Malaysian Airline 777 missing 239 feared dead
Bulletguy1
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Plane simply went off the Radar with no mayday....nothing. Still searching and the outcome does not look to be good.
Malaysia Airlines said a flight carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing early Saturday, and the airline was notifying next of kin in a sign it feared the worst.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26492748
It's last recorded position, apparently.
I just hope, by some freak condition, that they are found alive somewhere.
Source - BBC News Asia
Thank god this doesn't much at all anymore.
All those lives, so sad. Two infants, too.
The Vietnamese navy were speculating where it could have gone down. They have no evidence of the crash yet.
Yes it's so sad - we keep seeing pictures of the crew and passengers. Heartbreaking. Many Malaysians are clinging onto hope even as hope fades little by little.
That's good to hear! A mistranslation, then. Thank you for clarifying.
Fingers cross that they are all right.
Terrible for the amount of ppl that will have lost their lives here
Sadly the fuel would have run out quite a while ago.
If anything I think this accident (if this is indeed what has happened) will decrease the likelihood of any such incident happening again. Lessons do get learned in aviation.
They do take more care on such long haul flights that you'll be taking.
It's very unlikely to happen to you so don't worry too much.
Saying that there are airlines I will not travel with (Malayasia is not on the list) because I don't like the colours they have painted the planes in, for instance Air India creeps me out with the lettering and window pattern and I refused to go on a Varig flight that the airline I was travelling with hastily booked us on due to technical problems with their aircraft.
Happened to that Air France A330 a couple of years ago. Got itself into coffin corner.
I used to fly to Singapore for work, it's scary some of the storms / turbulence you get over there, some real frightening ones, that even had me a good flying showing the whites of my knuckles gripping the seat.
Hope they find the plane soon, if nothing for the relatives waiting.
Aircraft don't lose contact for this long and suddenly reappear i'm afraid.
Everything would seem to point to a sudden catastrophic event over the water.
Very sad.
Doesn't help me. I'm a terrified flyer - completely irrational, I know, but it's something I cannot get over. I make myself do it - last year did West Coast US, then 2 internal flights and back home from the East, but I cannot wait to get off. I'm very choosy about airlines - going to Reykjavic with Icelandair in a few weeks and I'm not over happy with the prospect. Very little choice to that destination.
I hope they find the wreckage soon, and feel for all the poor victims and their friends and family.