Beijing bound Air Malaysia flight loses contact

[Viet]

UPDATE [12:37]: Tuoi Tre, a leading daily in Vietnam, reports that the Vietnamese Navy has confirmed the plane crashed into the ocean. According to Navy Admiral Ngo Van Phat, Commander of the Region 5, military radar recorded that the plane crashed into the sea at a location 153 miles South of Phu Quoc island.

latest news:

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 Naval Zone 5 is ready for the search and rescue mission.

Vietnam Navy says Malaysia Airlines plane crashes off Tho Chu Island | Tuổi Trẻ news

 

[Viet]

naval region 5 is south of Vietnam

just some minutes ago:

Malaysia and Vietnam are conducting a joint search and rescue, says Malaysia Airlines chief executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahya in a statement in a news conference in Kuala Lumpur.

An official at the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) said the plane had failed to check in as scheduled at 1721 GMT while it was flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh city.

 

[Viet]

 

[imiakhtar]

https://twitter.com/x/status/442145510615289856

 

[lcloo]

Report from Vietnam stated that crashed plane has been found at sea location mid-way between Vietnam and Malaysia.

RIP to the victim.....

 

[Viet]

Vietnam Emergency Rescue Center announced it has found signal of the missing plane at 9.50am 120 miles South West of Ca Mau cape, the Southern-most point of Vietnam.

The signal is believed to be the ELT (Emergency Locator Transmittor) , which can be activated manually by the flight crew or automatically upon impact.

 

[Rank]

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[Rashid Mahmood]

 

[Viet]

Vietnam Navy says the plane had gone missing within Malaysian maritime territory, one minute before entering Vietnam controlled airspace.

 

[BoQ77]

China need send PLA Navy & CHINA COAST GUARD & China Maritime Safety into accident waters.

MH370 airline

That is Malaysia EEZ area, even Vietnam Navy cannot access without request from Malaysia ...

Flight MH370, operating a Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, last had contact with air traffic controllers 120 nautical miles off the east coast of the Malaysian town of Kota Bharu

 

[Viet]

That is Malaysia territorial water area, even Vietnam Navy cannot access without request from Malaysia ...

No, it is international waters. Territorial waters is limited to 12 nautical miles from shore.

 

[BoQ77]

Malaysia Coast Guard would be the fastest ones who can approach the crash site.
Anyway, it would be within Malaysian EEZ which foreign navy, coastguard and airplane cannot freely access.

 

[Edison Chen]

 

[Viet]

Malaysia has issued an international emergency call for help. The US navy in the region is said to be on the way.
Vietnam coast guard can dispatch this bird quickly to search the plane.

 

[ashok321]

No, it is international waters. Territorial waters is limited to 12 nautical miles from shore.

Between the two there is a 200 nautical mile
Exclusive economic zone