#MH370 Malaysia Airlines missing flight : Updated: 1930/13Apr2014
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Sunday, April 13, 2014
Friday, April 11, 2014
Breaking News: #MH370 Malaysia Airlines missing flight : Updated: 1930/11Apr2014
#MH370 Malaysia Airlines : Headlines Updated For MH370
Time to be accountable for our actions, says family of MH370 passenger The Malaysian Insider
- Officials say search area not reduced, denying Australian PM’s statement … The Malaysian Insider
- Selangor approves studies on plan for elevated highway, KIDEX The Malay Mail Online
- DAP: Hishammuddin must lay CIA conspiracy theory on MH370 to rest The Malay Mail Online
- Elizabeth Wong withdraws from PKR veep race The Malaysian Insider
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Breaking News: #MH370 Malaysia Airlines missing flight : Updated: 1900/09Apr2014
#MH370 Malaysia Airlines : Headlines Updated For MH370
- I just want to find out the truth. I want to know what happened to MH370," says Hishammuddin: Click here
- Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Signals Confirmed. Click here
- Malaysia Airlines flight MH370: More 'pings' from recorders heard (+video) Click here
- Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Saga Not Likely to Hurt Malaysia-China Economic Ties Click here
- Malaysia Airlines MH370: Underwater search for missing plane delayed until another signal received Click here
- Malaysia Airlines MH370: Underwater search for missing plane delayed until another signal received Click here
- Malaysia Airlines MH370: Search crews confident missing plane's locator beacon still running Click here
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Breaking News: #MH370 Malaysia Airlines missing flight : Updated: 1900/06Apr2014
MH370 Live Report: Malaysia to appoint an independent "Investigator-in-Charge"
DAY 29 (5 April 2014)
Summary of Press Conference led by Hishamuddin Hussein
Summary of Press Conference led by Hishamuddin Hussein
- Malaysia will continue leading the SAR effort and will also appoint an independent ‘Investigator In Charge’ to lead an investigation team, as per ICAO provisions.
- The investigation team comprises an airworthiness group, an operations group, and a medical and human factors group.
- The investigation team will include accredited countries. Australia has accepted the position. China, US, UK and France will be invited, along with other countries.
- 3 ministerial level committees have been formed – Next-of-kin committee headed by the Dep Minister of Foreign Affairs, Technicalities committee headed by the Dep Minister of Transport, and Asset Deployment committee headed by the Dep Minister of Defense.
- ASEAN Defense Ministers released a joint statement, declaring their solidarity over the SAR efforts for MH370 and pledging greater cooperation in disaster management.
- Bristish nuclear submarine, HMS Tireless, has been deployed in the search area.
Read the full press statement HERE.
During Q&A time:
- Hishamuddin revealed that the PM’s statement that the flight “ended” in the Indian Ocean should not be construed as “crashed without survivors” to respect the wishes of the families of MH370 passengers are clinging on to hope for a miraclulous survival.
- Hishamuddin says that no one on the passenger manifest has been cleared from investigations, and everyone is still being probed under the police’s for areas of focus
- To a question about who actually spoke the last message and why the pilots’ families were not allowed to identify the voices in the transmission, Hishamuddin replied that the audio recording was still being investigated.
- The investigation team comprises an airworthiness group, an operations group, and a medical and human factors group.
- The investigation team will include accredited countries. Australia has accepted the position. China, US, UK and France will be invited, along with other countries.
- 3 ministerial level committees have been formed – Next-of-kin committee headed by the Dep Minister of Foreign Affairs, Technicalities committee headed by the Dep Minister of Transport, and Asset Deployment committee headed by the Dep Minister of Defense.
- ASEAN Defense Ministers released a joint statement, declaring their solidarity over the SAR efforts for MH370 and pledging greater cooperation in disaster management.
- Bristish nuclear submarine, HMS Tireless, has been deployed in the search area.
Read the full press statement HERE.
During Q&A time:
- Hishamuddin revealed that the PM’s statement that the flight “ended” in the Indian Ocean should not be construed as “crashed without survivors” to respect the wishes of the families of MH370 passengers are clinging on to hope for a miraclulous survival.
- Hishamuddin says that no one on the passenger manifest has been cleared from investigations, and everyone is still being probed under the police’s for areas of focus
- To a question about who actually spoke the last message and why the pilots’ families were not allowed to identify the voices in the transmission, Hishamuddin replied that the audio recording was still being investigated.
