• A vendor prepares newspapers leading with Saturday’s missing Malaysian Airlines plane, in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. An international fleet of planes and ships scouted the waters between Malaysia and Vietnam for any clues to the fate of the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777, which disappeared less than an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing. Lai Seng Sin / AP Photo
    A vendor prepares newspapers leading with Saturday’s missing Malaysian Airlines plane, in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. An international fleet of planes and ships scouted the waters between Malaysia and Vietnam for any clues to the fate of the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777, which disappeared less than an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing. Lai Seng Sin / AP Photo
  • Malaysian Airlines Group chief executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahya checks his mobile phone outside a press conference room near the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang. Mohd Rasfan / AFP Photo
    Malaysian Airlines Group chief executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahya checks his mobile phone outside a press conference room near the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang. Mohd Rasfan / AFP Photo
  • Arni Marlina, 36, a family member of a passenger on-board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, cries at a hotel in Putrajaya. Malaysian authorities are investigating the identities of four passengers on the flight. Samsul Said / Reuters
    Arni Marlina, 36, a family member of a passenger on-board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, cries at a hotel in Putrajaya. Malaysian authorities are investigating the identities of four passengers on the flight. Samsul Said / Reuters
  • A Chinese relative of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane cries as she leaves a hotel room for relatives or friends of passengers aboard the missing plane. Andy Wong / AP Photo
    A Chinese relative of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane cries as she leaves a hotel room for relatives or friends of passengers aboard the missing plane. Andy Wong / AP Photo
  • A Chinese relative is escorted by a woman while leaving a hotel room for relatives or friends of passengers. Andy Wong / AP Photo
    A Chinese relative is escorted by a woman while leaving a hotel room for relatives or friends of passengers. Andy Wong / AP Photo
  • Hugh Dunleavy, second left, and Ignatius Ong, second right from Malaysia Airlines speak during a press conference in Beijing, China. ChinaFotoPress / ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images
    Hugh Dunleavy, second left, and Ignatius Ong, second right from Malaysia Airlines speak during a press conference in Beijing, China. ChinaFotoPress / ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images
  • Malaysia Airlines Commercial Director Hugh Dunleavy, centre. The jet was last inspected 10 days ago and found to be “in proper condition”. Jason Lee / Reuters
    Malaysia Airlines Commercial Director Hugh Dunleavy, centre. The jet was last inspected 10 days ago and found to be “in proper condition”. Jason Lee / Reuters
  • A Vietnamese Air Force officer in a search and rescue aircraft takes notes as he searches for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, 250km from Vietnam and 190km from Malaysia. Reuters
    A Vietnamese Air Force officer in a search and rescue aircraft takes notes as he searches for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, 250km from Vietnam and 190km from Malaysia. Reuters
  • An aerial view of what is believed to be an oil slick taken from a Vietnamese Air Force aircraft stretching a length of about 80km in the sea off the Vietnamese coast. EPA
    An aerial view of what is believed to be an oil slick taken from a Vietnamese Air Force aircraft stretching a length of about 80km in the sea off the Vietnamese coast. EPA
  • Rescue workers from a Buddhist organisation pray during multi-religion mass prayers for the passengers of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. Edgar Su / Reuters
    Rescue workers from a Buddhist organisation pray during multi-religion mass prayers for the passengers of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. Edgar Su / Reuters
  • A Vietnam Coastguard search and rescue ship is seen before its departure into the South China Sea. Nguyen Phuong Linh / Reuters
    A Vietnam Coastguard search and rescue ship is seen before its departure into the South China Sea. Nguyen Phuong Linh / Reuters
  • A military aircraft, left, taxis on the runway in hazy weather at the Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City. Reuters
    A military aircraft, left, taxis on the runway in hazy weather at the Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City. Reuters
  • A military aircraft lands in hazy weather at the Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City after its search and rescue mission. Reuters
    A military aircraft lands in hazy weather at the Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City after its search and rescue mission. Reuters
  • A handout picture provided by Petrotimes shows military personnel inside a Vietnamese Air Force plane during search and rescue operation. EPA
    A handout picture provided by Petrotimes shows military personnel inside a Vietnamese Air Force plane during search and rescue operation. EPA

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In pictures: Search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370

Rob Gurdebeke

March 09, 2014

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A massive international sea has so far turned up no trace of the plane, which lost contact with the ground when the weather was fine, the plane was already cruising and the pilots didn’t send a distress signal — unusual circumstance for a modern jetliner operated by a professional airline to crash.

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