Flight MH370: Plane Missing Mystery

Flight MH370: officials 'puzzled' by Malaysia mystery as search widens

Teams from nine countries working non-stop, officials say, as hunt goes on for plane missing with 239 people on board 

Follow events live as the search for flight MH370 continues

A relative of a passenger on board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 waits for news in Beijing on Monday. Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images

Search crews involving nine countries are working “every hour, every minute, every second” across a huge swathe of the South China Sea but have yet to find any evidence of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, the country’s civil aviation chief said on Monday.

Almost 60 hours after flight MH370 vanished from radar screens in the early hours of Saturday officials remain “puzzled” by its sudden disappearance and are considering all possible angles, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said.

“Unfortunately, we have not found anything that appears to be an object from the aircraft, let alone the aircraft,” he said.

The Beijing-bound flight was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew when it went missing around 40 minutes after its 12.41am take-off from Kuala Lumpur, over the seas between Malaysia and Vietnam. The Boeing-777 was cruising at 35,000 feet when it disappeared in apparently good weather, gave no indication of any problems and did not issue a distress call.

Rahman added: “There are many theories that have been said in the media; many experts around the world have contributed their expertise and knowledge about what could happen, what happened....We are puzzled as well.

“To confirm what happened on that particular day on this ill-fated aircraft...we need concrete evidence, parts of the aircraft for us to analyse, for us to do forensic study.”

He said that the government had not discounted speculation about a hijack, but was looking at every possible explanation, noting that it took two years to determine the cause of the 2009 Air France crash.

He confirmed that five passengers had checked in for the flight but not boarded, adding that their baggage was removed from the aircraft as necessary in such cases.

Concerns that terrorist might be responsible have been fuelled by the fact two passengers were travelling on stolen European passports - although experts have said that fraudulent documents are reasonably common on regional flights for a variety of reasons.

Suspicious Jet Passengers

4 passengers' IDs being checked on missing jet

ALTERNATE CROP OF XHG102 A woman cries at the arrival hall of the International Airport in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 8, 2014. Relatives and friends were arriving at Beijing airport for news after a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 was reported missing on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing Saturday. Photo: Ng Han Guan, AP

Suspicious jet passengers

Up to 4 with suspect identities were able to board missing 777.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia intelligence agencies are investigating how up to four passengers with suspect identities were able to board the missing Boeing 777 jet, the government said, as planes and ships from across Asia resumed the hunt Sunday for the plane.

There was still no confirmed sighting of wreckage from the Boeing 777 in the seas between Malaysia and Vietnam where it vanished from screens early Saturday morning en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board. The weather was fine, the plane was already cruising and the pilots had no time to send a distress signal — unusual circumstance for a modern jetliner to crash.

A family member of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane is mobbed by journalists at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, March 8, 2014. Search teams across Southeast Asia scrambled on Saturday to find a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 with 239 people on board that disappeared from air traffic control screens over waters between Malaysia and Vietnam early that morning.

 Photo: Lai Seng Sin, AP

MIssing Plane Investigation Widens

Malaysia Airlines: missing plane investigation widens 

• No wreckage found in search for MH370, which went missing on Saturday en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing

• Four passengers’ identities under investigation, two of whom were travelling on stolen passports

• More than 40 ships and 22 aircraft involved in search operation

What is believed to be an oil slick off the Vietnamese coast, pictured from a Vietnamese Air Force plane. Photograph: Hoang Ha/EPA

The Malaysia Airlines press conference in Beijing has just wrapped up. The Guardian’s Jonathan Kaiman was there:

A senior manager at Malaysia Airlines, Ignatius Ong Ming Choy, has finished his press conference at hotel near Beijing Airport. He emphasised that the aeroplane had not yet been located.

“MA has informed family members to expect the worst,” he said.

The airline will send two family members for each passenger down to Kuala Lumpur on Monday if they desire to wait for further information there. Choi did not elaborate on reports two passengers were travelling on stolen passports, noting only that the names on the passports matched those on the passenger lists.

“We’re waiting for more information - this is all that we can say. If we have more information we’ll inform everyone,” he said.

He confirmed the report that the aeroplane appeared to have turned back towards Kuala Lumpur but added that there was no distress signal issued. He said that they were expecting another announcement on the suggestion the plane had turned back. 
He added: “Fearing the worst, disaster specialists from the USA will be assisting Malaysia Airlines out of Kuala Lumpur as we speak.”

On Sunday afternoon the scene at the Lido hotel in Beijing - where about 100 family members are reportedly waiting for further information - was more subdued than on Saturday. The hotel seemed more prepared for the influx of media, with chairs and tables strewn throughout the lobbies and hallways. Volunteers from a Buddhist organisation have been dispatched to help family members cope with their emotional distress.

Malaysia Airline Plane Missing

Oil slicks spotted in search for missing Malaysia Airlines plane 

• Vietnam air force spots oil slicks consistent with crash at sea
• Plane en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing
• Boeing 777 was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew
• Passengers are from 14 nationalities, mostly Chinese
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A photo has been made available of the actual plane that has gone missing. The image shows it taking off from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport in France in December 2011.

Almost 240 people are missing after a Malaysian Airlines flight en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing vanished from radar screens in the early hours of Saturday.

Search and rescue teams from Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore were scouring waters south of Vietnam for traces of flight MH370, more than 12 hours after it lost contact. Ships and aircraft from China and the Philippines were also on their way to help.

