(CNN) — A delegation of painters and calligraphers, a group of Buddhists returning from a religious gathering in Kuala Lumpur, a three-generation family, nine senior travelers and five toddlers. Most of the 227 passengers on board missing Malaysia
Malaysian Airlines announced it had lost all contact with the plane. And as night fell over the South China Sea, ships and aircraft from five nations would still be scouring thousands of square miles of ocean for any trace of it. One possible sighting
Malaysia Airlines put out a public statement earlier tonight saying that they lost contact with a B777 plane en route to Beijing with 227 passengers and 12 crew members aboard.
A man takes pictures of a flight information board displaying the Scheduled Time of Arrival (STA) of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 (top, in red) at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, March 8, 2014. (Reuters / Kim
Friday afternoon, at about 1:40 pm EST, a passenger jet flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing disappeared from radar screens and lost radio contact with air traffic control. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which was scheduled to