A Malaysia Airlines flight with 227 passengers on board has gone missing – and a search and rescue team has been deployed to locate the aircraft, a spokeswoman has confirmed to ABC News.
The Beijing-bound flight departed Kuala Lumpur at 12:55 a.m., and was scheduled to land in Beijing at 6:30 a.m., the airline said. It went missing two hours into the flight.
The airline said there are 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members on board the Boeing 777-200 aircraft.
Malaysia Airlines said 13 different nationalities are on board the missing flight.
“We deeply regret that we have lost all contacts with flight MH370,” the airline’s chief executive officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said statement on Facebook.
“Malaysia Airlines is currently working with the authorities who have activated their Search and Rescue team to locate the aircraft,” Yahya said. “Our team is currently calling the next-of-kin of passengers and crew.”
In a statement on Twitter, Boeing said it was watching the situation closely.
h/t – abcnews
