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Malaysia Airline jetliners taxi at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, June 4, 2011.
Malaysia Airline jetliners taxi at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, June 4, 2011.
Flight MH370 lost contact with the Subang air traffic control at 2:40 a.m. Saturday (18:40 GMT Friday). The flight was operated on the Boeing 777-200 aircraft. It departed Kuala Lumpur at 12:41 a.m. Saturday (16:41 GMT Friday) and was expected to land in Beijing at 6:30 a.m. Saturday (22:30 GMT Friday).
The airline said it was working with the authorities who activated their search and rescue team to locate the aircraft.
The flight was carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members, the airline said.
Source: AP
Comment: Even though it might be a bit early to tell, it makes one wonder whether this event is similar in nature to the one from Flight 447 in 2009. That plane had also lost contact, and the evidence strongly suggests that the cause of the accident was a cometary impact.
For more information, see: What are they hiding? Flight 447 and Tunguska Type Events
Considering the amount of fireballs that have been observed recently, and the asteorids that have passed close to Earth possibly carrying smaller space rocks with them, it might not be such a far-fetched idea...