MH17 Crash down in Ukraine

To added more misery for Malaysian Airlines, in the evening of July 17th, 2014, the world had learned that MH17 had been crashed down in Ukraine eastern border area. The plane flight route was from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.

Key infos:

- Plane flight at 33,000 ft altitude, just above the suggested restricted no flight zone of 0 ft to 30,000 ft.
- The location of crash is near the village of Grabovo.

- Total 283 passengers. Latest passengers manifesto :
Malaysia Airlines senior vice president Huib Gorter said there were at least 154 Dutch, 27 Australians, 23 Malaysians, 11 Indonesians, six Britons, four Germans, four Belgians, three Phillippinos and one Canadian aboard the Boeing 777 jet.

There were a further 47 passengers whose nationality was not yet known. All the 15 flight crew were Malaysian.

- Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak official press :
Yesterday evening, I was informed of the terrible and deeply shocking news that a Malaysia Airlines jet went down in eastern Ukraine.

Malaysia Airlines has confirmed that the jet was Malaysia Airlines flight 17, which was on a scheduled flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.

The flight departed Amsterdam at 12.15pm, local time. It was scheduled to arrive in Kuala Lumpur at 6.10 am, local, Malaysian time.

The aircraft was a Boeing 777-200.

The aircraft’s flight route was declared safe by the International Civil Aviation Organisation.

And International Air Transportation Association has stated that the airspace the aircraft was traversing was not subject to restrictions. ---- more at Official Malaysian Airlines Website

- Australia Prime Minister:
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said it would be an "unspeakable crime" if the aircraft was proven to have been shot down.

"If it does turn out that this aircraft was brought down by a surface-to-air missile, there is no doubt this would be - under those circumstances - an unspeakable crime and the perpetrators should swiftly be brought to justice," he said.

- Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko
On Twitter, Mr Poroshenko described the incident as an attack by terrorists.

"This is not an incident or catastrophe, it is a terrorist attack.
We do not exclude that the plane was shot down and confirm that the Ukraine Armed Forces did not fire at any targets in the sky," Mr Poroshenko said in a statement posted on the president's website.

- Russian President Putin, via spokesperson
The president of Russia asked the prime minister of Malaysia to convey his deepest sympathy and support to the victims' families.

- US President Barrack Obama
    The world is watching reports of a downed passenger jet near the Russia/Ukraine border, and it looks like it may be a terrible tragedy.

    I have directed my national security team to stay in close contact with the Ukrainian government. The United States will offer any assistance we can to help determine what happened and why.

    And as a country, our thoughts and prayers are with all the families of the passengers, wherever they call home.

- Boeing
 Our thoughts and prayers are with those on board the Malaysia Airlines airplane lost over Ukrainian airspace, as well as their families and loved ones. 

    Boeing stands ready to provide whatever assistance is requested by authorities.

Photos from mainstream website:

- Most known and important info regarding who bringing down the plane come from this:

MH370 Plausible 37.5 kHz Signal is Encouraging Lead

After almost a month of search and rescue for the mysterious Malaysian Flight MH370, on April 5th 2014, Chinese ship detected a signal that may be belong to MH370.

Chinese ship Haixun 01 detected a 37.5 kHz (kilo Hertz) signal that being used by MH370 black box, the Malaysian confirmed this info. The leader of search and rescue operation Retired Air Marshall Angus Houston just do a press conference in Perth, saying the discovery is now going to undergo serious verification. The Australian reported that if this signal is confirmed belong to MH370, the operation is going from virtually impossible to the plausible, also "if this is the pulse, you're going from tens of thausands of miles to tens of miles... this becomes a viable search region." - quoted by bbc.com 

MH370 updates - Sunday April 6th, 2014
- Haixun 01 detected signal 37.5 kHz that being used by MH370 blackbox. This signal is man-made noise and can't be mistaken by , say, dolphin, whale or sea noises.
- Australian vessel Ocean Shield also is investigating a separate acoustic detection

Angus Houston - Airplanes Sent to Verify Pulse signals

Angus Houston - (MH370 plausible 37.5 kHz ) Pulse Signal Detected by Chinese Ship

Angus Houston - Pulse Signal Important and Encouraging Lead

Angus Houston - Pulse Signals Detected Still Not verified

sources:
- Singapore's Mediacorp live report
- http://news.yahoo.com/painstaking-underwater-search-mh370-black-box-035304627.html
- http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/04/05/chinese-ship-detects-pulse-signal-near-mh370-search-zone/
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/world/article/Aust-Pulses-in-plane-search-remain-unverified-5378502.php

Kapal laut China mendeteksi sinyal di gelombang 37.5 kHz. Gelombang ini dipergunakan oleh banyak pengguna termasuk yang paling penting dipergunakan oleh kotak hitam MH370. Gelombang ini ditemukan di daerah yang lebih selatan dari daerah pencarian di Samudra India. Komando SAR pencarian MH370 , purnawirawan Angus Houston menyatakan bahwa penemuan ini sangat baik, namun belum diverifikasi kebenarannya.

Sementara itu kapal laut Australia juga menyelidiki gelombang akustik lainnya yang dideteksi di wilayah lain.

Penemuan ini adalah yang paling menjanjikan setelah selama hampir 1 bulan, pesawat Boeing 777 MAS MH370 hilang. Pencarian selama beberapa hari terakhir difokuskan di daerah selatan Samudra India yang dipimpin oleh mantan mariner Angus Houston.

