May 1
10:57 pm
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman in Beijing on May 1 said China will actively participate in the follow-up search operation, after the Malaysian side's latest statements on the missing MH370 flight.
8:37 pm
The Malaysian Ministry of Transport released in Kuala Lumpur on May 1 a preliminary report on the missing jetliner MH370, recommending the International Civil Aviation Organization examine the safety benefits of introducing a standard for real time tracking of commercial air transport aircraft.
7:45 pm
Malaysia Airlines' Chief Executive Officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said on May 1 in a statement that the families of the missing MH370 flight are advised to receive information at their homes as the search and investigation would be a prolonged process and advanced compensation payments would be made.
7:41 pm
Malaysia Airlines Executive Officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said in a press release on May 1 that as there is still no trace of the missing flight MH370, the search operation in the southern Indian Ocean is moving to a new phase.
April 30
7:34 pm
Malaysian Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said that the preliminary report on the missing MH370 flight would be released on May 1.
12:48 pm
Two US P-8 patrol aircraft and a supply ship will return to other operations within the 7th Fleet in line with the collaborative decision to cease flight operations for searching the missing Malaysian jetliner, a spokesman said.
10:53 am
The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is commencing a new phase and will transit to an intensified undersea search over the coming weeks, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) said.
April 29
11:31 pm
Families of the passengers aboard the missing flight MH370 can commence their compensation claims, though the searches for the plane will need longer.
2:51 pm
Malaysian Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said in Kuala Lumpur that Japan had requested to participate in the international expert panel for the missing plane investigation during his meeting with his Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera.
8:52 pm
Following a directive issued by the Australian government, Japan's Self-Defense Force (SDF) personnel who were deployed to help search for missing Malaysia Airlines jet were told Monday that their aerial searches have been disbanded.
April 28
8:52 pm
Following a directive issued by the Australian government, Japan's Self-Defense Force (SDF) personnel who were deployed to help search for missing Malaysia Airlines jet were told Monday that their aerial searches have been disbanded.
7:25 pm
The new technology of towed side- sonar device will be deployed in four weeks, Angus Houston, chief coordinator of the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) for the search of Malaysian Airline flight MH370, said in Canberra.
2:53 pm
China will continue to provide adequate resources for the search of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Chinese ambassador Ma Zhaoxu said in Canberra.
12:49 pm
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday that the hunt for missing flight MH370 entered a new phase with seabed search to be expanded to a much larger area.
7:48 am
Bluefin-21 has completed mission 15 with no results and has commenced mission 16 on the morning of April 28, according to the latest statement of the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC).
April 26
10:06 am
Early into its 13th mission of searching for the missing Malaysian jet on Friday, the US Navy's Bluefin-21, a robotic submarine, was recovered due to a software issue that required resetting and now its mission 14 is underway, authorities said.
April 25
1:00 pm
If no contacts of interest are made, Bluefin-21 will continue to examine the areas adjacent to the 10 km radius of the focused underwater search area, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) said on April 25.
12:46 pm
The seabed search for missing flight MH370 is set to widen after a sonar scan of a focused area found nothing of interest, Australia's Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) said on April 25.
11:03 am
The Malaysian government plans to release a preliminary report next week on the Malaysia Airlines' missing flight, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak told CNN on April 24, more than six weeks after the flight disappeared en route to Beijing, China.
April 24
8:40 pm
China will continue its efforts in searching for the missing flight MH370, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on April 24.
1:46 pm
As of the morning, the Bluefin-21 has finished scanning more than 90 percent of the seabed. But it has not detected any wreckage or any evidence of the missing plane.
11:13 am
Malaysia's cabinet has approved an independent international team to investigate the disappearance of the missing jetliner.
8:43 am
Visual search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 continues on Thursday in spite of the weather forecast of heavy rain and low cloud in the area more than 1,500 kilometers off Perth.
7:09 am
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) does not believe material found on a beach in Western Australia's South West is connected to the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, the ATSB commissioner Martin Dolan told ABC Radio (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) on Thursday morning.
April 23
6:20 pm
Western Australia Police have attended a report of material washed ashore 10 kilometers east of Augusta, south of Perth, and have secured the material, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) said on April 23.
1:20 pm
Planned air search activities have been suspended again due to poor weather conditions in the search area, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) announced in its latest update on Wednesday.
April 19
3:29 pm
Malaysian acting Transport Minister Hishammudin Hussein said in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday that the next two days will be "very crucial" as the search area for the missing flight MH370 has been narrowed.
3:27 pm
The search of the focused underwater area by the Bluefin-21 will complete in five to seven days, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) told Xinhua on Saturday.
10:14 am
A total of 11 aircraft and 12 ships will assist in Saturday's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, and data from the Bluefin-21 showed no contacts of interest have been found to date, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) confirmed in its latest update on Saturday.
0:20 am
Malaysian acting Transport Minister Hishammudin Hussein said in Putrajaya Friday that this weekend would be very important for the searching for the missing MH370 flight.
April 18
11:39 pm
The Chinese military has supplied 400 liters of engine oil to its aircraft which are searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the southern Indian Ocean.
9:30 am
A total of 11 aircraft and 12 ships will assist in Friday's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, and the autonomous underwater vehicle, Bluefin-21 has commenced mission five, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) confirmed in its latest update on Friday.
April 17
10:26 pm
The approach in the search for the missing MH370 flight might be reviewed if the information received did not meet the target, Malaysian acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said in Kuala Lumpur Thursday.
8:30 pm
Preliminary analysis of the sample from the oil slick collected by Ocean Shield has confirmed that it is not aircraft engine oil or hydraulic fluid, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) confirmed in its latest update later on April 17.
7:56 am
The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Bluefin-21, is currently planning its next search mission after completing a full mission overnight, and 12 aircraft and 11 ships will assist in Thursday's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370,, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) said on Thursday.
April 16
9:00 pm
Malaysian acting Transport Minister Hishammudin Hussein said in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday that the Malaysian cabinet would discuss forming an international expert panel to look into the missing flight MH370 incident.
3:38 pm
The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle looking for the missing Malaysian jet, Bluefin- 21, was forced to resurface again on Wednesday morning to rectify a technical issue and was redeployed thereafter, the Joint Coordination Center (JACC) confirmed in its latest information update on Wednesday.
3:09 pm
Chinese ships searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on Wednesday adjusted their search area and moved southward.
7:56 am
Up to 14 aircraft and 11 ships will assist in Wednesday's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, while the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Bluefin 21 was again deployed Tuesday night from Ocean Shield for underwater searching, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) confirmed on Wednesday.
April 15
10:53 pm
US Navy's mini-submarine Bluefin-21 cut short its first underwater search for the Malaysian jet Tuesday after exceeding its programmed depth limit in the Indian Ocean.
10:41 pm
Chinese vessels have covered 646,000 square kilometers in the southern Indian Ocean in search of the missing Malaysian flight MH370, said the China Maritime Search and Rescue Center on Tuesday.
1:06 pm
The autonomous underwater vehicle Bluefin-21, which was deployed on Monday afternoon for its first underwater search mission, has encountered unexpected depth of waters and ended its mission prematurely, US Navy Captain Mark Matthews told Xinhua on Tuesday.
7:52 am
Up to 11 aircraft and 11 ships will assist in Tuesday's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) said on Tuesday.
April 14
11:08 pm
Chinese vessels have covered about 628,000 square kilometers in the southern Indian Ocean by midday Monday in search of the missing Malaysian flight MH370, said the China Maritime Search and Rescue Center.
1:19 pm
Underwater vehicle to be deployed at 5 pm Monday, MH370 search chief.
12:36 pm
Searchers will deploy an autonomous underwater vehicle as soon as possible to comb sea bed for debris of missing Malaysian flight MH370, the search chief said on Monday.
8:12 am
Up to 12 aircraft and 15 ships will assist in Monday's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) said in its latest update on Monday.
April 13
3:50 pm
Malaysia was discussing with relevant authorities and experts on the custody of the black box of the missing MH370 flight, Malaysian acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said on Sunday.
8:40 am
Up to 12 aircraft and 14 ships will assist in Sunday's search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) confirmed on Sunday.
April 12
5:58 pm
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Saturday that the search zone for the missing Malaysian flight MH370 had been narrowed to a grid of 40 km by 50 km.
5:50 pm
"A CREW member of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 made a desperate call from his mobile phone as the plane was flying low near Penang, the morning it went missing," according to Malaysian local newspaper New Straits Times report on April 12.
3:12 pm
Australian PM Tony Abbott addressed the press in Beijing on Saturday. He reiterated that based on the numerous transmissions detected, he was “confident” that the signals were from MH370’s black box, according to CCTV.
8:22 am
Up to 10 aircraft and 14 ships will assist in Saturday's search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, according to the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC).
April 11
3:00 pm
Over 200 statements had been recorded by the police over the investigation of the missing plane incident, Malaysian Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said in Kuala Lumpur Friday.
2:56 pm
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said in Shanghai on Friday that he is confident that rescuers know the position of flight MH370's black box.
1:26 pm
Malaysian defense minister's communications team on Friday denied a CNN report that the country 's air force scrambled fighter jets soon after flight MH370 was reported missing on early March 8.
12:21 pm
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday that the missing Malaysian flight MH370's black box is within the scope of one kilometer, according to Xinhua.
