>>Early Saturday morning, Malaysia Airlines flight 370 lifted off from Kuala Lumpur with
227 passengers and 12 crew members and started making its way to Beijing… and then it disappeared.
And now, even with the efforts of search crews from 10 different countries, the mysterious
disappearance is leaving airline officials scratching their heads and terrified family
members of those on board the flight waiting for any type of information. >>34 planes
and 40 ships are scouring a 50 nautical mile stretch of sea where radar last picked up
the flight before it vanished. But still, no trace of the plane, no tiny piece of wreckage
has been located. Data indicates that flight 370 may have double backed and turned around
near Thailand’s border, but the pilot provided no verbal indication or signal of distress. >>As
of now, authorities are not ruling out anything. The plane could have simply malfunctioned
and went down in the ocean, disintegrated at 35,000 feet due to mechanical failure,
or the passengers could be the victims of terrorism, but at this point, no group has
claimed responsibility for the disappearance, which is something that would normally occur
by this time. You may have heard that an oil slick, an airplane door, and the plane’s
tail have been located, but those have all since been ruled out as part of the plane
that disappeared. >>Authorities are beginning to focus on the identities of two
men who they now know boarded the plane with stolen passports. Although it is alarming
that they made it through screening, it’s important to know that the region is notorious
for illegal immigration to western countries so officials are not jumping to the terrorism
conclusion.
>>154 people were from China or Taiwan, 38 Malaysians, five Indians and three Americans
citizens were passengers on flight 370, and 5 very fortunate people didn’t board the
plane that day for one reason or another. This situation is tragic and crazy and I can’t
imagine what all the family members are going through right now, but hopefully they’ll
have some answers soon. We’ll keep our eyes and ears open for any updates to this story
and we’ll be sure to update you guys here or over at sourcefed.com.