马来西亚航空公司3月8日表示,与一架载有239人的飞机失去联系。这一消息已经获得中国民航局空管局证实。该飞机航班号为MH370,原定由吉隆坡飞往北京,应于6点15分降落首都国际机场T3航站楼。资料显示有两名婴儿在机上。马航已经启动救援和联络机制寻找该飞机。
A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew lost contact with air traffic controllers early on Saturday en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, the airline said in a statement.
"Malaysia Airlines is currently working with the authorities who have activated their search-and-rescue teams to locate the aircraft," it said.
Flight MH 370, operating a Boeing B777-200 aircraft departed Kuala Lumpur at 12.21 a.m. (1621 GMT Friday) and had been expected to land in the Chinese capital at 6.30 a.m. (2230 GMT) the same day.
马来西亚航空公司在一份声明中表示,一架载有227名乘客和12名机组人员的航班于周六凌晨与空中交通指挥员失去联系,该飞机原定由吉隆坡飞往北京。
声明称,“目前,马来西亚航空公司与当局一起合作,后者启动了他们的搜救团队去寻找飞机。”
The airline said the flight had lost contact with Malaysian air traffic controllers at 2.40 a.m., just over two hours into the flight.
China's CCTV said 160 Chinese nationals were onboard the flight, according to microblogging website Weibo.
Chinese state TV also reported there had not been any reports received yet about any aircraft crashed in Chinese waters.
State news agency Xinhua reported radar contact with the flight was lost while it was in Vietnamese airspace.
马来西亚航空公司表示,该航班于凌晨2:40分与马来西亚空中交通指挥员失去联系,当时航班刚飞了两个来小时。
中国央视在新浪微博称,机上有160名中国公民,迄今尚未收到中国海域出现飞机坠毁的任何报道。
据新华社报道,在越南领空时,该航班失去了雷达联系。
If the plane is found to have crashed, the loss would mark the second fatal accident involving a Boeing 777 in less than a year, after an unblemished safety record since the jet entered service in 1995.
Last summer, an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crash landed in San Francisco, killing three passengers.
Boeing said it was aware of reports that the Malaysia Airlines plane was missing and was monitoring the situation but had no further comment.
自从1995年开始服役以来,波音777保持了一项无可挑剔的安全记录。然而如果该飞机被发现坠毁了,那么这一损失将标志着波音777飞机在不到一年内的第二起致命事故。
去年夏天,韩亚航空的一架波音777飞机在旧金山迫降,导致3名乘客遇难。
波音表示已经获悉马来西亚航空公司飞机失踪的报道,正在监视局势,但并未进一步置评。