12:18 pm
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday that he is confident the signals captured over the past days were from the black box of the missing Malaysian flight.
11:54 am
JACC says no major breakthrough so far in search for MH370.
11:13 am
Australian PM says MH370 search area narrowed significantly: ABC.
10:51 am
Up to 15 aircraft and 13 ships will assist in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Friday, one day after an Australian AP-3C Orion aircraft detected another possible signal.
7:18 am
Up to 15 aircraft and 13 ships will assist in Friday's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 after another possible signal detected by an Australian Orion aircraft on Thursday, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) said on Friday morning.
Apr 10
10:42 pm
It could take days before the search of the missing Malaysian aircraft moves into the phase of deploying autonomous underwater vehicle, Chief Coordinator of the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) Angus Houston said on Thursday.
7:38 pm
The pilot of the missing Malaysian passenger jet MH370, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, was the last to speak to air controllers, the Cable News Network (CNN) reported Thursday, citing Malaysian sources.
6:03 pm
Australian plane detects suspicious signal in search for MH370.
1:03 pm
Up to 14 planes and 13 ships will assist in Thursday's search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 following Tuesday's "encouraging lead" found by the Ocean Shield.
7:32 am
Up to 14 planes and 13 ships will assist in Thursday's search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 following Wednesday's "encouraging lead" found by the Ocean Shield, the latest update from the Australian Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) said on Thursday.
6:40 am
British Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo and submarine HMS Tireless continued their hunt for the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that went missing on March 8, the British Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced Wednesday.
Apr 8
7:59 pm
Chinese naval vessels expanded the search area in the Indian Ocean on April 8 for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in a bid to pick up suspicious pulse signals detected last week.
2:30 pm
Four Chinese and British vessels are trying to pick up the suspicious pulse signals detected by Chinese patrol ship Haixun 01 in an expanded search area on Tuesday.
1:25 pm
The search leader hunting for missing Malaysian flight MH370 said on Tuesday that no submersible onboard the Australian vessel "Ocean Shield" would be deployed unless the ship detects more credible signal.
11:53 am
"There will be a large number of aircraft, vessels involving in this search today. The weather conditions are quite good today, so let's hope today we'll be able to build up on the work of a couple of days ago and better establish what happened in the last moments of the flight," Acting Australian Prime Minister Warren Truss told reporters in Sydney.
11:30 am
Two pings involved, still active: Australian official.
Another transmission needed for refining location: JACC chief.
9:26 am
Chinese vessels would enhance underwater search for the Malaysian flight MH370, now missing for 31 days, said a senior Chinese maritime official on Monday.
0: 58 am
Underwater signals consistent with aircraft black boxes have been detected by an Australian ship, and regarded as the "most promising lead" so far in the month-old hunt for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Apr 7
9: 36 pm
Malaysia's acting Minister of Transport Hishammuddin Hussein said on Monday that he was cautiously hopeful that there would be positive developments in the search for flight MH370 "in the coming days if not hours."
6:19 pm
Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 flew around Indonesian airspace after vanishing from Malaysian military radar, CNN quoted an unnamed senior Malaysian official as saying Sunday.
8:54 am
Up to nine military planes, three civil planes and 14 ships will assist in search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) for the international search efforts said.
Apr 5
10:40 pm
A pulse signal picked up by Chinese patrol ship Haixun 01 Saturday has not been confirmed as related to missing Malaysian passenger jet MH370, according to China Maritime Search and Rescue Center.
9:10 pm
White floating objects were spotted Saturday by a Chinese military aircraft in remote southern Indian Ocean west of Perth, Chinese military sources said.
8:00 pm
Two Chinese naval ships, Jinggangshan and Kunlunshan, joined Chinese petrol ship Haixun 01 on Saturday in the search area located between 20 to 26 degrees south latitude and 101 to 104 degrees east longitude.
11:47 am
A massive hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 resumed on April 5, the 28th day since it disappeared, with newly-mobilized underwater search effort.
9:15 am
Ten military planes, three civil jets and 11 ships join Saturday's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean west of Perth in Western Australia, according to the Perth-based Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC).
Apr 4
7:18 pm
Three South Korean satellites have searched for debris of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, with four photos of possible wreckage taken by one of the satellites late last month, the local aerospace institute said Friday.
6:05 pm
Malaysian police said Friday they had detained four people on Thursday evening for further investigation into the Semporna resort kidnapping.
4:28 pm
Two ships on April 4 commenced a subsurface search for black box of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 after no confirmed debris have been found from the jetliner nearly four weeks into a massive hunt.
1:38 pm
Chinese vessel Haixun 01 has intensified its effort to detect signals emitted from the black box of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 since Friday morning off the Australian western coast.
1:18 pm
Malaysia sends its sincere appreciation and gratitude to Vietnam for search and rescue efforts of the missing Malaysian jetliner MH370 since the first day of the hunt, said Malaysian Prime Minister (PM) Najib Tun Razak.
11:42 am
A Chinese IL-76 aircraft took off from Perth International Airport early Friday morning to spearhead in an international joint search in Southern Indian Ocean, as Australian and Malaysian government heads promised to spare no efforts to hunt Malaysia Airlines flight 370.
Apr 3
9:20 pm
The Malaysian frigate KD Lekiu departed Thursday evening from Royal Australian Navy's primary base in the west coast with HMAS Stirling to become another ship enrolled in search operations in Southern Indian Ocean as whereabouts of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 remained a mystery.
1:45 pm
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot appealed on April 3 to the families of the passengers of MH370 jetliner to be patient in finding any evidence of the plane which went missing more than three weeks ago.
1:28 pm
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on April 3 pledged to continue providing US assistance for the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
12:39 pm
The leaders of Australia and Malaysia stood together Thursday in praising the international operation to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, and pledged the effort would continue.
11:07 am
Up to eight aircraft and nine ships will be involved on April 3 in the hunt for missing Malaysian airliner MH370 and the search area will be adjusted to move further north, retired Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston said.
April 2
8:59 pm
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will meet with his Australian counterpart Tony Abbot for talks on recovering missing flight MH370 on Thursday, a statement released by the Transport Ministry said Wednesday.
8:15 pm
Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission(CMC) Fan Changlong on Wednesday told Chinese rescuers to prepare for protracted search for the missing Malaysian plane MH370.
7:31 pm
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his Australian counterpart, Tony Abbott, agreed to continue to make all-out efforts to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in a phone conversation on Wednesday.
7:25 pm
The Malaysian government confirmed Wednesday that a British nuclear submarine will join the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
7:12 pm
An official of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said Malaysia Airlines (MAS) had been "very responsive" to the investigation into the incident of the missing plane, Malaysia's state news agency Bernama reported on Wednesday.
6:06 pm
The Malaysian government and Malaysia Airlines held a closed-door briefing for relatives of passengers aboard the Flight MH370 at a hotel near Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.
4:41 pm
Malaysian Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said Wednesday that all the passengers on board the missing MH370 flight had been "cleared" of hijacking, sabotage or having psychological or personal problems by the police, according to the Malaysian state news agency Bernama.
2:05 pm
Chinese ships searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 focused their search on a rectangle-shaped search area in waters west of Australia's Perth, said captain of the Chinese vessel Haixun 01.
12:20 pm
About 10 planes and nine ships will search a swathe of the southern Indian Ocean west of Perth in a consistent effort to find the trace of the vanished Malaysian flight MH370.
11:䀳5 am
Vietnam was hailed for its activeness in search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
10:40 am
Malaysian Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said that the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was a criminal investigation, and there were things they could not share, according to local newspaper New Straits Times.
7:35 am
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is scheduled to visit this western Australian port city for the ongoing search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
2:45 am
Two Chinese ships in search of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean retrieved a beacon, said an embedded Xinhua reporter.
2:20 am
British Trafalgar class submarine HMS Tireless has arrived in the southern Indian Ocean to join the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, local media reported quoting the Ministry of Defence.
April 1
11:20 pm
The Malaysian government released the full transcript of communications between missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and ground controllers Tuesday, but reveals nothing abnormal.
11:10 pm
The task to find the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will take time and may not be resolved in the near future, Australia's former defense chief Angus Houston.
10:00 pm
A Chinese escort naval fleet heading for anti-piracy duty off Somalia reached waters south of Australia's Christmas Island Tuesday to join the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
6:50 pm
A fourth Australian ship set sail on Tuesday for a sea area 1,800 kilometers west of Perth to assist with surface sweep operations searching for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
6:10 pm
The Malaysian government on Tuesday released the full transcript of communications between missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and ground controllers, but there is no indication of anything abnormal.
It confirmed that the final words from the cockpit were " Goodnight Malaysian Three Seven Zero" not "All right. Good night" as previously reported.
5:30 pm
A special briefing session will be held here for the families of missing flight MH370 on April 2, a statement from the Malaysian Transport Ministry said.
5:00 pm
The Malaysian government released the full transcript of communications between missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and ground controllers, but there is no indication of anything abnormal.
4:10 pm
Nothing related to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 were found so far in waters where suspicious objects had been spotted, said captain of the Chinese vessel Haixun 01.
2:34 pm
A Perth-based Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) was officially launched to coordinate the multinational search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
2:30 pm
The E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft will be deployed by Royal Australian Air Force in the search for the missing Malaysian MH370 jet, a defence official said.
12:50 pm
The ongoing search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 could drag on for a long time, new Australian coordination chief said.