Source: Yahoo News
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Breaking News: #MH370 Malaysia Airlines missing flight : Updated: 2200/04Apr2014
[2.10pm]: The search for flight MH370 in remote seas off Australia headed underwater on Friday, with a U.S. Navy high tech 'black box' locator deployed for the first time as the battery life of the cockpit data recorder dwindles. Story here.
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| The Bluefin 21, the Artemis autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) |
Friday, April 4, 2014
Breaking News: #MH370 Malaysia Airlines missing flight : Updated: 2200/03Apr2014
MH370 Live Report: Australia PM: 'Search is the most difficult in human history'
DAY 27 (3 April 2014)
[12:06pm]: Malaysian PM Najib Razak and Australian PM Tony Abbott held a press conference in Australia this afternoon. Below are the highlights:
- Abbott says the search is the most difficult in human history, taking place in an extraordinarily remote area considering sea conditions.
- Search team is working on the basis of just small pieces of information and putting the jigsaw pieces together.
- Abbott also asks families of MH370 passengers to be patient, and adds "We can’t be certain of the success, but we are certain that we will expand the search in whatever we can humanly do".
- Najib met with crew and commanders of the search effort and they shared the difficulties of distance, weather and sea conditions.
- 10 aircraft and 9 ships are out searching at this very moment.
- Malaysia and Australia is in the process of drawing up a comprehensive agreement on the search.
- Search team is working on the basis of just small pieces of information and putting the jigsaw pieces together.
- Abbott also asks families of MH370 passengers to be patient, and adds "We can’t be certain of the success, but we are certain that we will expand the search in whatever we can humanly do".
- Najib met with crew and commanders of the search effort and they shared the difficulties of distance, weather and sea conditions.
- 10 aircraft and 9 ships are out searching at this very moment.
- Malaysia and Australia is in the process of drawing up a comprehensive agreement on the search.
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| Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak (L) and Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott |
[9.40am]: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been told Australia is doing everything it can to hunt flight MH370, but the task is one of the 'most complicated' searches in history. Story here.
Source: Yahoo news
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Breaking News: #MH370 Malaysia Airlines missing flight : Updated: 1930/02Apr2014
MH370 Live Report: Police have 'cleared' passengers in four areas of probe
DAY 26 (2 April 2014)
[3.30pm]: A Bernama report citing Malaysian Inspector-General Khalid Abu Bakar said the police have 'cleared' all passengers of hijacking, sabotage, psychological and personal problems. Cops are still however, investigating the cabin crew including the pilot and co-pilot. Story here.
[3.30pm]: A Bernama report citing Malaysian Inspector-General Khalid Abu Bakar said the police have 'cleared' all passengers of hijacking, sabotage, psychological and personal problems. Cops are still however, investigating the cabin crew including the pilot and co-pilot. Story here.
- After 3½ weeks of investigations into the missing jet, Malaysian police have recorded more than 170 statements in probe of into MH370, CNN reported, citing a report in the Wall Street Journal. Get details here.
- Acting Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein said through Twitter that the government was mulling legal action against the misreporting by the media, and that the attorney-general has been instructed to begin compiling details before determining the next course of action. Full story here.
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| HMAS Toowoomba is seen from the Japan Coast Guard Gulfstream V aircraft whilst in the search zone for debris |
8.45am]: The search for the missing MH370 was boosted by the arrival of a Britain's submarine HMS Tireless in the Indian Ocean ahead of a visit to Australia by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. British Royal Navy sub, HMS Echo is due to arrive on Friday. Story here.
The multinational hunt of MH370 has also attracted a benevolent Peter Jackson who was reported to have been called in to assist the search. The New Zealand Herald reported that the Oscar-winning movie director had personally approved the use of his Gulfstream G650 in the search.
The multinational hunt of MH370 has also attracted a benevolent Peter Jackson who was reported to have been called in to assist the search. The New Zealand Herald reported that the Oscar-winning movie director had personally approved the use of his Gulfstream G650 in the search.
Source: Yahoo News
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Breaking News: #MH370 Malaysia Airlines missing flight : Updated: 1930/01Apr2014
MH370 Live Report: Full transcript released to the public
Source: Yahoo News
DAY 25 (1 April 2014)
[6:10pm]: The full transcript between MH370 and local air traffic controllers was released to the public, after being held back due to investigations. Story here.
Insurers will likely have to pay out up to RM1.5 billion following the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Story here.
