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THE FINAL TAKEOFF CAFÉ
Unsolved & Under Investigation
MH 370
8 Mar 2014 · Unsolved & Under Investigation

MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT 370

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 — Boeing 777-200ER

Boeing 777-200ER · Malaysia Airlines · Image: Wikimedia Commons

Why it happened

Vanished — cause still unknown

Transponder/ACARS disabled
Satellite handshakes
Ocean drift analysis

Aircraft

Boeing 777-200ER

Malaysia Airlines

Route

Kuala Lumpur (KUL), Malaysia

→ Beijing (PEK), China

People

239 on board

239 fatalities

Date

8 Mar 2014

Flight crew

Captain: Zaharie Ahmad Shah

First Officer: Fariq Abdul Hamid

Category

Unsolved & Under Investigation

The cases with no final answer.

THE STORY

The 777 vanished from radar, turned back over Malaysia, and flew seven hours into the southern Indian Ocean. The largest search in aviation history found only a flaperon. 239 people, no answers.