnam
[h=3]6. New theory[/h]March 11: Military says the flight may have reached the Strait of Malacca, to the west
[h=3]7. Search widens again[/h]March 12: The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet expands to an area stretching from China to India
[h=3]8. New information[/h]March 13: Reports emerge that Flight 370 was in the air for five hours, citing sources who say the plane was in contact with a satellite network that collects data for the planes manufacturer, Boeing.
[h=3]9. Was the plane hijacked?[/h]March 14: Indian officials begin searching hundreds of uninhabited islands in the Andaman Sea using heat-seeking devices. Officials are now openly speculating that one of the pilots or a hijacker may have taken over the aircraft.
GOOD LUCK!
