(Reuters) – Two men from Austria and Italy, listed among the passengers on a missing Malaysia Airlines flight, were not in fact on board, officials in both European countries said on Saturday, and at least one of them had had his passport stolen. A passenger manifest issued by Malaysia Airlines after its plane went missing off the Vietnamese coast with 227 passengers and 12 crew included the names of Christian Kozel, 30, from Austria, and […]
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Malaysia Airlines plane missing at sea off Vietnam, presumed crashed
(Reuters) – A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew went missing off the Vietnamese coast on Saturday and was presumed to have crashed. There were no reports of bad weather and no sign why theBoeing 777-200ER would have vanished from radar screens about an hour after it took off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing. There were no signs of sabotage nor claims of a terrorist attack. However, in Europe, news reports and officials […]
Malaysia Airlines missing jet: Searchers spot oil slicks
Vietnamese rescue planes have spotted two oil slicks in the area where a Malaysia Airlines jet carrying 239 people disappeared over the South China Sea. The jet was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The oil slicks were spotted late on Saturday off the southern tip of Vietnam by air force planes dispatched to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flight. “Two of our aircraft sighted two oil slicks around 15 to […]
Philippine military joins international search for missing Malaysian plane
MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) – The Philippine military dispatched naval and air assets to join in the international efforts to locate the Malaysian plane missing this morning during its flight bound for Beijing. Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Zagala, the public information office chief of the Philippine military, said the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has mobilized its naval assets, particularly the BRP Del Pilar (PF 15), BRP Jacinto (PS 35), and BRP Mabini (PS 36) […]
CORRECTED-UPDATE 4-Malaysia Airlines plane missing in South China Sea with 239 people aboard – report
(Corrects number of Indonesians, Indians onboard after airline issued new breakdown of nationalities) * Malaysia Airlines flight loses contact between 1-2 hours after takeoff * Flight failed to check in as scheduled in Vietnamese airspace * Kuala Lumpur-Beijing flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew * Malaysia, Vietnam and China helping in search efforts By Stuart Grudgings and Anuradha Raghu KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 (Reuters) – A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and […]
Malaysia Airlines plane missing, presumed crashed in South China Sea
(Reuters) – A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew went missing over the South China Sea on Saturday, presumed crashed, as ships and planes from countries closest to its flight path scoured a large search area for any wreckage. Vietnamese state media, quoting a senior naval official, had reported that the Boeing 777-200ER flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing had crashed off south Vietnam. Malaysia’s transport minister later denied any crash scene […]
Malaysia Airlines denies crash report, says plane still missing
(Reuters) – A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew went missing over the South China Sea on Saturday, presumed crashed, as ships from countries closest to its flight path scoured a large search area for any wreckage. Vietnamese state media, quoting a senior naval official, had reported that the Boeing 777-200ER flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing had crashed off south Vietnam, but Malaysia’s transport minister later denied any crash scene had […]
China will start arresting foreign boats in Scarborough Shoal
The Communist Party of China announced that they will now start weekly arrests of foreign vessels that engage in fishing activities in Scarborough Shoal.
PUP graduate tops ECE March 2014 board exam
Manila, Philippines — A Polytechnic University of the Philippines graduate topped the March 2014 Electronics Engineering (ECE) board exams with a grade of 86.70 percent. Emanuel Seguiran Gabriel of PUP-Maragondon topped the 907 passers out of the 2,574 who took the Electronics Engineer Licensure Examination, according to the list provided by the Professional Regulation Commission and the Board of Electronics Engineering. University of Santo Tomas graduate Justin Spencer de Leon Mamaradlo ranked second with 85.70 percent […]
Search under way after contact lost with Malaysia Airlines jet
Search and rescue operations are underway after a Malaysian jet carrying 239 people disappeared over the South China Sea. The plane, headed from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, was last detected northeast of Malaysia. Chinese state television said two rescue ships had been dispatched to the South China Sea to help in search and rescue efforts for the missing aircraft. Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam are also taking part in the search for the plane by […]
Malaysia Airlines says 152 Chinese, 38 Malaysians on missing flight
(Reuters) – A missing Malaysia Airlines flight was carrying 152 Chinese, 38 Malaysians, 12 Indonesians and seven Australians among the 227 passengers, the airline said on Saturday. There were also three U.S. citizens, three from France, two passengers each from New Zealand, Ukraine, and Canada, and one each from Italy, Taiwan, the Netherlands and Austria, the airline said in a statement. There were also two infants. Twelve crew members were also on the flight. Flight […]
China “very worried” about missing Malaysian plane, says China’s Foreign Minister
(Reuters) — China is very worried over a Beijing-bound passenger plane that has lost contact with air traffic control, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday (March 8). A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew lost contact with air traffic controllers early on Saturday en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, the airline said in a statement. China’s state television CCTV said 160 Chinese nationals were onboard the flight. China has launched an emergency mechanism after Malaysian flight carrying 160 Chinese […]
