The Vietnamese High Command of Navy has announced that the flight crashed off Vietnam's Tho Chu Island
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PETALING JAYA: The Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing Saturday crashed off Vietnam’s Tho Chu Island, northwest off the country’s southernmost Cape Ca Mau, the Vietnamese High Command of Navy announced.
According to a High Command of Navy statement, the plane went down at the waters between Vietnam and Malaysia, some 153 nautical miles (300km) off Tho Chu Island in Kien Giang Province, the Vietnamese Tuoi Tre online news service reported.
“The Naval Zone 5 is ready for the search and rescue mission. There were no immediate reports of casualty,” the news report said.
The flight MH370 disappeared at 2:40 am local time (1840 GMT Friday), about two hours after leaving Kuala Lumpur International Airport, according to AFP. It had been due to arrive in Beijing at 6:30 am local time (2230 GMT Friday).
It was carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, from 13 different nationalities, and 12 crew members. China’s state television said 158 of the passengers were Chinese.
Families start converging at KLIA
Meanwhile about 20 family members of several passengers of a missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) plane have arrived at the KL International Airport to get updates.
They were eager to obtain the latest information on the whereabouts of Flight MH370 which went missing over the South China Sea during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
They started gathering from about 10 am at the fifth floor departure hall of KLIA.
Reporters were disallowed from interviewing the family members, who were shielded by five guards from Malaysia Airports Berhad.
In BEIJING, a search-and-rescue team has been set up at the Beijing international airport to work closely with Malaysia Airlines (MAS) over the airline’s plane, Bernama reports.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) posted on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, on Saturday that there had been no report of any aircraft having crashed in China’s waters.
CAAC, citing spokesperson of the airport, Li Xiaomin, said emergency teams were working on alternative solutions and family members of the passengers were calm without being emotional.
It said it had instructed the Beijing International Airport to appease family members of the passengers and that it would provide updates on the situation regularly.
The public may contact the MAS offices in China — Beijing: 010－65052681, Shanghai: 021－23293999，Guangzhou: 20－83358868，Xiamen: 0592－2106088 and Kunming: 0871－67085770 — for information.
UPDATED
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing Saturday crashed off Vietnam’s Tho Chu Island, northwest off the country’s southernmost Cape Ca Mau, the Vietnamese High Command of Navy announced.According to a High Command of Navy statement, the plane went down at the waters between Vietnam and Malaysia, some 153 nautical miles (300km) off Tho Chu Island in Kien Giang Province, the Vietnamese Tuoi Tre online news service reported.
“The Naval Zone 5 is ready for the search and rescue mission. There were no immediate reports of casualty,” the news report said.
The flight MH370 disappeared at 2:40 am local time (1840 GMT Friday), about two hours after leaving Kuala Lumpur International Airport, according to AFP. It had been due to arrive in Beijing at 6:30 am local time (2230 GMT Friday).
It was carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, from 13 different nationalities, and 12 crew members. China’s state television said 158 of the passengers were Chinese.
Families start converging at KLIA
Meanwhile about 20 family members of several passengers of a missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) plane have arrived at the KL International Airport to get updates.
They were eager to obtain the latest information on the whereabouts of Flight MH370 which went missing over the South China Sea during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
They started gathering from about 10 am at the fifth floor departure hall of KLIA.
Reporters were disallowed from interviewing the family members, who were shielded by five guards from Malaysia Airports Berhad.
In BEIJING, a search-and-rescue team has been set up at the Beijing international airport to work closely with Malaysia Airlines (MAS) over the airline’s plane, Bernama reports.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) posted on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, on Saturday that there had been no report of any aircraft having crashed in China’s waters.
CAAC, citing spokesperson of the airport, Li Xiaomin, said emergency teams were working on alternative solutions and family members of the passengers were calm without being emotional.
It said it had instructed the Beijing International Airport to appease family members of the passengers and that it would provide updates on the situation regularly.
The public may contact the MAS offices in China — Beijing: 010－65052681, Shanghai: 021－23293999，Guangzhou: 20－83358868，Xiamen: 0592－2106088 and Kunming: 0871－67085770 — for information.
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