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Malaysia Airlines plane goes missing
A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 carrying 239 people lost contact with air traffic control early Saturday morning on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, and international aviation authorities still hadn't located the jetliner several hours later.
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Searching for the missing plane.Credit:AFP
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An object is seen floating in the sea on the display of a Vietnamese search airplane's camera. It is suspected of belonging to the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.Credit:Reuters
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Catherine and Robert Lawton of Springfield Lakes, with their grandchildren.Credit:Facebook
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An upset relative of a passenger of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 approaches an official at a hotel in Putrajaya.Credit:Reuters
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The flight's first officer, Fariq ab Hamid.Credit:Supplied
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Mary and Rodney Burrows had recently sold their home and planned to enjoy travelling.Credit:Supplied
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Paul Weeks was on his way to Mongolia to start a new job.Credit:Supplied
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Dato'Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, Director General of DCA, briefs the media that Malaysia Airlines fight MH370 is still missing.Credit:Getty Images
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A relative (woman in white) of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries as she talks on her mobile phone at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing.Credit:Reuters
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This photo taken in April, 2013, shows a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER at Narita Airport in Narita, near Tokyo.Credit:AP
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A relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing.Credit:Reuters
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A relative (C, in white) of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, covers her face as she cries at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing.Credit:Reuters
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A Malaysian man who says he has relatives on board the missing Malaysian Airlines plane, talks to journalists at Beijing's International Airport Beijing, China.Credit:AP
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Malaysia Airlines Chief Executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahya speaks to the media during a news conference on missing Flight MH370, in Sepang.Credit:Reuters
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This is the last signal received by Flightradar24.com from flight #MH370.Credit:
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A woman, center, surrounded by media covers her mouth on her arrival at a hotel which is prepared for relatives or friends of passengers aboard a missing airline, in Beijing, China.Credit:AP
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Journalists attempt to interview a woman who is the relative of a passenger on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, as she crouches on the floor crying, at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing.Credit:Reuters
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The arrival board at the International Airport in Beijing, China shows a Malaysian airliner is delayed.Credit:AP
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A file photo taken on July 5, 2005 shows a man silhouetted against a Malaysian Airlines plane tail as he looks out through a window at Sydney International Airport.Credit:AFP
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Family members (L) of those onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight walk into the waiting area at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang.Credit:Reuters