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Malaysia Airlines flight 370

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing lost contact with air control and went missing more than a hour after it took off in the early hours of Saturday, March 8, 2014. The incident triggered an unprecedented international search and rescue operation that spanned from the southern Indian Ocean to Central Asia and involved more than two dozen countries.

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9 September, 2024

Malaysia Airlines flight 370

Malaysia agrees to resume search for missing flight MH370

Malaysia’s cabinet has agreed in principle to an offer from Ocean Infinity to a ‘no find, no fee’ search deal, the transport minister says.

‘Crisis of confidence’: Malaysia Airlines under scrutiny amid safety concerns

CEO says Malaysia Airlines seeking to move past MH370 crisis, rebuild trust

‘I don’t want to give them false hope’: Anwar tempers MH370 search expectations

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said a decision on resuming search for the wreckage would be taken soon, but relatives of the missing should not expect any breakthroughs.

10 years on, what ever happened to Malaysia Airlines flight MH370?

In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we reflect on renewed hope for the resumption of a search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 a decade after its mysterious disappearance.

Opinion | Can Malaysia’s MH370 aircraft still be found, 10 years after it disappeared?

Previous searches in the Indian Ocean did not locate any wreckage, although several pieces of debris have washed up over the years.

Flight MH370 10 years on: Malaysians unite in grief to remember the 239 on board

Malaysian authorities have promised to embark on a third search for the missing plane after two previous failed attempts.

Why China’s MH370 families are still searching for the missing a decade on

For those left behind, the need to find their children, grandchildren and parents is as urgent as ever.

Editorial | Closure has no price for MH370 families

Ten years after the Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went off radar screens and disappeared, relatives of the 239 aboard still do not know what happened.

‘No find, no fee’: 10 years on, Malaysia seeks to revive search for MH370 jet

Malaysia is set to offer US deep-sea explorer Ocean Infinity a deal to restart the search on a ‘no-find, no-fee’ basis, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said.

MH370: 10 years on, Malaysia’s call for real-time plane tracking still unheeded

Malaysian air crash investigators proposed early on for commercial aircraft to be outfitted with real-time tracking systems to help planes in distress.

A decade after MH370 disappeared, planes still at risk of vanishing off the map

Ten years after MH370, an industry-wide push to rule out a similar case has been stymied by bureaucracy, financial pressure, and a debate about who should have ultimate control of the cockpit.

‘Girl math’, MH370 jokes: Singapore’s biggest social media stories of 2023

Singapore may be small, but its capacity for online drama is surprisingly huge. Read on for the year’s biggest social media stories to set tongues wagging in the city state.

China’s hypersonic flight engine, renewed MH370 search calls: SCMP’s 7 highlights

From China keeping its distance from a growing Russia-North Korea alignment to Singapore’s major stories of 2023, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

China’s MH370 families urge new search after experts stir hopes of finding plane

French aviation insiders say their research shows renewed hunt could quickly find Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared nearly a decade ago, prompting relatives of missing Chinese passengers to call for more efforts.

Experts claim missing MH370 flight could be found in ‘days’ with new search

Aerospace expert Jean-Luc Marchand and pilot Patrick Blelly have called for a new search based on revelations about the fate of the flight.

How barnacles could help solve the mystery of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

Studying the barnacles on a piece of plane debris could help investigators finally figure out where the ill-fated flight crashed.

‘Crossing the line’: Jocelyn Chia saga shows limits of Asia’s sense of humour

From India to Singapore, some comics say the business of humour is an increasingly risky one, as the line separating ‘offensive’ and ‘illegal’ becomes blurred.

Jocelyn Chia taunts Malaysia over plane joke again as she revels in infamy

The Singapore-born comic, whose gag about the missing plane enraged the Southeast Asian, thanked Malaysians for putting her in the spotlight.

Who is Jocelyn Chia, the controversial Singaporean comedian wanted by Malaysia?

Some jokes just don’t land: New York-based comedian Jocelyn Chia has been the centre of global attention after her controversial joke about the missing Malaysia Airlines plane – so who is she exactly?

Malaysia police ‘to seek Interpol help’ over comedian Jocelyn Chia’s MH370 joke

As row into Singapore-born Chia’s quip about the missing flight refuses to die down, police chief says international help will be sought in quest to locate her.

Under-fire comedian says not ‘cancelled’ by Instagram over Malaysia plane joke

Chia, whose skit at a New York comedy club sparked fierce backlash from Malaysians, said her account got suspended for ‘impersonating a celebrity’.

Envoy says comedian ‘not Singaporean’ as Malaysia rages at MH370 joke

The city state’s high commissioner in Kuala Lumpur apologised to Malaysians for Chia’s ‘hurtful remarks’ made at a New York comedy club in a bid to put an end to the simmering controversy.

‘This joke kills’: Singaporean comic enrages Malaysia with MH370 gag

Malaysian social media erupted in fury at Jocelyn Chia’s skit, performed at a New York comedy club and uploaded to TikTok and Instagram, in which she joked about the missing plane and said ‘f*** you Malaysia’.

How 2012 shark movie Bait 3D became a monster hit at the Chinese box office

Bait 3D, an Australia-Singapore co-production, is a basic shark-attack film that flopped at the Australian box office but was a huge success in China, helped by its action, 3D shots and lack of politics.

Review | MH370: The Plane That Disappeared – riveting if predictable Netflix series

When Malaysia flight MH370 mysteriously disappeared in 2014, it set off a global media circus, and nine years later, the Netflix miniseries explores various theories, but ultimately comes up with nothing new.

Malaysia’s MH370: 9 years on, families urge new search for missing plane

Relatives of passengers say seabed exploration firm hopes to embark on another quest to solve the tragic mystery.

China tests plane-tracking satellite that could prevent another MH370 tragedy

Beihang Kongshi 1 satellite can update an aircraft’s status about twice as fast as US technology. It could allow airlines to locate planes from space.