Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370) is a missing Malaysia Airlines international passenger flight. The aircraft was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board. The accident confirmed everyone aboard has been presumed dead. In July 2015, the wreckage was found in Madagascar after being washed up.

Four months later after the accident, another Boeing 777 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, carrying 283 passengers and 15 crew members aboard that was shot down during War in Donbas in Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine with no survivors.

Flight
Flight 370 left Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at 00:41 on 8 March 2014 (MST; UTC+8) for a scheduled six-hour flight to Beijing Capital International Airport. Subang Air Traffic Control Centre lost contact with the plane at about 01:22, while it was over the Gulf of Thailand. It was reported missing at 02:40.

Investigation
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation  investigated to determine if terrorism was involved. Two passengers, one from Austria and another one from Italy, were named on the manifest but they were  discovered not to have been on board. Their passports had been stolen. Malaysian authorities found identity of two other passengers to be false.

No search found the plane in the Indian Ocean. The search ended in 2018. In March 2025, a new search was started, attempting to find the plane in a different area.

Government statements
On 24 March 2014, officials with both Malaysia Airlines and the Malaysian government stated that while the aircraft's whereabouts were still not known, "unparalleled" analyses by the United Kingdom's Air Accidents Investigation Branch  and UK satellite company Inmarsat indicated that it had crashed into the southern Indian Ocean. It was presumed by these officials that all 239 people aboard died. 
People on board
+ People on board by nationality Nationality Number  6  4  2  153  4  4  1  5  7  2  50  1  2  3  1  1  2  10  4 Total (15 nations and regions) 239
References

Category:2014 disasters in Asia
Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Asia
Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in the 2010s

Category:2010s in Malaysia
Category:March 2014 events