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This Day in History: Malaysia Airlines Flight Vanishes With More Than 200 People

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This Day in History: Malaysia Airlines Flight Vanishes With More Than 200 People

This Day in History: Malaysia Airlines Flight Vanishes With More Than 200 People

This Day in History:, Malaysia Airlines Flight Vanishes With More Than 200 People Aboard.

March 8, 2014.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 had 239 people aboard when the flight lost contact with air traffic control.

The Boeing 777 disappeared on route to Beijing Capital International Airport less than an hour after takeoff.

The mysterious disappearance of the flight prompted extensive, coordinated international investigations.

Satellite transmissions revealed the flight had veered off course, operating on autopilot for several hours.

Theories of what caused the disappearance abounded, including terrorism and oxygen deprivation.

All those aboard the doomed flight are presumed dead.

Exactly what happened to the Malaysian airliner remains a mystery


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Malaysia may renew the search for MH370 a decade after the flight disappeared [Video]

Malaysia may renew the search for MH370 a decade after the flight disappeared

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Malaysia says MH370 search must go on, 10 years after plane vanished | Oneindia News [Video]

Malaysia says MH370 search must go on, 10 years after plane vanished | Oneindia News

Malaysia is advocating for a fresh search effort to locate Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the country's transport minister announced on Sunday, ahead of the impending 10th anniversary of the aircraft's disappearance. The mystery surrounding Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board, persists since it vanished while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014. #MH370 #MalaysiaAirlines #aviationmystery #searchcontinues #10years #flightdisappearance #OceanInfinity #searchefforts #aviationsafety #airlinetragedy #rememberingMH370 #neverforget #aviationinvestigation #airlinesecurity #missingplane #aviationnews #aviationhistory #Malaysia #flightMH370 #airlinedisappearance ~HT.178~PR.152~ED.194~GR.123~

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Another Boeing Flight Experiences Mid-Flight Tire Issue [Video]

Another Boeing Flight Experiences Mid-Flight Tire Issue

Another Boeing Flight , Experiences Mid-Flight Tire Issue. NBC reports that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating yet another Boeing mishap, this time involving an American Airlines flight. On March 13, a Boeing 777 landed after it "blew a tire during take off" from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, according to the FAA. American Airlines, the flight's operator, said that no tire was blown, adding that the pilot was aware that the pressure was low in one of the aircraft's tires. The aircraft taxied to the gate under its own power and customers deplaned normally, American Airlines statement, via NBC. LAX confirmed that the flight landed safely without incident. The news comes after another incident involving a Boeing aircraft just last week. In that incident a tire flew off of a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 shortly after takeoff, prompting an emergency landing. At the time, United said that the Boeing 777-200 is “designed to land safely with missing or damaged tires" as it has “six tires on each of its two main landing gear struts.”. NBC reports that these incidents follow a major January 5 mishap involving a door panel blowing off of a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane operated by Alaska Airlines. . In response to that incident, the FAA grounded all Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft in the U.S and ordered increased oversight of Boeing aircraft production.

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United Airlines plane loses tyre during takeoff [Video]

United Airlines plane loses tyre during takeoff

The Boeing 777 plane was able to make a safe emergency landing.

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