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.