Two infants were among the 227 passengers, more than 150 of whom were Chinese nationals. Twelve crew were on board.

The other travellers included 38 Malaysians, seven Indonesians, and six Australians as well as passengers from India, France, the US, New Zealand, Ukraine, Canada, Russia, Italy, Taiwan, the Netherlands and Austria.

The Boeing 777-200ER left Kuala Lumpur at 12.41am on Saturday (6.41pm GMT) and was last detected somewhere between 20 minutes and two hours into its flight.

Vietnamese media reported an admiral as saying that the plane "could have" crashed in Vietnamese maritime territory, but Malaysia's acting transport minister denied reports that it had been found south of a Vietnamese island.

Pizzaria Publicity Valued at $10m, Oscar

Angelina Jolie

One more new today..Updated on March 4, 2014..OSCAR 2014: Pizzaria gained publicity valued at $10m, Oscar this year was a big winner out of the film industry: The pizzeria Big Mama's & Papa's, responsible for the famous impromptu dinner that followed the ceremony. According to Variety, the network of pizzerias got free advertising valued at 10 million dollars, not to mention the $ 75 paid by the three pizzas delivered in Dolby Theatre, site of the ceremony. According to the publication, 30 seconds of advertising insertion in the ceremony this year costing between 1.8 and 1.9 million dollars - highest values collected by the American network ABC, Which broadcasts the party. Who did the bill was to TMZ: presenter spent three minutes handing out slices of pizza with guests, always leaving the box shows, so the Big Mama's & Papa's got without spending anything on display in the amount of at least $10.8 million. Not to mention the epic moment when Brad Pitt eats pizza with hand beside his wife Angelina Jolie. Harrison Ford stops or when the presenter to ask for a napkin. The friendly delivery, however, never saw the color of money collected from the theater box, according to TMZ own. At least he was greeted as a hero by colleagues, according to the site. and publications do not stop .. a hug everyone ..

Facebook 13 Things to Make It Better

Stop Complaining About Facebook And Do These 13 Things To Make It Better

Whether you like it or not, you're probably on Facebook more often than you want to be. A lot of people wish they didn't feel compelled to check it over and over only to see the same boring people post the same boring things.

Thankfully, it doesn't have to be this way.

There are actually a whole lot of tips and tricks to make your Facebook experience a little less painful, both from Facebook itself and from third-party apps. We have 13 of them right here. Go forth and make your Facebook a bit more tolerable.

1. Set boundaries between real friends, family, exes and randos: You can sort everyone into groups
You have different friends from different areas of your life, so why should you have to share the same things with everyone? If you split your friends up into different categories, you can choose which specific groups of friends will see different statuses, links and photos you post.

Facebook automatically creates some groups (called Smart Lists) based on the schools you've attended, jobs you've had and places you've lived. Here's how to put someone in an existing group or create a new one. On a friend's profile, click the "Friends" button. There, you'll see which groups he or she belongs to and you'll have the option to create a new group.

2. Stalk your favorite people
While you're there at the "Friends" button, you can click "Get Notifications." That will give you a notification when a chosen friend posts a new status or photo. Do it with your best friend or with a crush -- they won't know you set a notification for them.

3. Stop friends from sending you those annoying "Candy Crush" requests
Sorry, I'm not going to help you get more lives on "Candy Crush." Fortunately, you can stop those irritating requests from clogging up your page without having to say anything. Just go to this page, and type the offending friend's name into the search bar. And bam, they're ignored forever.

4. Block the people you hate without their knowledge
While we can't get your weird cousin to stop believing conspiracy theories, we can hide his posts from your News Feed. You don't have to unfriend him to remove him from your Facebook life.

To block someone from your feed, go to their profile and click "Friends." Then click "Report/Block." You'll see these options:

If you don't want this person's posts to show up in your News Feed (I don't mean it, Dino!), you can press "Unfollow." Your friend will never know, and you won't have to deal with his or her irritating posts anymore.

5. Fix your terrible spelling
Did you spell something wrong in a post? Sometimes you don't want to delete a status update (can't lose those precious "Likes"!), in which case you can edit things after you've posted them. Just click the little pencil icon near something you've written (comments, statuses, photo descriptions, etc.) and press "Edit." Be warned, though, your friends will be able to see how you've tweaked a post.

6. Erase your embarrassing past
If you're curious about what parts of your Facebook activity others can see, check out your activity log. From that page, you can change privacy settings and delete old posts. You can also see which photos of yours are public, by clicking "Photos," and then "Shared with: Public."

7. Replace things you hate with things you love
Rather is a Chrome and Firefox extension that lets you replace anything you don't like (links to Upworthy, TV spoilers, wedding photos, food porn, etc.) with something you do like (photos of puppies, your favorite celebrity, etc.). It can also remove offending posts altogether.

8. Never miss a status
By default, your Facebook News Feed is set to show you "Top Stories" first, which can be irritating, since it often means that your feed is filled with the same lame websites and articles your friends are sharing. A lot of people feel like they're missing things that happen in their friends' Facebook lives because of Facebook's algorithm.Facebook looks at the number of comments the item has, how many likes it has, who posted it and what genre of post it is (photo, video, status, etc.) to decide whether or not to include it as a top story.

Fortunately, there's a way to change your feed to reverse-chronological order, like it is on Twitter and Instagram. Either click here to find your "Most Recent" feed or look at the top of your News Feed for a way to toggle between "Top Stories" and "Most Recent."

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