If you haven't been on the Internet, or watching TV or reading newspapers for the past couple days, first of all…what have you been doing?! Second of all, you have no doubt missed all the coverage on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which seems to have disappeared into thin air while flying over the South China Sea this past Saturday. 239 people were on board.
This story seems to get more mysterious as each day goes by, and with every piece of new information comes a new question. But the two biggest questions that the entire world is asking are: "Where is the plane?" and "What happened up there?"
To catch you up on this tragic story, here's a quick guide of everything you need to know:
Timeline
On Saturday, March at 12:41 a.m. local time, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 left Kuala Lumpur International Airport en route to Beijing. There was no adverse weather in the area the plane was flying into.
At 1:07 a.m., shortly before disappearing off the radar, the last known words from the flight crew were "All right, good night," according to what a Malaysian aviation official told CNN.
Around 1:30 a.m., Flight 370 dropped from the radar while flying between Malaysia and Vietnam. There were 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board, mostly of Chinese and Malaysian nationality.
Radar tracking reportedly showed that the last known location of the plane was over the small island of Pulau Perak in the Strait of Malacca, which is hundreds of miles from the original flight path, according to a senior Malaysian Air Force official. If the data is correct, it seems that at that time the plane was flying in the opposite direction of Beijing, its destination.
The Search
Since the plane disappeared, a multinational search has been ongoing. But since no one is quite sure where the plane disappeared or where it was headed at the time it vanished off of radar, the search zone is very vast. As many as 40 ships and 39 planes from 10 different countries are combing an area of more than 30,000 miles for the plane. Ocean depths in the search zone reach up to 5,000 feet.
As of Thursday, March 13, no debris from the plane has been found. On Wednesday, March 12, images from Chinese satellites revealed what looked to be debris in the ocean near the flight path, but when a search team was dispatched to that area, they found nothing. No oil spills, no wreckage, no plane…nothing.
The Causes
There is no evidence of mechanical failure, but officials are looking into pilot error. There were no distress calls from the plane and the aircraft had recently passed a routine inspection.
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