[8.45am]: Malaysia's civil aviation department said late Monday the last words spoken by one of pilots of missing Flight MH370 were "Good night Malaysian three seven zero", and not the more casual "All right, good night" originally reported. Get story here.
- The multiple objects sighted at sea by an Australian P-3 Orion have been identified as fishing buoys, nets and other ocean flotsam. Story here.
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| A picture taken off a computer monitor shows a piece of unknown debris floating on the Indian Ocean. |
Monday, March 31, 2014
Breaking News: #MH370 Malaysia Airlines missing flight : Updated: 1930/31March2014
MH370 Live Report: 94 SAR sorties to fly through Indonesia to reach search area
DAY 24 (31 March 2014)
[6.15pm]: Highlights from today's press update:
- PM Najib Razak will travel to Perth on Wednesday to see the operation first hand. Indonesia has allowed 94 sorties - by aircraft from nine different countries - to fly in their airspace to get through to search area.
- Area of search is 254,000 sq km. US towed pinger locator due to arrive in search area on April 3.
- Objects retrieved on Saturday were examined, found not to be related to MH370.
- International experts, including those from China will brief a group of relatives who have arrived from Beijing. The session will be shown live to families in Beijing.
- Defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein dismissed claims that Najib had announced a plane crash, calling it ‘erroneous’.
- MAS CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya says MAS has announced the background and experience of both pilots, but will fully cooperate with investigators on matters involving them
- Ahmad Jauhari says MAS has not been informed of a lawsuit by families: ‘We need to know what the lawsuit is before we respond.”
- Details in a Daily Mail report were not released by the police, Hishamuddin confirmed.
- Appointment of Chew Mei Fun is to ‘try and understand with the Chinese authorities on what needs to be done to assist them in this difficult time. “It’s a difficult time for all of us and it does not only apply to Chinese nationals but 13 other nationalities.”
- Area of search is 254,000 sq km. US towed pinger locator due to arrive in search area on April 3.
- Objects retrieved on Saturday were examined, found not to be related to MH370.
- International experts, including those from China will brief a group of relatives who have arrived from Beijing. The session will be shown live to families in Beijing.
- Defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein dismissed claims that Najib had announced a plane crash, calling it ‘erroneous’.
- MAS CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya says MAS has announced the background and experience of both pilots, but will fully cooperate with investigators on matters involving them
- Ahmad Jauhari says MAS has not been informed of a lawsuit by families: ‘We need to know what the lawsuit is before we respond.”
- Details in a Daily Mail report were not released by the police, Hishamuddin confirmed.
- Appointment of Chew Mei Fun is to ‘try and understand with the Chinese authorities on what needs to be done to assist them in this difficult time. “It’s a difficult time for all of us and it does not only apply to Chinese nationals but 13 other nationalities.”
[3.42pm]: The search area for flight MH370 needs to be reduced for the black box pinger detector to do its job, said a US navy officer in charge of the sophisticated equipment. Read in full.
[10.30am]: All evidence points to flight MH370 being lost in the remote Indian Ocean, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said today, backing his Malaysian counterpart's view that the plane crashed. Read here.
[8.20am]: Good weather and a search zone closer to land had helped the Australian P-3 Orion crew captained by Flight Lieutenant Russell Adams to spot the objects yesterday, Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reported. Get story here.
- Senior US lawmakers said on a TV interview that investigators had found no evidence thus far pointing to terrorism in the disappearance of flight MH370 three weeks ago, and that it was critical to find the plane to understand what happened on board.
[10.30am]: All evidence points to flight MH370 being lost in the remote Indian Ocean, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said today, backing his Malaysian counterpart's view that the plane crashed. Read here.
[8.20am]: Good weather and a search zone closer to land had helped the Australian P-3 Orion crew captained by Flight Lieutenant Russell Adams to spot the objects yesterday, Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reported. Get story here.
- Senior US lawmakers said on a TV interview that investigators had found no evidence thus far pointing to terrorism in the disappearance of flight MH370 three weeks ago, and that it was critical to find the plane to understand what happened on board.
Source: Yahoo News
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Breaking News: #MH370 Malaysia Airlines missing flight : Updated: 2200/30March2014
MH370 Live Report: US naval officer says search for MH370 could take years
DAY 23 (30 March 2014)
Experts say that the cost of hunting MH370 may hit RM130 million, and even RM650 million annually if the search stretches on for years. Full details HERE.