11:10 am
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will arrive in Perth, West Australia to witness the ongoing search operation for the missing MH370 passenger jet.
8:15 am
Ten planes and nine ships will assist in Tuesday's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) announced.
00:28 am
Nothing related to the missing Malaysian jetliner was retrieved on March 31 as a multilateral air and sea hunt continued in waters about 1,850 kilometers west of Perth.
March 31
11:55 pm
The last conversation between the air traffic controller and the cockpit of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was at 1:19 am and the last words were "Good night Malaysian three seven zero," Malaysian Transport Ministry confirmed in a statement.
10:48 pm
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday refused to put a time limit on the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 although the multinational search efforts have turned out to be fruitless since the jetliner vanished in the southern Indian Ocean on March 8.
7:41 pm
Search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean have concluded for Monday with "nothing significant to report," Australian maritime authorities said.
6:05 pm
Malaysia says "we are not hiding anything" in MH370 probe.
5:50 pm
Malaysian PM Najib to visit Perth over MH370 search.
Malaysia says Australian vessel with black box detector to arrive in MH370 search area on April 3.
Malaysia says none object retrieved linked to MH370.
Malaysia says to invite aviation experts to brief relatives of MH370 passengers.
Malaysia says will never give up till we find out what happened to MH370.
4:00 pm
A Malaysian guided missile frigate has arrived at an Australian naval base near Perth for briefings on the ongoing search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, maritime authorities said.
2:02 pm
Fresh objects floating in the southern Indian Ocean has renewed hopes for families of those aboard the missing Malaysian flight MH370 but uncertainty still surrounds even three weeks after its disappearance.
2:00 pm
One of the Australian scientists who took part in the latter stages of the development of the first flight data recorder reckons searchers might never find the black box from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
12:55 pm
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot voiced determination here in pressing ahead with the unprecedented task to locate missing Malaysian flight MH370 although no sign of the jet has been found more than three weeks after its disappearance.
10:35 am
Australian vessel Toowoomba has entered the target area for search of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, maritime authorities said.
8:45 am
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that there is no time limit yet to stop searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
8:35 am
Australian PM says every country bearing own cost in MH370 search for "international citizenship."
Australian Air Marshal says to keep relatives of MH370 passengers informed about research.
Australian PM pledges to solve MH370 mystery if it is solvable.
Australian PM Tony Abbott says there's no time limit yet on the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
Australian PM Tony Abbott says working with all available resources on all possible leads in MH370 search.
Australian PM Tony Abbott says to do whatever we can to get to bottom of MH370 mystery.
6:00 am
Today's search and recovery operation in the Australian Search and Rescue Region for the missing jet resumed, involving 10 aircraft and 10 ships from seven countries.
March 30
9:57 pm
Vessels scouring the southern Indian Ocean for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have managed to retrieve objects from the water for the first time, but they could not be confirmed as aircraft debris, said Australian rescue authorities Sunday as the search was stepped up.
7:24 pm
Chinese rescuers expanded their search area in the Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysia Airlines passenger jet on Sunday, from the key search sites designated by Australia.
6:54 pm
A new group of relatives of Chinese passengers on missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 arrived in Kuala Lumpur Sunday from Beijing, demanding more definite answers from the Malaysian side on the disappearance of the jet.
5:47 pm
The Malaysian government promised on Sunday to give detailed information on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to the relatives of Chinese passengers aboard the jetliner.
4:40 pm
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that his country is grateful for China's assistance to Canberra in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
3:59 pm
Malaysia Airlines said it will arrange trips to Perth for relatives of passengers of flight MH370 only once it has been authoritatively confirmed that the physical wreckage of the missing jet is found.
3:55 pm
A total of seven Chinese ships convened in waters west of Australia's Perth to coordinate their search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
2:00 pm
The critical step to search the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 at this moment is to confirm the place of debris, Australian search operation commander Peter Leavy said.
12:30 pm
A total of seven Chinese ships convened in waters west of Australia's Perth to coordinate their search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
10:20 am
Relatives of Chinese passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 arrived at the international airport near Kuala Lumpur. A high-level team from Malaysia met with families on March 29 afternoon.
9:35 am
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced that former Chief of the Defense Force Air Marshal Angus Houston will lead a new Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) that will be based in Perth to coordinate the government's support for the search of MH370.
6:45 am
The search activities for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will continue today, weather permitting, in an area about 1,850 kilometres west of Perth.
1:10 am
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has found nothing sinister in MH370 pilot Capt Zaharie Ahmad Shah's flight simulator, said acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein. - The Star
Mar 29
8:45 pm
Search activities for the missing Malaysian jet have concluded for March 29, after Chinese and Australian aircraft reported sighting multiple objects in a new search area in the southern Indian Ocean, the Australian maritime rescue authorities said.
8:40 pm
A Chinese warship has arrived in waters near the place where suspicious objects possibly related to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 were spotted by Chinese aircraft, but made no findings yet as of late March 29.
8:15 pm
Aircraft crews on March 29 reported further objects floating in the southern Indian Ocean during the second day searching a new area for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 as further ships arrived in the hope of retrieving the materials.
6:40 pm
The Australian government confirmed it had issued protocols on how to deal with possible aircraft debris to countries involved in the southern Indian Ocean search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
6:00 pm
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) ship HMAS Toowoomba departs Fleet Base West near Perth to join the international search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the Australian Defense Department announced on March 29.
5:30 pm
The Malaysian government is expected to appoint an international panel on aviation security along with a parliament select committee to probe overall airline safety, but it downplayed the issue of two passengers boarding MH370 on stolen passports, an official said.
5:00 pm
An Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P3 Orion touched down at Pearce Airbase outside Perth at 5 pm Beijing time, with weather again hampering efforts to identify possible debris from ill-fated flight MH370.
3:00 pm
A Chinese Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft spotted three suspicious objects in a new search waters in the Indian Ocean that is north to the previous area.
1:30 pm
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that at this stage, Australia is not considering the cost of the search operation of the missing Malaysia Airline MH370, saying Australia will do what needs to be done.
12:10 pm
As fresh objects spotted by planes off Australia's west coast reignited hope of breakthrough in searching the missing Malaysian jetliner, China has shifted its search effort north accordingly, with two vessels already in the new search zone by March 29 morning.
11:15 am
New Zealand Air Vice-Marshall Kevin Short said that the New Zealand Orion found a total of 11 objects during Friday's search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean, one of which looked like an orange buoy.
11:10 am
A device for locating the black box will be put onto an Australian navy ship searching for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott told media.
9:45 am
Today's weather is expected initially to be suitable for the searching of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, but conditions are likely to deteriorate later in the day, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said in its latest update on March 29.
9:30 am
A cluster of 11 white rectangular objects is sitting below water surface some 1,600 km west of Perth, Australia, New Zealand Air Force official told media on March 29.
Mar 28
9:30 pm
An Australian aircraft relocated the objects a plane from New Zealand detected earlier in the massive search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said.
8:55 pm
Five aircraft spotted multiple objects of various colors during search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Australian maritime authorities said.
7:50 pm
The Malaysian government has ordered the country's Attorney General to look into the legal implications of flight MH370, including possible claims of compensation, an official said on March 28.
7:20 pm
Aircraft crews reported first sightings of objects floating in the southern Indian Ocean after the Australian authorities moved the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to a whole new area.
7:10 pm
Refining the search area for MH370 continued with "unprecedented" resources concentrating on finding the debris spotted by satellites, an official said.
6:40 pm
A New Zealand air force P-3 Orion aircraft spotted objects in the search area west off Perth with identity to be established, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said on its Twitter.
6:00 pm
Chinese icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, continued its search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370, heading north to a new search area in the southern Indian Ocean designated by the Australian authorities.
2:00 pm
Australian search and rescue authorities moved the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to a whole new area Friday on a credible new lead that Prime Minister Tony Abbott vowed would be thoroughly investigated.
12:30 pm
Chinese Maritime Safety Administration patrol ship Haixun 01 is in the new search area following advice from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) , the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said in its latest update.
12:20 pm
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Malaysia Airlines Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said it was very difficult to break the devastating news of the loss of the aircraft, especially to a large number of family members of passengers and crew onboard MH370.
11:10 am
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that a new analysis of radar data has yielded a fresh lead on the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, resulting in a shift in the search area in the southern Indian Ocean.
11:05 am
New analysis of radar data on the flight path of MH370 is a credible new lead and will be thoroughly investigated, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot confirmed following the update from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
9:40 am
The search area for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has been updated after a new credible lead emerged, the Australian maritime rescue authorities said.
8:40 am
The international search and recovery operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 resumed, after being temporarily suspended due to bad weather a day earlier, the Australian maritime rescue authorities said.
March 27
7:26 pm
Chinese special envoy Zhang Yesui met with the relatives of MH370 passengers on Thursday as Malaysian officials increased their engagement with family members and reiterated their commitment to continuing the search for the missing plane.
5:25 pm
Thai satellite images have shown 300 floating objects in the southern Indian Ocean during a search for the missing Malaysian airliner, an official said. - AFP
4:30 pm
Royal Canadian Airforce Captain Mike MacSween has landed Australian P3 Orion at the Pearce Base, Perth of western Australia, at 4:30 pm due to bad weather.
3:30 pm
An Australian oceanographer is hopeful that scientists can calculate the presumed crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to within 10,000 square km in the southern Indian Ocean.
