What happened with the missing Malaysian plane?

The plane, a Boeing 777-200ER, carrying 227 passengers and a crew of 12, was flying from Kuala Lumpur to its planned destination, Beijing Capital International Airport. Despite air and sea searches of vast stretches of the Indian Ocean, the aircraft and its passengers has never been found.

Was any part of MH370 found?

Flight MH370 disappeared carrying 239 passengers and crew on 8 March 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. A piece of the plane’s wing, washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, is so far the only confirmed fragment of the plane to be discovered.

What debris was in flight 370?

Right wing flaperon The flaperon was the first piece of potential debris found. In September 2015 French judicial authorities who examined it confirmed it did come from MH370. One of three numbers found on the part matched up with the plane’s serial number, 9M-MRO.

How many parts of MH370 have been found?

MH370, a Boeing 777, with 239 passengers and crew aboard disappeared on a flight from KL to Beijing on March 8, 2014. A total of 33 pieces of debris – confirmed and suspected from MH370 – have been recovered by 16 different people unrelated to each other in six different countries.

What happened to Malaysia Airlines’ Boeing 777?

The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER operated by Malaysia Airlines, last made voice contact with air traffic control at 01:19 MYT, 8 March (17:19 UTC, 7 March) when it was over the South China Sea, less than an hour after takeoff.

What happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370?

The Disappearance. At 12:42 a.m. on the quiet, moonlit night of March 8, 2014, a Boeing 777-200ER operated by Malaysia Airlines took off from Kuala Lumpur and turned toward Beijing, climbing to its assigned cruising altitude of 35,000 feet. The designator for Malaysia Airlines is MH. The flight number was 370.

Did locals in Cambodia spot the Missing Malaysian plane?

However, the firm claims there was no sign of any plane, least of all the Malaysian Airlines aircraft which has been missing since March 2014. An MH370 sleuth has claimed that locals in Cambodia told him they saw a plane believed to be the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight crashing in the jungle.

What happened to Malaysia Airlines after Flight 17?

Malaysia Airlines was struggling financially, a problem that was exacerbated by a decrease of ticket sales after the disappearance of Flight 370 and the downing of Flight 17; the airline was re-nationalised by the end of 2014. The Malaysian government received significant criticism, especially from China,…