The Dhaka Times Desk Malaysia Airlines has confirmed that a Malaysian Airlines flight from Malaysia to Beijing, China has gone missing in mid-air. There are 239 passengers on the plane.
On Saturday, the Boeing B77-200 of Malaysia Airlines flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China, but on the way, all communication with the plane was suddenly lost. There has been no trace of the plane with 239 passengers on board since it lost contact.
Meanwhile, Malaysian Air said that the plane had enough fuel to fly in the sky for 7 hours during the flight. Communication with the plane was lost within hours of the flight. Besides, both the pilots in charge of the aircraft were very skilled. The Biman pilot has been flying since 1981 and has a long flight experience of 18,365 hours.
The Malaysian Airlines Boeing B77-200 aircraft was 35,000 feet above the ground at the time of its disappearance. It was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members. Among the passengers were citizens of 14 different countries, most of whom were Chinese nationals. The flight was scheduled to land in Beijing at 6:30 am.
"We are deeply saddened to report that our Boeing B77-200 aircraft went missing less than an hour after takeoff," Malaysian Airlines chief executive Ahmad Zawhari Ayan said in a statement. We have lost all contact with the aircraft."
Meanwhile, the Chinese administration said in a statement that the Boeing B77-200 aircraft did not enter their airspace, so they are not finding any trace of it.
So far there has been no news from anywhere in the world about the plane crash, so what exactly happened to the 239 passengers of the Boeing B77-200 remains a mystery.
Update: According to Malaysian Airlines authorities, 152 people from China, 38 from Malaysia, 12 from Indonesia, seven from Australia, three from the United States, three from France, two from New Zealand, two from Ukraine, two from Canada, one from Italy, one from Taiwan, one from the Netherlands and one from Austria were on board the plane. was Apart from this, an American and a Chinese child were also with the passengers. Malaysian authorities and the Bangladesh Embassy in Malaysia have confirmed that there were no Bangladeshis on board the missing plane.
Meanwhile, in the latest news, the world media reported that the Malaysian Boeing B77-200 crashed 153 miles off the coast of Vietnam in the South China Sea, quoting Admiral Novo Van Pat, the naval officer of Vietnam. However, no rescue boat has yet been sent to the spot. All passengers are believed to have been killed.
Source: Business Insider
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