A flight carrying 239 people has disappeared. (Flightaware)

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Post by thelicx » Sat, Mar 08, 2014, 1:55 AM UTC

A flight carrying 239 people has disappeared. (Flightaware)
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Post by thelicx » Sat, Mar 08, 2014, 1:56 AM UTC

ABC coverage of the story http://abcnews.go.com/International/malaysia-airlines-flight...

Re: A flight carrying 239 people has disappeared. (Flightaware)

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Post by wxm » Sat, Mar 08, 2014, 2:07 AM UTC

There are unconfirmed reports that the flight has made an emergency landing in [Naning/Nan Ming] -- but hours after it allegedly ran out of fuel (7.5h of fuel on board). Hope for the best.

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Post by greatquux » Sat, Mar 08, 2014, 2:08 AM UTC

wxm wrote: post #3

There are unconfirmed reports that the flight has made an emergency landing in [Naning/Nan Ming] -- but hours after it allegedly ran out of fuel (7.5h of fuel on board). Hope for the best.

Where are you getting this from? This would be major news if true.

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Post by tylerlh » Sat, Mar 08, 2014, 2:10 AM UTC

greatquux wrote: post #4

wxm wrote: post #3

There are unconfirmed reports that the flight has made an emergency landing in [Naning/Nan Ming] -- but hours after it allegedly ran out of fuel (7.5h of fuel on board). Hope for the best.

Where are you getting this from? This would be major news if true.

There were a few tweets mentioning rumors of it. Also mentioned in this thread: http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/re...

Hoping for the best, but I've only seen word of this in social media. No official reports yet.

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Post by devindotcom » Sat, Mar 08, 2014, 2:11 AM UTC

There's going to be a press conference at 9:30ET/6:30PT, look for it on the usual news wires and sites.

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Post by dshibarshin » Sat, Mar 08, 2014, 2:11 AM UTC

Statement from the airline: http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/site/dark-site.html

The airline lost contact at 2.40am and they only issued their first statement at 7:24am.

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Post by MattRogish » Sat, Mar 08, 2014, 2:13 AM UTC

AVHerald will do a great job with follow ups, NTSB reports, etc http://avherald.com/h?article=4710c69b&opt=0

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Mar 08, 2014, 2:13 AM UTC

greatquux wrote: post #4

wxm wrote: post #3

There are unconfirmed reports that the flight has made an emergency landing in [Naning/Nan Ming] -- but hours after it allegedly ran out of fuel (7.5h of fuel on board). Hope for the best.

Where are you getting this from? This would be major news if true.

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Post by alayne » Sat, Mar 08, 2014, 2:15 AM UTC

This seems like a good topic for a general news site.