3:15 pm
Chinese special envoy Zhang Yesui met with relatives of Chinese passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
1:50 pm
Chinese insurance companies told Xinhua they have begun paying compensation to the families of passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
12:50 pm
The international search operation have been suspended due to bad weather. All planes are returning to Perth and ships are leaving search area, Australian Maritime Safety Authority said in Twitter post.
10:25 am
Preparations in the Western Australia state capital of Perth for the arrival of Chinese and other families of those on board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are "well in train," Perth Mayor Lisa Scaffidi told Xinhua.
10:20 am
An aviation lawyer said the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines plane MH370 proves airlines should be forced to stream flight information directly from their planes to ground bases.
6:45 am
The search and recovery operation for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 are underway on Thursday, with warning of bad weather later in the day.
5:55 am
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and his visiting British counterpart Philip Hammond said they can not rule out anything -- including terrorism -- yet on what happened to the missing Malaysian Airlines jetliner.
5:50 am
Director of US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) James Comey said the FBI technical team will be able to retrieve computer data "shortly" that were deleted from a home flight simulator by the pilot of the missing Malaysian Airlines jet MH 370.
March 26
9: 53 pm
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Tuesday his government would continue searching for the missing Malaysian jetliner. The search could take weeks or even months until fragments, debris or objects related to MH370 were found, which would confirm the flight ended in southern Indian Ocean, Najib told the Malaysian Parliament.
7: 42 pm
Australian maritime authorities said three objects were spotted in Wednesday's search of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 but none was relocated on further passes or distinctive of the missing jetliner.
6: 23 pm
Families of the people aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will be given free visas if they wish to come to Australia during the search and recovery operation, the immigration authority said Wednesday.
6: 14 pm
Highlights from today's press conference, according to Yahoo:
- New satellite images have spotted 122 objects.
- Australia has divided search area into east and west, 12 planes will search both areas.
- Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Malaysia has done an 'admirable job' coordinating 26 countries during the events of the past 17 days. "I think history will judge us well."
- Hishammuddin said MAS will continue to engage with families in China, Malaysians and people of other nationalities have lost their loved ones as well.
6: 10 pm
Chinese icebreaker Xuelong and warship Qiandaohu teamed up Wednesday to search for a 2-meter floating object an aircraft reported in the afternoon while searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
5:41 pm
Malaysia says 122 potential objects identified in search of MH370.
5:15 pm
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has written to his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak to express condolence on the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, local TV Channel NewsAsia reported.
5: 13 pm
Chinese special envoy Zhang Yesui met in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and called for unremitting efforts in searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
4:10 pm
Chinese warship Jinggangshan is cruising at full throttle toward the patch of the southern Indian Ocean where an intensive search is under way for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
4:00 pm
Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah sent separate messages of condolence to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak following the recent announcement that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had been lost in the southern Indian Ocean.
3:30 pm
Chinese warship Jinggangshan is cruising at full throttle toward the patch of the southern Indian Ocean where an intensive search is under way for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
2:00 pm
The state of Western Australia is expecting an influx of several hundred people when relatives of those aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 arrive for the aircraft recovery operation, Premier Colin Barnett said.
12:25 pm
Chinese special envoy Zhang Yesui met with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak for discussions over the matter of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
12:10 pm
Members of Australia's Parliament united in offering condolences to the families of those presumed to have died on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
12:05 pm
Three Chinese warships reached their target area some 1,100 nautical miles west of Perth to search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
10:10 am
Aircraft from six nations were taking off from the southwest Australian city of Perth in staggered schedule of departures to comb the southern Indian Ocean for signs of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
10:00 am
Four aircraft have flown into position in the southern Indian Ocean to search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Australian maritime authorities said.
8:50 am
Chinese icebreaker Xuelong on March 26 arrived in the area where Chinese airborne searchers spotted some suspicious objects on March 24.
8:45 am
A Chinese IL-76 aircraft reached the target area in the southern Indian Ocean on the morning and has begun searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
6:15 am
Chinese aircraft resumed search in the southern Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
5:30 am
The United States was approaching a British company for satellite data to conduct its own analysis in order to corroborate the company's conclusion that the missing Malaysian jetliner had "ended" or crashed in the Indian Ocean, the State Department said.
5:00 am
The search for any signs of the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft in the Australian Search and Rescue Region is set to resume around 8 am AEDT, the Australian Maritime Safety Authorities (AMSA).
0:05 am
China said it would send a special envoy to Kuala Lumpur to deal with the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and vowed to continue the search in targeted waters.
0:00 am
The cluster of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been sighted above a giant undersea chain of volcanoes whose complex terrain has barely been charted, an Australian marine geologist says. - The Sydney Morning Herald
March 25
9:45 pm
Chinese naval vessels continued to scour waters southwest of Sumatra on Tuesday, one day after Malaysia said missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 "ended" in the southern Indian Ocean.
9:25 pm
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday ordered relevant departments to urge the Malaysian side to provide detailed and accurate information about the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
8:10 pm
Malaysia's Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Tuesday that UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) provides further details as how the data is analysed.
7:06 pm
Malaysia pledged Tuesday to do "whatever it takes" to find the debris of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
6:37 pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered in The Hague Monday to send a special envoy to Kuala Lumpur to deal with the matter of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
5:30 pm
a news conference held in Kuala Lumpur
Highlights of the conference:
1. Malaysia will do "whatever it takes" to find the debris.
2. Malaysian minister said they will remain focused on narrowing the search area.
3. Satellite contact was lost sometime between 0011 GMT and 0115 GMT on March 8.
4. Search mission will focus on the southern part of the southern corridor.
5. A high-level Malaysian delegation is leaving for Beijing Tuesday.
3:33 pm
Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, chief executive officer of Malaysia Airlines, said that families would be brought to the recovery areas if they so wished, after the company received approval from the investigating authorities.
3:20 pm
The search for debris of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean, southwest Perth, was suspended on Tuesday due to bad weather.
2:34 pm
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's announcement that missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean is reality "we must accept," CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said.
Also speaking at a press conference, chairman Tan Sri Md Nor Yusof said analysis and "rational deduction" have led to the belief that there were no survivors on the plane, which disappeared in the early hours of March 8 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.
2:24 pm
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday on behalf of the Indonesian people extended his heartfelt condolence to the accident of Malaysian airline plane MH370 that crashed into southern Indian Ocean and killed all 239 people on board.
12:30 pm
The news conference on the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 25, 2014.
12:10 pm
The families of those lost in Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will be given every assistance by the Australian government to travel to Australia, if and when any wreckage is found, local media reported Tuesday.
Australian Defense Minister David Johnston told the Australia's Fairfax radio that the prime minister was concerned about those families and wanted to help them.
12:00 pm
Prime Minister Najib Razak addressed the Parliament called on members of the government and the Opposition not to politicise the issue of the missing plane.
"This is the time to show our solidarity with the families of those onboard. I plead to the government and the Opposition that in a crisis like this we have to show our sympathy to all parties involved. We have to show our maturity, love for the country and sensitivity to the families who are going through a difficult time. The government will do everything that we have to do with a full sense of duty."
The announcement was made last night to dispel the perception that Malaysia was withholding information.
Suggestions to mourn the loss of the crew and passengers include flying the national flag at half-mast, but Najib said it should be done only after wreckage is found.
Australian PM Tony Abbot informed Najib this morning that cooperation from Australia will continue until traces of the aircraft is found. Although the conditions in the southern Indian ocean are challenging, Malaysia will continue search operations as a commitment to the families of all those onboard MH370.
10:45 am
Bad weather and rough seas forced the suspension of the search for any wreckage of a missing Malaysian jetliner.
8:29 am
The United States is sending an undersea Navy drone capable of exploring waters nearly 15,000 feet deep to potentially help search for any sunken wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the Pentagon said.
March 24
11: 59 pm
"The investigation is being led by the Malaysian authorities. The AAIB will continue to provide any assistance in can to this international investigation," Sam Bond, an AAIB spokesperson, told the Global Times on March 24.
10: 20 pm
New analysis of statellite data suggested that the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 "ended" in the southern Indian Ocean, said Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Monday. - Xinhua
5:55 pm
Australian plane spots 'circular', 'rectangular' objects in sea while searching for missing jet.
5:35 pm
Suspicious objects announced by Australian PN to be reached in hours. - Malaysia
5:30 pm
Australian PM says new object located 2500 km off Perth. - ABC
4:55 pm
Evidence is mounting of a trail of possible wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 but nothing can be certain until searchers retrieve an object that provides incontrovertible proof, an Australian expert said.
4:05 pm
Australian aviation specialists said tests should be conducted on barnacles attached to any material recovered from debris spotted by Chinese aircraft searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
4:00 pm
A US P-8 aircraft was unable to locate the suspicious objects Chinese planes spotted earlier while searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the Australian Maritime Safety Authorities said in a tweet.
2:35 pm
A Chinese IL-76 aircraft landed at Perth airport after a sortie to search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 off Australia.
1:20 pm
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has been informed of the objects sighted by Chinese aircraft and attempts will be made to relocate the objects, official twitter of AMSA said.
1:05 pm
Australian maritime search authorities said Monday that a tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean will not affect the search for missing Malaysia Airways flight MH370.
