Malaysian Airlines flight vanishes over South China Sea

A passenger flight carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing is missing and would likely have run out of fuel, Malaysia Airlines said Saturday. Malaysia-airlines-map. The Boeing 777-200 departed Kuala Lumpur for Beijing at 12:41 a.m. (Credit: CNN).

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.

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 

A passenger flight carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing is missing and would likely have run out of fuel, Malaysia Airlines said Saturday. The Boeing 777-200 departed Kuala Lumpur for Beijing at 12:41 a.m. 

Most of those travelling on the flight were Chinese and Malaysian but passengers were of 14 nationalities, among them Australians, Americans and French citizens. If the crash is confirmed, it would mark the second fatal accident involving a Boeing 777