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[AnikaBrodie]

<h1 class="stack-heading">Source: NBC News, 3-7-14</h1> <h1 class="stack-heading">Malaysia Airlines Loses Contact With Flight Carrying 239</h1>

A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people has lost contact with air traffic control and was still missing two hours after it was supposed to have landed in Beijing, the airline said Saturday morning.

The airline told NBC News that a search-and-rescue mission was under way for Flight MH370, a Boeing 777-200, but it said it had no further information.

The flight from Kuala Lumpur, carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members, had been scheduled to land at 6:30 a.m. in Beijing (5:30 p.m. ET Friday).

Boeing told CNBC it was aware of the report and was monitoring the situation.

[croemer]

How awful.

[Puzzle Piece]

Uh Oh.

[mgm2]

[JaneMarple]

Oh no!

[SydneyH]

Where is the wreckage?

[JustJazzmom]

On 3/7/2014 SydneyH said:

Where is the wreckage?

Probably over some body of water maybe. Indian or Pacific Ocean

[mgm2]

On 3/7/2014 SydneyH said:

Where is the wreckage?

It's missing, no one knows what happened to it. They're going to have to look at the longitude and latitude of when it was last in touch with control towers.

[JaneMarple]

I'm reading CNN now and it says that the route is mainly over land.

[mgm2]

NBC: A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people has lost contact with air traffic control and was still missing hours after it was supposed to have landed in Beijing, the airline said Saturday morning.

The airline told NBC News that a search-and-rescue mission was under way for Flight MH370, a Boeing 777-200, and that relatives of those on board were being notified.

The flight from Kuala Lumpur, carrying 227 passengers from 13 countries, including two infants, and 12 crew members, had been scheduled to land at 6:30 a.m. in Beijing (5:30 p.m. ET Friday). But Subang Air Traffic Control in Malaysia reported that it lost contact at 2:40 a.m. (1:40 p.m. ET Friday).