12:55 pm
Chinese icebreaker Xuelong has changed course towards an area where Chinese aircraft in search of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 spotted some suspicious objects.
12:00 pm
The crew of a Chinese IL-76 plane spotted some suspicious objects in the southern Indian Ocean while searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 off Australia.
10:55 am
Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said that the latest lead provided by French satellite pointed to a "different location to those released by China and Australia" previously.
9:50 am
The US Pacific Command has ordered the Pacific Fleet to move a black box locator into the region where an intensive search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is under way.
9:35 am
A Chinese IL-76 aircraft flew into position off Australia and has started searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
8:35 am
The crew of a Chinese IL-76 aircraft communicated in flight with icebreaker Xuelong over their joint mission of searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
8:00 am
Australia's maritime search and rescue agency said they were expanding the area to be covered in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean.
6:00 am
France will mobilize further satellite means in a bid to help finding missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 after its satellite images showed "floating debris" in the southern Indian Ocean, the country's Foreign Affairs Ministry said.
0:25 am
Malaysia received new satellite images from French authorities showing possible debris from missing jetliner MH370, the Malaysian Transport Ministry said.
10: 53 pm
Australian search and rescue officials on Sunday ended another fruitless day searching the southern Indian Ocean for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 as new satellite photos showing objects in the water came to light. - Xinhua
6:15 pm
Two Japanese P3 Orion military aircrafts arrived in the Pearce airbase near Perth Sunday afternoon to assist the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
6:10 pm
Malaysia received new satellite images from the French authorities showing objects along the southern corridor missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 might have taken, according to a statement of Malaysian Ministry of Transport.
2:30 pm
Eight aircraft were involved in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean, said Australian authorities.
The search, focused on finding a 22-meter-long object spotted by a Chinese satellite, has zeroed in on two areas about 2,500 km southwest Australian port city of Perth, said the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).
1:30 pm
Visual search continued for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the sea area where suspicious objects had been spotted by satellite images, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said.
1:00 pm
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said there is "increasing hope" of finding wreckage from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
12:00 pm
Inclement weather is expected to impact the intensifying search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, according to latest information from Australian meteorological authorities.
9:40 am
The international search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been expanded to cover a total of 59,000 square km in the southern Indian Ocean, Australia's maritime rescue agency announced.
9:30 am
An international search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Sunday began its fourth day covering an expansive area in the southern Indian Ocean.
8:30 am
Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from the Chinese Air Force left Malaysia on March 22 for Australia to join the search in the southern Indian Ocean. With Australian and New Zealand airforce P3 Orions limited by the vast distances and their dependence on infrared imaging, the Chinese IL-76 will be a welcome relief to the authorities here as the challenges of the task at hand begin to overwhelm available resources.
8:00 am
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that small pieces of debris were spotted in the southern Indian Ocean, but he added cautiously that it was too early to confirm their linkage to the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight.
7:15 am
Australia's maritime search and rescue agency was recalibrating the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 according to the possible identification of wreckage in Chinese satellite photos.
6:50 am
A new satellite photo was released on March 22, bringing new hope to find the missing Malaysian flight MH370. But old doubt lingers on why this new photo again being released four days after its was taken.
John Blaxland, a senior fellow with the Australian National University's Strategic and Defense Center, ruled out any conspiracy theory based on the time lag, saying satellite photos are never instantanous.
March 22
11:40 pm
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said it will take into account the latest satellite image provided by the Chinese government when planning Sunday's search.
9:15 pm
The object spotted by a Chinese satellite may be a wing of an airliner, John Blaxland, a senior fellow from Australian National University (ANU) said in a telephone interview with Xinhua.
8:00 pm
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said China had informed Malaysia and Australia soon after a Chinese satellite spotted a large object possibly related to missing flight MH370.
6:00 pm
China has informed Malaysia of satellite imagery that shows a 22-meter-wide, 30-meter-long object in the southern Indian Ocean, Malaysia's acting transport minister said.
5:50 pm
A Chinese satellite imagery shows a 22-meter-long, 13-meter-wide object in the southern Indian Ocean, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) said.
China, India and several other countries along the northern corridor missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 might have taken have reported no sighting of the ill-fated plane, a senior official said.
5:30 pm
Australian Airforce search planea return to Pearce Air Force base after searching for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said Saturday that so far no sightings have been reported, and that the current search area was identified based on satellite images provided by the Australia Geospatial-Intelligence Organization (AGO) and has been expanded to 36,000 square kilometers.
5:00 pm
The Indian government told Malaysian investigators it has found no evidence that the missing Malaysia jet flew through its airspace, local media reported.
12:30 pm
Australian airforce Group Captain Craig Heap traveling with Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said that two Chinese aircraft would start the search operation on March 23 and the Chinese assets have very good visual search capability.
12:20 pm
The suspicious objects spotted on satellite in the southern Indian Ocean remain "the best lead" in the massive search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Australia's acting prime minister said.
12:10 pm
Four Chinese vessels have finished searching for the missing Malaysian jet in the south task area and will move towards the southern Indian Sea. At the moment, "Haixun 01" and "Nanhaijiu 101" arrived at the Southern Indian Sea while "Haixun 31" and "Nanhaijiu 115" turned around and raced to the area.
10:30 am
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said that so far no sightings have been reported, and that the current search area was identified based on satellite images provided by the Australia Geospatial-Intelligence Organization (AGO) and has been expanded to 36,000 square kilometers.
9:40 am
Swire Seabed, a Bergen-based Norwegian company involved in the search of a missing Air France jetliner years back, said it is ready to join a similar hunt aimed at locating the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
8:00 am
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has tasked three RAAF P3 Orion aircraft, a New Zealand P3 RAAF Orion aircraft and two ultra long range commercial jets to search a 36,000 square kilometre area about 2500 kilometres south-west of Perth.
5:40 am
Search operations in the Southern Indian Ocean for a missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft resumed, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) announced, saying that the current search area, about 2,500 kilometers southwest of Australia, was identified based on satellite data
1:00 am
The final 54 minutes of communication between the cockpit of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 and ground has revealed two odd points, the British daily Telegraph said.
"The first was a message delivered by the cockpit at 1:07 am, saying that the plane was flying at a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet. This message was unnecessary at it repeated a call that had already been delivered six minutes earlier," the paper said, claiming it has obtained the full communication record of the missing flight.
The other odd point was that the plane lost communications and turned away from its planned course to Beijing at the exact moment when the air traffic control was handed over from Kuala Lumpur of Malaysia to Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam, leading to suspicion that it was a deliberate act.
March 21
10:20 pm
The Chinese embassy in Australia sent a special emergency unit to the western city of Perth, which will work with the Chinese consulate-general to cooperate with the Australian side to search the missing Malaysian flight MH370.
10:00 pm
Chinese scientists have successfully retrieved samples from the seabed of China's polymetallic sulphide exploration contract area in southwest Indian Ocean.
8:00 pm
The searching for objects possibly related to the missing Malaysian Airlines flight has changed from radar detection to visual sightings, Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said.
6:45 pm
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority search operation for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has concluded for today without any sightings.
6:10 pm
The lead Royal Australian Air force (RAAF) search plane has returned from the remote Southern Ocean with a squadron captain reporting no trace or possible sightings of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370.
5:30 pm
Malaysia is awaiting information from Australia as to whether the objects shown in the satellite images are related to the missing flight MH370, while the search and rescue operations in the rest of the southern and northern corridors are underway, Malaysian officials said.
5:10 pm
China is in close communication with Australia on the search for the missing MH370 plane, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a daily press briefing.
5:00 pm
China's oceanic administration said icebreaker Xuelong is heading for the southern Indian Ocean to search for wreckage from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
4:00 pm
China's oceanic administration set up a working group to manage icebreaker Xuelong's search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
Xuelong(Snow Dragon) is set to head for the southern Indian Ocean before 6 pm local time from the western Australian port of Fremantle, where it arrived to resupply on morning.
10:30 am
Chinese icebreaker Xuelong is set to head for the southern Indian Ocean to search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
10:20 am
Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), the coordinating organization in the operation of searching missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, released the timetable for five aircraft involved in the search.
9:00 am
A spokesman of the US Defense Department reaffirmed that the US will continue with full effort to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner.
8:00 am
Upon commands of the Central Military Commission, the aircraft, two IL-76 transport planes and a Yun-8 cargo plane, took off from south China's Sanya airport at about 8 am, said People's Liberation Army Air Force spokesman Shen Jinke.
Mar 20
2:00 pm
Four aircraft have been deployed to locate the floating objects in southern Indian Ocean, approximately 2,500 km southwest of Perth, in possible connection with a missing Malaysian jetliner, according to Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).
1:40 pm
A reporter on board a US P-8 aircraft searching for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 said that the crew have picked up radar signals of a large object in the Indian Ocean possibly linked to the missing plane.
1:15 pm
The radar of a US navy P-8 plane has detected a large object possibly linked to the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight in the southern Indian Ocean, said a reporter on the plane via his Twitter account.
12:55 pm
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said that two objects possibly related to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight have been spotted, with the large one about 24 meters long.
12:35 pm
Australia says suspicious objects large in size, location consistent with search route.
Australia says extremely difficult to locate objects possibly related to MH370.
Australia sends more ships, planes to locate objects possibly related to MH370.
12:15 pm
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Thursday that an Australian air force Orion has been diverted to locate the objects related to the search for MH370 and is expected to arrive in the area shortly.