MH370 Missing - Day 3 Updates

Updates on the missing Malaysian Airlines of MH370, Kuala Lumpur - Beijing flight. We are now reaching day 3. International team of Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan + USA, Korea, Australia, Britain and New Zealand are reported to join the searching mission. The area is still on Southern Vietnam, Thochu Island area.

- Oil sample checked and confirmed not from the airplane.

6:00pm - Identity of passenger using stolen passport are retrieved, and to be published soon. Report. They are not looks like Asian neither Malaysian. Authorities said they looks like Balotelli in of soccer fame. UPDATES: The two passengers using fake passport was confirmed by Interpol as unlucky Iranian who try to immigrate to Europe.

Meanwhile Chinese TV Channel has published Luigi Maraldi's appearances, taken in Thailand. Full story reported by Australian News.

the real Luigi Maraldi and his passport

full team searching , this pictures is a screenshot from one of the rescue vehicle screen

- Report from Indian news, that captain of missing airplane, Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah is extremely well trained pilot. Considering flying Boeing 777 as his lifetime interest and even has a flight simulator at home. The fact gives even more fact that the pilot's skill is unquestioned. Must be a very sudden situation to led the pilot lack of distress from the troubled flight.

You can check the previous day updates here.

MH370 Flight Crashed in Southern Vietnam - Pesawat Malaysia Airline Dilaporkan Jatuh di Perairan Vietnam Selatan

As the region nervously monitor the recent incident of Malaysian Airlines,  the latest news, MH370 was reported to crash in the southern Vietnam ocean. The plane is Boeing 777-200. Updates : The planes still on Missing status up to day 8 after the incident.

see UPDATES for Day 3 - Searching Mission

UPDATEDS!

1:00 PM - Sources said four passengers reported boarding with fake passport.

As reported by News.au
Luigi Maraldi, 27, was listed as the sole Italian national aboard the missing flight, but according to his father, was not on the plane.

“Luigi called us early this morning to reassure us he was fine, but we didn’t know about the accident,” Walter Maraldi told NBC News. “Thank God he heard about it before us.”

The name of an Austrian citizen, Christian Kozel, 30, also appeared on the passenger manifest, but the European nation’s foreign ministry stated that the man was safe back home, and that his passport had been stolen.

passenger list of Malaysian Airlines MH370

two passengers with fake passport was reported, raising fear of terrorism attack

UPDATED: 20 passengers are confirmed employers of US base semi conductor company. Read statement here.

The news from www.freemalaysiatoday.com , quoted:

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing Saturday crashed off Vietnam’s Tho Chu Island, northwest off the country’s southernmost Cape Ca Mau, the Vietnamese High Command of Navy announced.

According to a High Command of Navy statement, the plane went down at the waters between Vietnam and Malaysia, some 153 nautical miles (300km) off Tho Chu Island in Kien Giang Province, the Vietnamese Tuoi Tre online news service reported.

“The Naval Zone 5 is ready for the search and rescue mission. There were no immediate reports of casualty,” the news report said.

Malaysia Airlines MH370 take off from Kuala Lumpur on March 7, 2014 at 12:41 pm local Kuala Lumpur time, and scheduled to be arrived in Beijing at 6:30am local time. The plane lost contact at 2:40am. For almost 11 hours, the search for the missing plane was conducted and many speculation about possibility of emergency landing was not confirmed.

At 9:02pm - Vietnamese Navy Admiral Ngo Van Phat confirms MH370 has crashed into the Gulf of Thailand 153 miles off of Thu Cho Island.

Let's hope there still a miracle for survivors. The plane on board 227 passengers (including 2 infants), 12 crew members. The passengers were of 14 different nationalities.

Read the official statement from MAS.

Crash site of MH370 as reported by Vietnam Naval

Thochu Island

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Pesawat Malaysia Airlines yang dilaporkan hilang kontak dengan tower sejak kemarin malam subuh (pukul 2:40 am waktu setempat) telah dilaporkan jatuh di perairan Vietnam Selatan. Pesawat memuat 227 penumpang termasuk dua balita dan 12 kru. Ada 14 warga negara di dalam penerbangan tersebut. 7 di antaranya adalah WNI.

UPDATED: 

1:00 PM - OFFICIAL MALAYSIA MELAPORKAN DUA PENUMPANG LAGI TERMASUK KATEGORI MENCURIGAKAN. Setelah melakukan cross-cek semua penumpang dengan latar belakangnya, Malaysia menemukan dua penumpang yang tidak diketahui asal usulnya.

DUA PENUMPANG DENGAN PASSPORT PALSU SUDAH DILAPORKAN BERADA DI ANTARA DAFTAR PENUMPANG MH370. Kedua penumpang adalah Christian Kozul dan Luigi Maraldi, keduanya adalah pemegang passport Austria dan Italia, di mana passport tersebut dicuri di Thailand. Hal ini menimbulkan kecurigaan aksi terorisme dalam pesawat naas tersebut.

Pesawat dilaporkan jatuh di  perairan Vietnam selatan, di pulau Tho Chu, dengan kota Cape Ca Mau sebagai kota terbesar terdekat. Type pesawat adalah Boeing 777-200.

Pesawat diawaki pilot Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, warga negara Malaysia berumur 53 tahun. Memiliki 18,365 jam terbang dan co pilot, First Officer, Fariq Ab. Hamid, Malaysian 27, 2,764 jam terbang. Captain Ahmad Shah sudah menjadi pilot sejak tahun 1981 dan Fariq tahun 2007.