BREAKING NEWS: Malaysia Airlines says it has 'lost contact' with flight carrying 239 people. More ...

[Betallsports]

[h=1]Malaysia Airlines Loses Contact With Flight Carrying 239[/h]
A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people has lost contact with air traffic control and was still missing two hours after it was supposed to have landed in Beijing, the airline said Saturday morning.


The airline told NBC News that a search-and-rescue mission was under way for Flight MH370, a Boeing 777-200, but it said it had no further information.





The flight from Kuala Lumpur, carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members, had been scheduled to land at 6:30 a.m. in Beijing (5:30 p.m. ET Friday).


Boeing told CNBC it was aware of the report and was monitoring the situation.


— M. Alex Johnson and Sossy Dombourian

 

[MikeB]

Oh God.....not good.


Poor souls.


This never turns out well.

 

[Betallsports]

yeah, it would seem if it was a hijacking of some kind they probably would of heard something....

should have landed 3 hours of ago.. not good

 

[scottcarter]

Gulp

 

[MikeB]

I get a knot in my stomach and a heavy feeling in my heart every time I read about this sort of thing.

I'm looking at the crawler across the bottom of the TV screen. I just know what we are gonna be seeing and hearing over the weekend.

 

[shdw01]

I heard the flight was mostly over land so there is even less reason for loss of communication

 

[shdw01]

I get a knot in my stomach and a heavy feeling in my heart every time I read about this sort of thing.

I'm looking at the crawler across the bottom of the TV screen. I just know what we are gonna be seeing and hearing over the weekend.

me too....maybe they had to make an emergency landing in some isolated spot where there is no reception....

 

[Betallsports]

Subang Air Traffic Control in Malaysia reported that it lost contact at 2:40 a.m. (1:40 p.m. ET Friday).<figure id="ember943" class="ember-view image spanFull">

<small class="stack-credit-art-figcaption">LOREN CALLAHAN / AP file</small>
<figcaption class="stack-figcaption">A Layasia Airlines Boeing 777-200 like this one, pictured in 1997, lost contact with air traffic control Saturday on its way to Beijing, the Airline said.</figcaption> </figure>"Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected passengers and crew and their family members," the airline said.
Boeing told CNBC it was aware of the report and was monitoring the situation.
The 777-200 is considered one of the safest aircraft in the world. U.S. aviation records show fewer than 60 incidents, most of them minor, since it made its debut in 1997.


The jet's fire-resistant interior and strong seats were credited with limiting casualties in July when another 777-200, this one operated by Asiana Airlines, crashed at the San Francisco airport. Only two of the 307 people aboard were killed.

 

[MikeB]

239 poor souls....

 

[shane-o-mac]

I heard the flight was mostly over land so there is even less reason for loss of communication

This is extremely strange. I have no clue on the geography of the region it was over, but if over land when it lost communication, very odd no one has said they saw/heard a crash. Even if in an extremely remote region, you think people would still have heard a crash. We are talking about a Boeing 777 crashing down to Earth at an extremely high rate of speed from 35,000 feet or so.

 

[Betallsports]

Not All land ... but hard to tell with this map

 

[MikeB]

They said that there was no "mayday" call.

Also that they think it was over Vietnam when it possibly went down

 

[Betallsports]

possible it was Shot down ??

 

[shane-o-mac]

possible it was Shot down ??

For it to be shot down at altitude, a very advanced SAM (not sure if this is even possible) or a fighter jet would have to be the one to do it I'd imagine. We're not talking about some dude standing on a mountain top with an RPG. That said, I would have to believe it is extremely unlikely it was shot down. Given the reports of 0 communication from the pilots or crew showing any signs of distress, something absolutely catastrophic happened at altitude though. Has to be some sort of explosion.

 

[shdw01]

Or pilot suicide

 

[Betallsports]

For it to be shot down at altitude, a very advanced SAM (not sure if this is even possible) or a fighter jet would have to be the one to do it I'd imagine. We're not talking about some dude standing on a mountain top with an RPG. That said, I would have to believe it is extremely unlikely it was shot down. Given the reports of 0 communication from the pilots or crew showing any signs of distress, something absolutely catastrophic happened at altitude though. Has to be some sort of explosion.

That was my 2nd thought.

 

[RoofTop]

Hope Liam Neeson was on board

 

[Enfuego]

possible it was Shot down ??

At 30,000 feet? Come on BAS.

 

[Betallsports]

At 30,000 feet? Come on BAS.

It's not like I was thinking it was arocket-propelled grenade ... more like a fighter jet

 

[loomis41973]

Likely explosion...... or alien abduction.


RIP