Welcome to the MH370 Wiki
This is a collaborative project of airliners.net members.
We try to share our knowledge on the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370, and reduce redundant requests for information. Please focus on aircraft related information, not speculation on passenger and crew motives or backgrounds.
Press statements
- RMAF correction and retraction on MH370 tracked flying past Pulau Perak in Straits of Malacca press statements from MH, Malaysian authorities etc.
Confirmed info
- FlightRadar24 playback of MH370 flight path
Speculative info
- life raft pulled from the sea by fishermen near Port Dickson, facing Straits of Malacca, around 12pm local time March 11. Is this from a ship or aircraft? (New Straits Times)
- discussion of a an object (ship?) found on Tomnod
- locals near Kota Bharu, Kelantan report noises and lights from a low-flying plane (1000 metres?) flying along the coast, around 2 am
- locals near Marang, Terengganu report loud jet engine noise from north of Pulau Kapas, around 1:20 am (New Straits Times)
- air turn back towards KL, from RMAF radar, but altitude, heading and airspeed not published
- Chinese military radar reported plane showing steep descent after transponder deactivation, heading change from 020 to 330
- Eyewitness report from the "Songa Mercur" oil platform, off Vung Tau
Debunked info
- MH370 on RMAF radar at FL290 at 2.40am local time, last reported heading west near Pulau Perak in Straits of Malacca (The Star Malaysia)
- 777 crew contacting MH370, hearing a mumbling response
- passenger mobile phones still ringing, actually a GSM network artifact for phones on international roaming
- debris fields and oil slicks off Tho Chu (SW) and Vung Tau (SE) off Vietnam coast, confirmed as marine debris and ship bunker oil
- Airworthiness Directive (AD) for Boeing 777, warning of a fuselage failure near the satcom antenna- did not apply to 9M-MRO
Regards,
FlyingTurtle