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Flight MH370 vanished with 239 people en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur

MH370 controls 'likely manipulated' to go off course

Investigators have released a report on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 saying the plane's controls were likely deliberately manipulated to take it off course, but they were not able to determine who was responsible.

MH370 • 30 Jul 18

239 people were on board the plane when it disappeared

MH370: One of the world's greatest aviation mysteries

Key moments in the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

News Lens • 29 May 18

MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014 while flying to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board

Latest search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to end

The latest search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 comes to an end today, more than four years after the plane disappeared.

News • 29 May 18

Debris was found washed up on a remote Indian Ocean island in 2015

Private search for flight MH370 to end next week

Malaysia's new transport minister has said the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 by a private US firm will end on Tuesday next week and there will be no more extensions.

World • 23 May 18

Australia, China and Malaysia their search in January last year

US firm resumes search for MH370

The Malaysian Government has signed an agreement with a US company to resume the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370.

MH370 • 10 Jan 18

The search for MH370 was led by engineering group Fugro

Mapping from MH370 search set to aid fishermen

An unintended consequence of the unsuccessful search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is expected to help fishermen in the Indian Ocean land huge catches, by providing them with detailed sea-floor maps.

News • 20 Jan 17

Flight MH370 disappeared in March 2014 with 239 passengers and crew on board

MH370 not thought to be in search zone

Missing Malaysian flight MH370 is almost certainly not in the current search zone in the remote Indian Ocean but could be further north, officials have said.

News • 20 Dec 16

MH370 disappeared in March 2014 with 239 people on board

Investigators begin final ocean sweep for MH370

Investigators looking for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are making their last sweep of the search area in the Indian Ocean, Australian authorities leading the search said.

News • 14 Dec 16

Mystery continues over what happened to MH370 and the 239 people on board

MH370 was in 'increasing rate of descent'

A report into missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 by the Australian safety investigator leading the search supports its view that the aircraft descended rapidly after running out of fuel with no human intervention, the agency said.

News • 02 Nov 16

MH370, with 239 aboard, disappeared in March 2014

Hopes of finding missing flight MH370 fading

Hopes of finding Malaysia Airlines flight MH370's final resting place are "fading", and the three-nation search will be suspended if nothing is found in the suspected crash zone.

News • 22 Jul 16

Debris to be examined for link to missing MH370

Australia has said that a piece of suspected aeroplane debris found east of Africa on a Mauritian island will be examined to see if it is part of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

World • 03 Apr 16

Investigators believe the plane was flown thousands of kilometres off course before crashing

No answers in interim report on missing MH370

Two years after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared, answers remain elusive with no conclusion over what happened, according to an interim report by international investigators.

World • 08 Mar 16

Authorities say they are stepping up their search for the missing plane

Debris to be taken to Australia for examination

Debris believed to be part of a Boeing 777 jet has been found off Mozambique and will be taken to Australia to be examined by investigators involved in the search for the missing Flight MH370, Malaysia's transport minister has said.

World • 02 Mar 16

Its been confirmed that a wing part found on a remote Indian Ocean island was from ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

Wing debris 'certainly' from MH370

French prosecutors confirmed today that a wing part found on a remote Indian Ocean island was from ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, a month after tests began.

News • 03 Sep 15

Paint colour and maintenance seal on flaperon were a match for MH370

France expands search for MH370 off Reunion

France has begun an expanded search operation for more debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

News • 07 Aug 15

Police search a beach on Reunion where debris has washed up

Aircraft seat cushions found on Reunion

Aircraft seat cushions and window panes have been found on an Indian Ocean island where wreckage from MH370 was recovered, Malaysia's transport minister said.

News • 06 Aug 15

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said the find marks a major breakthrough in resolving the mystery of the flight's disappearance

Debris confirmed as coming from Flight MH370

Debris found on an Indian Ocean island last week is from MH370, Malaysia's prime minister announced this evening, confirming for the first time that the plane which mysteriously disappeared 17 months ago had crashed.

News • 05 Aug 15

Police officers leave the scene with container holding metallic debris found on a beach on Reunion

Recovered plane debris is from Boeing 777

Malaysia’s transport minister has said airplane debris that washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion has been identified as being from a Boeing 777, the same model as a Malaysian Airlines plane which vanished last year.

News • 02 Aug 15

The 'flaperon' was found on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean

Recovered plane debris brought to France

Airplane debris that washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion and may belong to the vanished Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 has been brought to France for investigators to study its origin.

News • 01 Aug 15

Plane debris was found on Wednesday washed up on La Reunion

Recovered plane debris flown to France for checks

Plane debris which washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion and is thought to belong to the vanished Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 has been flown to France for checks, with officials hoping to gain some insight into the disaster.

News • 31 Jul 15

Debris washed up on Reunion Island off the east coast of Africa, but it is unclear if it is from the missing flight

Team sent to verify if debris found is from MH370

Malaysia has sent a team to verify whether plane debris washed up on an Indian Ocean island could be part of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, its transport minister has said.

News • 30 Jul 15

No trace of the plane has been found since it went missing in March last year

MH370 search zone to double if nothing found

The search zone for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will be doubled if nothing is found in the huge undersea area now being scanned for wreckage.

News • 16 Apr 15

MH370 disappeared over the Indian Ocean with 239 passengers and crew on board last March

Timeline: The fruitless year-long hunt for MH370

One of the most baffling aviation mysteries in history seems no closer to being solved as the first anniversary of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370's disappearance is marked today.

News • 08 Mar 15

A young girl during a gathering to mark the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of the plane

Beacon battery on MH370 had expired - report

The battery of an underwater locator beacon had run out more than a year before Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared, a report has said.

News • 08 Mar 15

Family and friends of the missing passengers have held numerous candlelit vigils

Malaysia declares loss of flight MH370 an accident

Malaysia has formally declared missing flight MH370 an "accident" and its passengers and crew presumed dead.

News • 29 Jan 15