
UPDATE [12.35pm]: Reports of an object spotted  by the Vietnamese, believed to be a door of the aircraft, on Sunday were  not officially verified by Vietnam officials, the Department of Civil  Aviation said. No debris has been seen after 60 hours. 
Representatives  from the US National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) and the UK Air  Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) are in Malaysia. 
UPDATE  [11.50am]: Vietnamese searchers say they cannot find the rectangle  object - thought to be one of the doors of MH370 - that was spotted on  Sunday afternoon.
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UPDATE  [10.40am]: Malaysia Airlines has given initial financial assistance to  all families 'over and above their basic needs', it said in a statement  this morning. More families expected in KL today. The airline will  provide the families travel facilities, accommodation, meals, medical  and emotional support.
 
UPDATE [9.30am]:  Authorities will investigate why immigration officers at the Kuala  Lumpur International Airport had no questions about Italian and Austrian  passengers with Asian facial features, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi  said. 
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UPDATE  [8:11am]: A video clip of a man dialing the number of his elder brother  was shown on a Beijing Television's news bulletin. The call got  connected, but no one picked up. He made the phone call three times. 
 Full story here.UPDATE [7.35am]: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has  sent samples of an oil slick found in the South China Sea, about 100  nautical miles from the Tok Bali Beach, Kelantan, to the Chemistry  Department in Petaling Jaya. The result of the analysis is expected to  be known tomorrow (Monday) afternoon. 
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 The 20 employees of Freescale Semiconductor who were on the MH370  flight 'were people with a lot of experience and technical background',  says Mitch Haws, vice president, global communications and investor  relations for Freescale Semiconductor. "It's definitely a loss for the  company," he adds. 
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 UPDATE [4.46am]: French accident board BEA offers help in recovering  missing flight MH370. There was a similar case in 2009 where Air France  Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris vanished in a storm. 
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 UPDATE [3.11am]: Thai police are investigating a 'passport ring' in  Phuket, as details emerged of bookings made in Thailand with stolen  European passports for the vanished Malaysia Airlines flight. Each  ticket cost THB 20,215 (RM 2,036). 
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 UPDATE [1.17am]: Interpol confirmed that at least two passports -  Austrian and Italian – recorded in its Stolen and Lost Travel Documents  (SLTD) database were used by passengers on board missing Malaysia  Airlines flight MH 370. 
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 UPDATE [12:40am]: Vietnamese authorities believe that the piece of  debris spotted off the country's waters may be a door from the flight  MH370. 
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   UPDATE [11:00pm]: Vietnamese media is quoting search and rescue  officials as being 'surprised' at how tight-lipped the Malaysian  government is. According to VN Express, Vietnam's Chief of Air  Administration Lai Xuan Thanh says they are receiving very little  information from Malaysian partners, with most updates coming from  international media. 
 
 UPDATE [10:49pm]:  Sources say authorities are investigating a possible mid-air  disintegration, due to the lack of debris from MH370. 
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 What we know as of 9.44pm, 9 March 2014: 
Search and rescue operations: 1. A Vietnam rescue plane has 
detected two objects that look like debris. However, MAS has not received any confirmation. 
 2. Vietnam, China, Singapore, United States, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Australia are assisting in the search. 
 3. Search radius is 50 nautical miles (93km), involving 34 aircraft and  40 ships. Malaysia also searching the Straits of Malacca due to reports  that 
MH370 turned back. 
 4. No signal from the plane's Emergency Locator Transmittor (ELT). 
 5. The US 
sent two naval ships and an aircraft equipped with long-range radar. 
 6. Malaysian submaries 
will not be deployed as they are not 'equipped for search and rescue'. 
 7. 
No sign of wreckage found till now. 
 8. Malaysia's Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) will be searching for MH370 
off the coast of Kelantan. 
Technical investigations still ongoing: 1. No signal from the plane's 
Emergency Locator Transmittor (ELT). 
 2. 
Oil slicks were spotted in the area, but Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein 
does not confirm if it came from the plane. 
More pictures here. 
 3. The yellow 'suspicious floating objects' near Tho Chu islet 
is unrelated to MH370, confirmed by Vietnamese media. 
 4. A portion of the aircraft wingtip 
was fixed by Boeing and was certified safe to fly. They dismissed the possibility of a technical problem and any form of threat prior to this. 
 5. An aviation lawyer said that the plane 
might have broken up due to lack of pressurisation or electrical failure. 
 6. Associated Press ran a 
detailed analysis of possible reasons behind the disappearance. 
 7. PM Najib said that satelite imagery cannot be used as it cannot detect anything below the water surface. 
 8. The flight was piloted by 
Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 53, with total flying hours of 18,365 hours. First officer, Fariq Ab.Hamid, 27, has a total flying hours of 2,763 hours. 
 9. The Vietnam Emergency Rescue Center found a signal of the missing plane at 9.50am, 8
th March, 120 miles South West of Ca Mau cape, the Southern-most point of Vietnam. 
 10. MAS Operations Control Vice President Fuad Sharuji said the aircraft was 
carrying 7.5 hours of fuel at the time of its disappearance (2.40am). 
 11. Retired American Airlines Capt. Jim Tilmon said the route taken by  the aircraft had plenty of antennae, radar and radios for contact, and  the plane was 'as sophisticated as any commercial airplane could  possibly be with an excellent safety record'. 
Situation in Malaysia: 1. PM Najib Razak says KLIA security protocols 
will be reviewed and improved if necessary. 
 2. Transport for family members of MH370 passengers from Beijing and other countries to Kuala Lumpur will be arranged by MAS. 
 3. The internet is ablaze with concerned netizens expressing their views. 
 4. Families of passengers in Malaysia 
will be flown to the crash site, according to MAS. 
 5. The Department of Civil Aviation's director-general Datuk Azharuddin  Abdul Rahman said the airport authorities have examined security  footage of the passengers and the baggage, 
and he is satisfied. 
 6. 38 Malaysians were on-board MH370, including about 
20 top management staff from Freescale Semiconductor. 
 7. The niece of Kuching police chief ACP Roslan Bek Ahmad 
was a passenger on MH370. 
 8. Malaysia Airlines says all other flights will proceed as usual, for now. 
 9. Politician Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin 
was slammed for an insensitive tweet about a 'new Bermuda triangle'. 
Missing passports and possible terror links: 1. The 
two people (not four as 
previously reported) who traveled on MH370 under stolen passports had 
bought their tickets together. 
 2. Malaysia is 
working with the FBI on possible terror links to the MH370 disappearance. 
 3. 
 MH370 Full passenger list here  .
Source: http://my.news.yahoo.com/mas-aircraft-goes-missing--says-airline-023820132.html
   
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