Just hours after arriving, some 50 relatives of MH370's Chinese passengers held a protest at Subang Jaya Holiday Villa. Full story HERE.
American forensic investigators confirm that nothing incriminating was found in Capt. Zaharie's flight simulators. Full story HERE.
Security protocols will be revamped at nation's entry points and a new system implemented, says Zahid. Read the full story HERE.
The South China Morning Post reports that a 'frustrated' China is considering launching 50 satellites to form a global surveillance network, following the disappearance of MH370. Full story HERE.
Australia has appointed its ex-defence forces chief to lead in the search for MH370. Full story HERE.
With Hishamuddin being front man in the world's media coverage of MH370, he has now suddenly become a household name worldwide. How is this boosting his political career? Find out HERE.
A US naval officer says the search for MH370 could take years. Details HERE.
MAS needs confirmation that MH370 has indeed crashed in the Indian Ocean before flying the passengers' families to Perth. Story HERE.
Source: Yahoo News
Experts say that the cost of hunting MH370 may hit RM130 million, and even RM650 million annually if the search stretches on for years. Full details HERE.
Just hours after arriving, some 50 relatives of MH370's Chinese passengers held a protest at Subang Jaya Holiday Villa. Full story HERE.
American forensic investigators confirm that nothing incriminating was found in Capt. Zaharie's flight simulators. Full story HERE.
Security protocols will be revamped at nation's entry points and a new system implemented, says Zahid. Read the full story HERE.
The South China Morning Post reports that a 'frustrated' China is considering launching 50 satellites to form a global surveillance network, following the disappearance of MH370. Full story HERE.
Australia has appointed its ex-defence forces chief to lead in the search for MH370. Full story HERE.
With Hishamuddin being front man in the world's media coverage of MH370, he has now suddenly become a household name worldwide. How is this boosting his political career? Find out HERE.
A US naval officer says the search for MH370 could take years. Details HERE.
MAS needs confirmation that MH370 has indeed crashed in the Indian Ocean before flying the passengers' families to Perth. Story HERE.
Source: Yahoo News
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Breaking News: #MH370 Malaysia Airlines missing flight : Updated: 1900/29March2014
MH370 Live Report: Search and rescue to go on despite odds
DAY 22
[4.09pm] Acting Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein has assured families of passengers on board the missing plane that Putrajaya will not stop its search and rescue operations to find survivors, no matter the odds. Full story here.
Meanwhile, Hishamuddin also revealed that no debris spotted in an area off the west coast of Australia has been recovered. Read more here.
[10.13am]: The Interpol has hit back at the Malaysian government, saying that Malaysia's decision to not consult the database before allowing travellers to enter the country "cannot be defended by falsely blaming technology or Interpol". More on this here.
[9.42am]: Fresh objects of "multiple colours" were spotted by planes searching for the missing Malaysian passenger jet in a new area of the southern Indian Ocean, once again raising hopes of unravelling the three-week old mystery. Click here for more on this.
[4.09pm] Acting Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein has assured families of passengers on board the missing plane that Putrajaya will not stop its search and rescue operations to find survivors, no matter the odds. Full story here.
Meanwhile, Hishamuddin also revealed that no debris spotted in an area off the west coast of Australia has been recovered. Read more here.
[10.13am]: The Interpol has hit back at the Malaysian government, saying that Malaysia's decision to not consult the database before allowing travellers to enter the country "cannot be defended by falsely blaming technology or Interpol". More on this here.
[9.42am]: Fresh objects of "multiple colours" were spotted by planes searching for the missing Malaysian passenger jet in a new area of the southern Indian Ocean, once again raising hopes of unravelling the three-week old mystery. Click here for more on this.
Source: Yahoo News
Friday, March 28, 2014
Breaking News: #MH370 Malaysia Airlines missing flight : Updated: 1900/28March2014
MH370 Live Report: Search refined to an area 1,680km west of Perth
DAY 21
(Highlights from the Press Conference today)
- The major news for today is that the search area has been refined an area to approximately 1,680 kilometers west of Perth, after taking into account new data and satellite sightings of possible debris.
- The area was arrived at based on calculations and analysis of plane’s possible flight path and capabilities by Boeing’s experts.
(Highlights from the Press Conference today)
- The major news for today is that the search area has been refined an area to approximately 1,680 kilometers west of Perth, after taking into account new data and satellite sightings of possible debris.