11:50 am
A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P3 Orion has been dispatched by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)'s Rescue Coordination Centre Australia ( RCC Australia) after AMSA reported two objects possibly connected to the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370.
11:20 am
Australian PM Tony Abbott announced that objects possibly related to the search for the missing Malaysian flight MH370 had been found in the southern Indian Ocean.
10:15 am
At today's press conference, Malaysia's acting Minister of Transport Hishammuddin Hussein said his country has gathered satellite and radar information from countries along broad arcs that travel north and south along paths the plane may have taken.
9:04 am
Looking at multiple "handshakes" between the Inmarsat satellite and the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 could help plot the aircraft's trajectory before it disappeared, The Washington Post reported.
7:41 am
US President Barack Obama said the US has put "every resource" available to help in the search efforts for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner.
1:41 am
India will resume search for Malaysian jetliner MH370 by redeploying its P-8I long-range maritime surveillance and C-130J "Super Hercules" planes for surveys over southern Indian Ocean from March 20, said local daily Times of India.
1:00 am
German insurer giant Allianz has started payments on claims related to the missing MH370, a spokesman of the company confirmed.
Mar 19
8:09 pm
Investigators have discovered the runways of five airports near the Indian Ocean loaded into Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah's home-made flight simulator.
6:09 pm
So far, no trace of missing flight MH370 entering Chinese territory or airspace has been found, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
5:53 pm
Highlights from today's press conference, according to Yahoo:
- Log data deleted from the pilot's flight simulator on Febuary 3, forensic work is being done to retrieve data. All remain innocent until proven guilty.
- All 26 countries have verbally agreed to assist operation. Malaysia has written to all formally.
- Confirmed received radar data from other countries but cannot reveal as it is 'sensitive'.
- In Maldives sightings, Malaysia's Chief of Defence Forces has contacted counterpart in Maldives. Sightings confirmed untrue.
- No additional waypoint on MH370's flight plan. Normal routine to Beijing.
- All passengers, crew and ground staff being investigated.
- High-level team to go to Beijing to brief family on search and rescue. Team includes representatives from PM's Office, Foreign Affairs Ministry, DCA and MAS.
4:05 pm
Thai radar picked up an "unknown aircraft" minutes after flight MH370 last transmitted its location but officials failed to report the findings earlier as the plane was not considered a threat, the air force said.
12:19 pm
The search for the missing Malaysian airlines flight has shifted to a tiny Indian Ocean island in the Maldives while aviation security officials insisted no clues have been found so far.
10:27 am
Despite 26 countries now taking part in the search and rescue effort, the task remains daunting. The search area is wider than ever before, spanning an estimated 2.24 million square nautical miles.
7:32 am
Australia continued to coordinate a search in the southern Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority' s (AMSA) Rescue Coordination Center Australia (RCC Australia) confirmed.
5:14 am
Asked about the notion that the plane could have landed at Diego Garcia, the US military base in the central Indian Ocean, Press Secretary of the White House James Carney was dismissive: I'll rule that one out.
3:46 am
Maldives island residents saw "low flying plane" of the morning of disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Maldivian news website Haveeru reported.
Mar 18
11:24 pm
China will expand its search efforts for missing Malaysia flight MH370 to waters southeast of the Bay of Bengal and west of Indonesia, covering an area of 300,000 square kilometers.
9:53 pm
Officials on the remote Indian islands of Andaman in southeastern Bay of Bengal are skeptical about resuming search for a missing Malsysian jetliner by Indian military and Coast Guard, three days after the search in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal was called off at the request of Malaysia.
9:29 pm
The Chinese navy has shifted the focus of the search for flight MH370 westward and increased area under scrutiny six fold, an official said Tuesday.
8:42 pm
China has deployed more than ten vessels and 21 satellites to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner with 239 people on board, including 154 Chinese.
8:17 pm
The aerial search for missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight has been hampered by refusal from Indonesia to let planes overfly their territory.
6:24 pm
Highlights from today's press conference, according to Yahoo:
- MAS says aircraft transponder switched off at 1:21am
- Search area is now a massive 2.2 mil square nautical miles (7.5mil sq km, about the size of Australia), all countries requested to relook radar and satellite data to narrow search area.
- Minister Hishamuddin Hussein confirmed that primary radar data from other countries shared but did not mention which countries.
- Malaysian military radar to be upgraded later because "interest of the passengers and plane has been placed above national security".
- MAS says it has given sufficient information and care to all the family members in Beijing and will look into any threat of a 'hunger strike' among them immediately.
- Hishammuddin rejected claims that Malaysia was a 'den for terrorists', calling them baseless allegations.
- Foreign Minister Anifah Aman says there is no need to contact Iran, as thorough investigation (on the two Iranian passengers) has already been conducted by Malaysia.
- On whether Anwar Ibrahim will be called in for investigations (over links between him and the pilot), Hishamuddin said 'we did not bring this up' and names the UK's Daily Mail and CNN for bringing up the issue of politics. 'This issue is above politics," he said.
There was also a bizarre question from a foreign reporter asking Hishammuddin to confirm if he was PM Najib Razak's cousin and if he was protected. This was his answer: "I can confirm here that I am Najib's cousin and I don't know what i'm supposed to be protected from!".
3:41 pm
China's largest rescue vessel, Haixun 01, headed toward Singapore to join in the search for MH370.
2:22 pm
Australia's maritime safety agency said today it had sharply reduced its search for the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 jetliner to a 600,000 sq km corridor in the southern Indian Ocean, the Malaysian Insider reported.
11:11 am
Police investigations into the pilot and co-pilot of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have not turned up any red flags in their backgrounds, according to the The Wall Street Journal.
11:04 am
Background check on all passengers from Chinese mainland aboard the missing MH370 did not find any evidence that they might have hijacked or launched terror attack on the jet, Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Huang Huikang said
9:12 am
A US Navy vessel has been detached from the multinational massive search efforts of a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, the US Navy's 7th Fleet confirmed.
8:20 am
A New Zealand air force P3 Orion aircraft is headed to Australia to help search the Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysian MH370 flight, the New Zealand government announced.
1:12 am
The armed forces of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will take part in the search operations for the Malaysian Airlines passenger plane, which went missing ten days ago, a source at the general headquarters of the UAE army said.
12:16 am
With ten Chinese vessels on standby for further instructions, China was readjusting its search efforts for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet and would not give up a gleam of hope, according to Chinese officials.
Mar 17
10:45 pm
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday asked Malaysia to provide more detailed data and information about missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in a timely, accurate and comprehensive manner.
8:36 pm
Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev said Monday that his country is ready to assist Malaysia in search of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
7:22 pm
Ten Chinese vessels are on standby for further instructions as the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet continues. Eight vessels are on call over the Gulf of Thailand, while the other two are in waters near Singapore, according to He Jianzhong, director of the China Maritime Search and Rescue Center.
6:32 pm
Highlights from from press conference at 5:30pm according to Yahoo:
- Last words from cockpit - 'Alright, good night' was said by the co-pilot.
- Last ACARS transmission at 1:07 am. Next signal due 30 minutes later but did not happen. ACARS could have been switched off between this time.
- Plane was carrying three to four tonnes of mangosteen in cargo, no hazardous cargo.
- On a news report that plane flew at 5,000 feet to avoid radar, MAS says 'it did not come from us'.
- Pilots flew as assigned by roster, no swap.
- Two Malaysian ships and a helicopter have been deployed.
- MAS now on 'code tango' - a heightened security code that looks at all possible security shortcomings.
- Defence and Acting Transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein denied that Malaysia was not working closely with the FBI, saying he has been working with them 'since day one'.
- Why only two corridors? Calculations done based on minimum and maximum speed of plane. On the northern corridor plane could have reached laos at minimum speed or the edge of the caspian sea at maximum speed.
On the southern corridor, plane could have reached east of Sumatra at minimum speed and south of the Indian Ocean at maximum speed.
2:44 pm
Highlights from a press statement by the Malaysian Transport Ministry, according to Yahoo:
- The Royal Malaysian Navy and the Royal Malaysian Air Force will deploy their assets to the southern corridor.
- The Foreign Affairs Ministry has sent diplomatic notes to all countries along the northern and southern corridors requesting for:
1) Radar and satellite information
2) Land, sea and aerial search operations
3) Search and rescue action plans for relevant countries
4) Details of any information required from Malaysia
- Police are investigating crew and passengers of MH370 as well as all ground staff handling the aircraft.
- Countries involved in search and rescue are: Malaysia, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, China, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Turkmenistan, UAE, UK, US, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.
1:14 pm
Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid said that India had not got any indications as yet while reports said that missing Malaysian jet MH370 was headed for a 9/11 style attack on India, local media CNN-IBN reported.
12:50 pm
The last words from the cockpit of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 - "all right, good night" - were uttered after someone on board had already begun disabling one of the plane's automatic tracking systems, a senior Malaysian official said.
8:52 am
Australia will do what it can in the future to assist Malaysia to locate the missing flight in whatever state it is in, Defence Minister David Johnston said.
4:07 am
France is concerned with the ongoing search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370 and confirmed its assistance to Malaysia authorities on this subject, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said.
Mar 16
11:15 pm
Pakistan said Sunday that its radar has no information about the missing Malaysian passenger plane, but the country is ready to share any information if it is available.
