Here is a concise summary of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370):
**Incident Overview**
* **Date:** March 8, 2014
* **Flight Details:** Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Boeing 777, from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing
* **On Board:** 2 pilots, 10 cabin crew, and 227 passengers (mostly Chinese)
**Disappearance and Investigation**
* **Last Contact:** 1:19 AM with Kuala Lumpur air traffic control
* **Disappeared from Radar:** 1:21 AM, 3 minutes after last contact
* **Initially Searched:** Gulf of Thailand and South China Sea
* **Later Discoveries:**
+ Detected on Malaysian military radar for 1 hour after disappearance, showing a U-turn back towards Malaysia
+ Satellite data (INMARSAT) indicated flight continued over Indian Ocean for 5 hours after last radar contact
+ Debris (e.g., right flaperon) found on African shores, suggesting a possible crash into the Indian Ocean
**Current Status and New Lead**
* **No Wreckage Found:** Despite a $160 million, 3-year deep-sea search operation
* **New Lead (2022):** A British retired aerospace engineer claims to have located the plane's wreck 4,000 meters below the Indian Ocean, using weak signal propagation analysis, in the same general area previously suspected.
**Unanswered Questions**
* Cause of disappearance and U-turn
* Fate of passengers and crew
* Exact circumstances of the plane's possible crash into the Indian Ocean (e.g., pilot error, hijacking, mechanical failure)
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**Flight Details**
1. **Flight Number**: MH370
2. **Airline**: Malaysian Airlines
3. **Departure**: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4. **Destination**: Beijing, China
5. **Departure Date**: March 8, 2014
6. **Departure Time**: 12:42 AM
7. **Aircraft Type**: Boeing 777 (11 years old)
8. **Passengers**: 227
9. **Crew**: 2 pilots + 10 cabin crew
10. **Pilot Experience**:
* Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah: 53 years old, 33 years of flight experience
* Co-pilot Farooq Abdul Hameed: 27 years old, 7 years of flight experience
**Disappearance and Search**
11. **Last Contact**: 01:19 AM (with Kuala Lumpur air traffic control)
12. **Disappearance from Radar**: 01:21 AM
13. **Initial Search Location**: Gulf of Thailand and South China Sea
14. **Search Initiated**: 06:32 AM (March 8, 2014)
15. **Search Scale**: 34 ships and 28 aircraft from 7 countries
**Investigations and Findings**
16. **Military Radar Detection**: MH370 was detected for 1 hour after disappearing from civilian radar
17. **Last Military Radar Detection**: 02:22 AM (March 8, 2014) over the Indian Ocean
18. **Satellite Communication**: MH370 automatically contacted satellite INMARSAT every hour
19. **Last Satellite Contact**: 08:19 AM (March 8, 2014)
20. **Debris Found**:
* Right flaperon on the beach of Réunion Island (2015)
* Other parts and debris found on African shores (over several years)
**Recent Developments**
21. **New Search Claim**: Richard Goufrey, a British retired aerospace engineer, claimed to have found the plane's location (February 2022)
22. **Proposed Location**: Same curved area of the Indian Ocean, 4000 meters below the ocean surface
23. **Previous Deep-Sea Search Operation**: Stopped after three years, with over $160 million spent