- The area was arrived at based on calculations and analysis of plane’s possible flight path and capabilities by Boeing’s experts.
- On China’s demands for Malaysia torelease all information, and calls to set up a Chinese investigation,Hishamuddin reiterates that all data and information that Malaysia received hasbeen consistently shared with Chinese authorities.
- With time running out on theblack box battery, Malaysia reiterates its commitment to find the aircraft, and is looking into deep sea salvage in the case where the black box has not been found before its battery runs out.
The full statement HERE
There were no major breakthroughs in the search efforts today. Other news of note today:The full statement HERE
Singapore defends Malaysia's efforts on missing plane
Chinese MH370 relatives not confident of Malaysia, demand Beijing probe
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Families of some Chinese passengers on missing plane get insurance payouts
Source: yahoo News
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Breaking News: #MH370 Malaysia Airlines missing flight : Updated: 1930/27March2014
MH370 Live Report: Malaysian team soon to leave for Perth
DAY 20:
[6.06pm]: No press conference was held today. Here are highlights from a press statement issued by the Transport Ministry:
- Malaysia will send a team comprising representatives from the DCA, MAS, the navy and air force to Perth to work with the Australian Rescue Co-ordination Centre.
- PM Najib Razak met with China's foreign affairs vice minister Zhang Yesui. Minister Hishammuddin Hussein briefed him of the findings that led to the conclusion that the plane ended in the southern Indian ocean. Zhang later met with the relatives of Chinese passengers on board MH370.
- High level Malaysian team met with families in Beijing for the fourth time yesterday. Relatives were told of search operation and technical details. Another meeting is currently underway. Malaysia has requested the Chinese government to 'engage and clarify the actual situation to the affected families and the Chinese public'.
[6.06pm]: No press conference was held today. Here are highlights from a press statement issued by the Transport Ministry:
- Malaysia will send a team comprising representatives from the DCA, MAS, the navy and air force to Perth to work with the Australian Rescue Co-ordination Centre.
- PM Najib Razak met with China's foreign affairs vice minister Zhang Yesui. Minister Hishammuddin Hussein briefed him of the findings that led to the conclusion that the plane ended in the southern Indian ocean. Zhang later met with the relatives of Chinese passengers on board MH370.
- High level Malaysian team met with families in Beijing for the fourth time yesterday. Relatives were told of search operation and technical details. Another meeting is currently underway. Malaysia has requested the Chinese government to 'engage and clarify the actual situation to the affected families and the Chinese public'.
[4.19pm]: AFP reports that a Thai satellite has spotted 300 floating objects with each up to 15 metres in size. Thailand's The Nation reports that the objects were seen about 200km away from the search area in the Indian Ocean. Details.
[1.23pm]: The search for MH370 takes another hit as severe icing, turbulence and near zero visibility force authorities to call off the search today. Read in full.
[11:35am]: Thunderstorms and gale winds are threatening to disrupt the search for the 122 objects spotted in the southern Indian Ocean, as military and civillian planes rush to search the 78,000 square kilometer area. Story here.
Oceanographers are playing a key role with their understanding of ocean dynamics in determining where exactly did Malaysia Airlines MH370 crash in the southern Indian Ocean. Story here.
Also, math wizards - the same people who found Air France Flight 447 - are standing ready to help in the search for MH370, working independently using all available public data. Story here.
[8.40am]: Aircraft and ships scouring the southern Indian Ocean for wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 were racing to beat bad weather today and reach an area where new satellite images showed what could be a debris field. The latest satellite leads by France-based Airbus Defence & Space showed 122 objects - between one and 23 metres in length - that could possibly be debris from the Boeing 777. Read more.
- The United States has dispatched its Pinger Locator - the undersea navy drone and high-tech black box detector to boost search efforts. When it arrives, on April 5, the heavy duty machine will be fitted to an Australian Defence vessel, says Reuters. Story here.
- The United States has dispatched its Pinger Locator - the undersea navy drone and high-tech black box detector to boost search efforts. When it arrives, on April 5, the heavy duty machine will be fitted to an Australian Defence vessel, says Reuters. Story here.
- Elsewhere in the Malaysian Parliament, Home Minister Zahid Hamid made listed the chronological account of how two Iranian men ended up on the flight MH370 using stolen passports. The revelation was the first ever made since MH370 news broke on March 8. Find out what happened here.
Source: Yahoo News