8:50 pm
Two Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF) AP-3C Orion aircraft will continue to support the Malaysian to coordinate the search for the missing flight MH370 in the extended new area, Chief of the Defense Force General David Hurley said in Canberra.
6:30 pm
Police have visited pilot and co-pilot homes, Malaysian Transport and Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said, adding both of them did not ask to fly together.
6:11 pm
The search operation has entered a new phase and the search area has been significantly expanded, now involving 25 countries, Malaysian Acting Transportation Miniser Hishammuddin Hussein said.
4:22 pm
The Malaysian government is currently consulting with officials from different nations in their continuing search efforts for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet in Kuala Lumpur.
According to those in attendance at the high-level meeting, diplomats from China, Uzbekistan, Kirghizstan, Turkmenistan and Vietnam joined officials from Malaysia Airlines, Japan's Self-Defense Forces and international emergency assistance team in discussions to recalibrate strategies for follow-up rescue work.
3:38 pm
India's military said that its navy had not detected any sign of the missing jet even after scouring the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal for three days.
12:26 pm
Malaysian authorities have refocused investigation on the crew and passengers of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet after the plane was thought to be diverted deliberately.
5:58 am
Indian air traffic control experts rule out possibility of missing Malaysian jet entering Indian airspace.
1:01 am
The Mail online reported that Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah was an 'obsessive' supporter of Malaysia's opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim. And hours before the doomed flight left Kuala Lumpur it is understood 53-year-old Shah attended a controversial trial in which Ibrahim was jailed for five years.
Mar 15
9:04 pm
A senior police official has told Reuters that police have begun searching the home of the pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight. It comes after Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak confirmed that the plane likely deviated deliberately from its assigned flight path.
6:06 pm
China urged Malaysia to continue providing more "thorough and correct information" about missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
5:20 pm
Vietnam has decided to end the search mission for a missing Malaysian jet, a senior military officer said at Vietnam's National Committee for Search and Rescue.
4:41 pm
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said that investigators have evidence that the missing jet's communications were deliberately disabled and it turned back from its route to Beijing.
4:01 pm
Chinese vessels continued their search for the missing Malaysian airliner MH370, with two of them heading for the Strait of Malacca.
3:05 pm
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said that no conclusive evidence shows missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was hijacked.
12:30 pm
An unspecified Malaysian official was quoted as saying that investigators conclude that missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was hijacked.
11:41 am
A classified analysis of electronic and satellite data, conducted by the United States and Malaysian governments, calculates that the missing Malaysia airplane Flight 370 likely crashed either in the Indian Ocean, or in the Bay of Bengal, according to a CNN report on Friday.
11:38 am
Inmarsat, a British satellite telecommunications company, said on Friday that its network had received signals from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
11:06 am
India has intensified its search operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 passenger jet by scouring the uninhabited islands in Andaman and Nicobar, Indian officials said.
5:41 am
A US Navy vessel and a surveillance aircraft have been en route to an expanded search area for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, including the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, a Pentagon spokesman said.
12:51 am
India widened the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines jet to the Bay of Bengal off its southeast coast, following reports that the plane could have flown over the area after losing contact with ground control.
Mar 14
9:29 pm
A Chinese patrol ship is heading for the Strait of Malacca to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, authorities said.
8:25 pm
China again urged Malaysia to take the lead in coordinating international search efforts for missing flight MH370.
7:05 pm
Vietnamese aircraft have carried out 52 flights in an effort to locate the Malaysian airplane that vanished since March 8.
6:04 pm
Singapore is stepping up efforts to help Malaysia in its search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane MH370, said Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen.
4:16 pm
South Korea has decided to send two military aircraft to take part in the expanding international search and rescue operations for the missing Malaysian airplane, South Korea's foreign ministry said.
2:45 pm
Though it is fully aware of various on-going media speculations, Malaysia Airlines has " nothing further to add to the information" they have already provided, according to its latest statement.
1:46 pm
Vietnam extended their sea search to two new areas off the southern coast as rescue efforts for the vanished Malaysian Airlines flight reached nearly a week, Xinhua learned from local officials.
1:15 pm
Chinese researchers have detected a "seafloor event" near the waters between Malaysia and Vietnam, an area suspected to be linked with the missing Malaysian jetliner MH370, a university announced.
12:00 pm
Eight Chinese vessels continued their search for a missing Malaysian airliner in the Gulf of Thailand, combing a total of 34,000 square km.
11:19 am
Western media reports began to suggest the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 could be a "deliberate act" rather than a catastrophic failure as the possible whereabouts of the missing jetliner still remained a mystery.
11:04 am
China's joint working group has met with Malaysian civil aviation authorities, and urged them to be more transparent and release more authoritative information in a timely manner.
5:41 am
The White House said that search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 might be expanding to the Indian Ocean based on new but inconclusive information about the aircraft.
5:39 am
Boeing said a new US directive that warns of a "cracking" problem on Boeing 777 airplanes did not apply to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Mar 13
11:57 pm
China has vowed not to give up its efforts in searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight with 154 Chinese aboard after six days of futile efforts.
9:47 pm
Pakistan says it is ready to extend help in search and rescue operation for the missing Malaysian passenger plane.
8:34 pm
Vietnam is asked by the Malaysian side to assist search in waters off the Malaysian coast, a Vietnamese official said on Thursday over the upcoming search plan for the missing Malaysian jet.
6:56 pm
The Thai navy's patrol aircraft began to search the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand for the Malaysia Airline plane, but found no trace of it as yet.
6:25 pm
In today's press conference, acting Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein said that the Chinese ambassador to Malaysia has confirmed that the release of Chinese satellite imagery of alleged MH370 debris was 'an accident' and 'a personal behaviour' which is now under investigation.
5:57 pm
Malaysian Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein denied reports that its missing airliner continued flying for four hours after last contact, adding the last transmission from flight MH370 was at 1: 07 am, which indicated everything was normal.
2:49 pm
American investigators suspect that flight MH370 had stayed in the air for about four hours past the time it reached its last confirmed location, the Wall Street Journal reported.
2:53 pm
Aircraft and vessels sent out by Vietnam have found no debris in the waters where Chinese satellites spotted three floating objects in the hunt for the missing Malaysian airlines flight, Vietnamese Deputy Transport Minister Pham Quy Tieu said.
2:05 pm
Malaysia Airlines has retired the missing jetliner's flight code as a sign of respect to the 239 passengers and crew on board.
12:51 pm
Malaysian police searched the homes of the crew members of flight MH370 as they pursue the sabotage angle, a local Malay-language daily reported.
12:07 pm
Vietnam said the area where Chinese satellite images show what might be debris from MH370 has been thoroughly searched in recent days.
12:07 pm
Chinese forces, including eight vessels and five helicopters, will cover 19,768 square km of waters on March 13 in search of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
10:51 am
China will not give up its efforts in searching for the flight with 154 Chinese aboard "as long as there is a glimmer of hope," Premier Li Keqiang said.
10:42 am
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had warned of a "cracking" problem on Boeing 777 airplanes, just days before the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 went missing.
10:40 am
Malaysia's Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the country has dispatched an aircraft to the site where Chinese satellites photographed three "suspected floating objects" in the search for the missing Malaysia passenger jet.
8:35 am
Malaysia Airlines released a statement saying the claims that some families of the passengers on the missing flight MH370 were flown to India instead of Malaysia "is not true."
7:01 am
American officials said US satellites have not detected any sign of a mid-air explosion, AFP reported. "If they had picked up something (by satellite), our ships would have been sent to that spot."
6:15 am
An image taken by a Chinese satellite shows a possible crash site of MH370, according to the Associated Press. Three objects sized 13m x 18m, 14m x 19m and 24m x 22m were spotted in the South China Sea.
1:19 am
A group of Chinese and Malaysian officials have met in Beijing to discuss the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.
Mar 12
11:41 pm
China has sent more vessels and expanded the searching area for the missing flight that carried 154 Chinese passengers, hoping to find some traces.
10:35 pm
China has requested Malaysia to verify rumors that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 may have turned back from its scheduled course before vanishing.
9:35 pm
Searches stretching into the fifth day by the Vietnamese government and civilians failed to uncover any clues to the fate of the missing Malaysian jet liner, officials said.
8:40 pm
The primary focus at this point is to speed up the search-and-rescue and investigation of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, Guo Shaochun, the head of a Chinese joint working group in charge of the incident said.
6:55 pm
China urged Malaysia to coordinate international search and rescue efforts and speed up the search for missing Malaysia Air flight MH370.
5:42 pm
China sent a third military aircraft to help search for the missing Malaysian plane as the search range expanded to land areas.
5:18 pm
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has moved its search and rescue teams to the Andaman Sea to the south of Thailand to continue search for for the missing flight MH370, Malaysian official said.
4:04 pm
"Alright, good night" has been reported to be the last words from MH370. Malaysian officials revealed the details during a meeting with families of the missing passengers in Beijing, according to ifeng.com.
3:56 pm
Japan decided to send four planes of its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to help search for the missing plane, according to local media.
2:39 pm
A senior Malaysia Airlines' executive said that the airline has "no reason to believe" that any actions by the crew caused the disappearance of a jetliner, Reuters reported.
1:41 pm
Malaysia Airlines said that 115 family members of the passengers on its missing flight MH370 have arrived in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia.
10:44 am
Australia released the names of six Australian passengers among the 239 people on board a missing Malaysia Airlines flight.
10:20 am
Vietnam is scaling back the search for MH370 in Vietnam waters, Reuters reported. Its deputy transport minister said they have plans to search with a few flights today but have suspended other activities.
10:15 am
The Chinese government says it has been making every possible effort to locate missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang said that a working group from China handling the situation in Kuala Lumpur has urged the Malaysian side once again to accelerate its search and rescue work.
9:45 am
Malaysia's air force chief has denied saying military radar had tracked the lost passenger jet turning back and flying to the Straits of Malacca. The statement had been reported by a local Malay-language daily.
7:42 am
Malaysia Airlines said they can not confirm a report that the co-pilot of its missing flight had invited two women into the cockpit two years ago.
7:18 am
The missing flight sent at least two bursts of technical data back to the airline before it disappeared, according to the New Scientist magazine. However, MAS has not revealed if it has learnt anything from the data.
6:12 am
France is ready to offer assistance to Malaysian authorities to investigate the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370, French Foreign Ministry said.
5:36 am
The missing of a Malaysia Airlines flight was not likely caused by a terrorist attack, Interpol chief said.
1:34 am
Indian Navy on patrol in the Malacca Straits are joining the search and rescue operations for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 that has been missing since Saturday, reported local daily Times Now.
Mar 11
11:21 pm
China has made great efforts to search and rescue the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 with almost two-thirds of the passengers from China, however no solid clues have been found so far.
10:20 pm
Japan would dispatch Air Self- Defense Force (ASDF) transport aircraft to join international massive hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, local media reported.
9:46 pm
Vietnam has widened the search for the missing Malaysian jetliner to the further east and west of the Gulf of Thailand.
9:23 pm
Chinese scientists have found three spots containing oil slicks they think might be related to missing flight MH370 as the multi-country hunt for the aircraft continues.
8:45 pm
12th statement by Malaysia Airlines says 4 passengers did not check in for flight MH370 despite having valid booking, clarifying an earlier rumor stating that 5 people had checked in but did not board.
7:21 pm
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has extended to land, and latest maintenance checks showed the aircraft had no safety concerns, said the airline.
6:29 pm
Interpol has identified second passenger who used stolen passport to board MH370, according to Yahoo. He is also an Iranian, named Delavar Syed Mohammad Reza, born on September 21, 1984.
6:13 pm
The Chinese air force sent two military aircraft on Tuesday to reinforce the search for the missing Beijing-bound Malaysian plane, according to the Ministry of National Defense.
5:28 pm
Iran will follow up the case of two Iranians who reportedly were on missing Malaysian flight with fake passports, Iranian spokeswoman said.
3:42 pm
Taiwan authorities have sent a warship, transport plane and patrol ships to the search area for the missing Malaysian airliner.
3:23 pm
Malaysian police said that a man travelling on a stolen passport on the missing Malaysian jet was a young Iranian named Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad who is not believed to have terrorist links, BBC reported.
3:02 pm
Chinese Embassy in Malaysia said the Malaysia has dismissed media reports that hijacking, mid-air disintegration and radar malfuctioning led to the mising of MH 370 flight.
1:38 pm
Search and rescue efforts for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane have been expanded beyond the flight path and the focus now is "on the West Peninsular of Malaysia at the Straits of Malacca," the airline said in its latest statement.
12:33 pm
The Malaysia Airlines aircraft that vanished on its way to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur underwent maintenance about two weeks ago, with no safety problems found, the carrier announced.
11:21 am
A second Chinese naval vessel cruised into position and joined the international massive hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
11:15 am
"The search and rescue teams (SAR) have expanded the scope beyond the flight path to the West Peninsular of Malaysia at the Straits of Malacca. The authorities are looking at a possibility of an attempt made by MH370 to turn back to Subang. All angles are being looked at. We are not ruling out any possibilities," The Malaysian Flight said in its 11th statement.
11:15 am
According to CNN report, Thai police said the tickets had been purchased by an Iranian man for two friends he said wanted to go home to Europe.
10:20 am
The chances of locating the missing Malaysia Airlines passenger plane are remote, but Vietnam is to further extend the search area in cooperation with other involved countries, the chief coordinator of Vietnam's search and rescue mission said.
10:17 am
The first batch of family members of the passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 arrived in Kuala Lumpur from Beijing.
8:42 am
A New Zealand air force P3 Orion aircraft is en route to join the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced.
6:06 am
Search teams had found no trace of a missing Malaysian jetliner almost three days after it lost contact with air traffic control, a senior Vietnamese official said.
5:01 am
The US Navy said it has dispatched one more Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to join the multinational search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane.
1:25 am
Vietnam's search and rescue teams will move the focus of their search toward the eastern part of the air route of the missing Malaysian jetliner, a Vietnamese army officer was quoted by state-run news agency VNA as saying.
Mar 10
11:28 pm
Chinese warship Mianyang arrived in the search area for the missing Malaysian airliner and started its mission, with three more, including the Jinggangshan, on the way.
10:50 pm
The pilot of a Hong Kong-Kuala Lumpur flight spotted what was described as large debris in Vietnamese waters and he reported the sighting to Hong Kong civil aviation authorities on March 10.
10:42 pm
Chinese working group has arrived in Kuala Lumpur to assist with MH370 search operations and help families of passengers.
10:30 pm
A spokesperson of Malaysia Airlines has said Beijing office will give family members of missing passengers 31,000 yuan each. Airline says money is not compensation.
9:39 pm
China has adjusted the operations of orbiting satellites to help in the search of the missing flight MH370, according to a website run by the People's Liberation Army.
9:14 pm
The Ministry of Public Security said that aside from two passengers reported earlier to have used stolen European passports, no others on the missing Malaysian plane used false passports to board.
8:19 pm
Vietnamese navy ship salvaged a floating lifeboat-like object on March 10 but confirmed it had nothing to do with a missing Malaysian plane.
7:04 pm
Malaysian Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said one of the two passengers using stolen passports has been identified, based on CCTV footage at KLIA. Khalid confirmed the man wasn't Malaysian or from Xinjiang, China.
6:54 pm
Tests on a sample of the oil slick found off the Kelantan coast reveal that it was not from the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight.
5:07 pm
Vietnam has confirmed the "yellow object" is not a life raft of the missing MH370.
Around 5:00 pm
Vietnam has confirmed the "yellow object" is not a life raft of the missing MH370, according to Reuters.
Around 4:10 pm
India announced it is ready to offer help to hunt a Malaysian Airlines flight which went missing more than two days ago over the South China Sea.
4:00pm
1. Vietnam is sending aircraft to check up if a lifeboat-like floating object found at sea comes from the missing Malaysian Airlines jet.
2. A press conference is held by the Department of Civil Aviation of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia. Malaysia has yet to verify reports that Vietnamese rescue planes had spotted a part of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet with 239 people on board, Director General of the Department of Civil Aviation of Malaysia Azharuddin Abdul Rahman told the press conference.
Rahman said at present 34 aircraft and 40 ships from different countries including China, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the United States, Thailand, Australia, the Philippines, are participating in the search and rescue over a wide area.
12:00 pm
The Malaysia Airlines held press conference and announced that:
1. Malaysian aviation official didn't confirm that passengers with stolen passports have Asian features.
2. Malaysian aviation official has said that 5 passengers did not board MH370 and all baggages were thoroughly checked and removed.
3. Malaysian aviation official has said that samples from the oil slicks have been taken for tests but no results have been released yet.
4. Reports of a Vietnam ship spotting parts of the aircraft have been investigated and have not proved credible.
11:20 am
Vietnamese marine police aircraft searching for the missing Malaysian jet spotted an orange floating object at sea on March 10.
At around 11:20 am, Vietnamese marine police aircraft spotted the object at 074730 North (Longitude) and 1025712 East (Latitude), some 177 km southwest of Vietnam's Tho Chu Island, VNExpress online newspaper said.
10:00 am
Malaysia Airlines' primary focus at this point is to care for the families of passengers of the missing MH370 flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, the company said in its 9th statement.
Around 9:00 am
The Chinese government sent a working group in the morning to Malaysia for handling the aftermath of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight.
According to earlier report, the 13-member group is composed of officials with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
Around 3:50 am
Chinese warship Mianyang has arrived at the waters suspected to be the site of the missing Beijing-bound Malaysian jetliner, military sources said.
Mar 9
In the night:
China's rescue vessels South China Sea Rescue 101, South China Sea Rescue 115 and South China Sea Rescue 101 has set off and will arrive at the possible crash site respectively on March 10 and March 11 night to join the salvage mission for missing flight MH370.
8:00 pm
No information has been confirmed so far to suggest terrorism is behind the loss of contact with Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, said the carrier in Beijing.
7:00 pm
No information has been confirmed so far to suggest terrorism is behind the loss of contact with Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, still unlocated as of Sunday evening, said the carrier in Beijing.
Around 5:00 pm
Singaporean vessels searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines passenger plane have found some suspicious floating objects, Vietnamese official media outlets reported.
5:00 pm
Amphibious landing ship Kunlunshan has set off from Zhanjiang port, with a 50-strong Marine Corps as well as assault boats and rubber dinghies aboard, and rushed to the waters where a missing Malaysian plane may be located, according to a statement released by the Chinese navy.