MH370

April 20, 2016

Plane wreckage pieces confirmed to be from missing MH370

The two pieces of debris recovered from beaches in Mozambique — one found in December and the other in February – came from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370, Australian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester said Tuesday local time.

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March 6, 2016

Remembering MH-370 victims two years after disappearance

Two years since Malaysia Airlines flight MH-370 disappeared, relatives of the victims gathered for a commemoration. The memorial comes just days after debris, suspected of belonging to the ill-fated plane, was found off the coast of Mozambique. CCTV’s Rian Maelzer reports from Kuala Lumpur.

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August 7, 2015

Quick or slow with MH370 news, Malaysia finds criticism

Malaysia was intensely criticized early in the Flight 370 mystery for failing to quickly disclose that its military radar had picked up an unidentified aircraft the night the Boeing 777 disappeared. Now its reticence has given way to what looks like haste — compared to […]

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August 3, 2015

Reunion Island residents search for more debris

Reunion is a tiny island in the Indian Ocean, where thanks to a discovery of plane parts from a Boeing 777 on a beach there, Reunion is now on the global stage. Municipal workers are playing a key role in the search for more debris.

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July 31, 2015

7 things you probably don’t know about Reunion Island

We can admit it: We’d never heard of the island where a piece of an airline wing that could likely be that of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 was found on Thursday — roughly 3,500 nautical miles away from MH370’s last contact. Here’s what […]

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July 31, 2015

Searchers scour Reunion’s shoreline for debris

The wing fragment found on the French island of Reunion was wrapped and ready to be loaded Friday on a cargo flight for the mainland, where experts are hoping to unlock the mystery of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

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December 23, 2014

Year In Review: MH 370

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, or MH370, with 239 people on board, went missing less than an hour after it took off from Kuala Lumpur on March 8th. So began the largest and most expensive search in aviation history, but there is still no confirmation of […]

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December 12, 2014

Malaysia to ease visas for Chinese tourists

It was supposed to be a banner year for Malaysia’s tourism industry, the Visit Malaysia Year 2014 promotion. But it turned out to be a year that tourist arrivals dropped following the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, and shooting down of MH17 over Ukraine. […]

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October 24, 2014

Search for missing flight MH370 continues using most advanced sonar

Australian and Malaysian officials met for two days of discussions in Kuala Lumpur to set procedures for potential recovery of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 that disappeared en route to Beijing on March 8. Australian officials said they are currently using the best sonar technology available […]

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October 6, 2014

First of three ships restarts search for MH370

It’s been more than four months since the air, sea, and underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was suspended, after authorities concluded that what they had hoped were pings or signals from the plane’s black boxes were in fact yet another false […]

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July 29, 2014

Air chiefs discuss risks of flying over war zones

Officials from four international aviation bodies have met to discuss the risks to civilian aircraft in war zones, in the wake of the shot-down Malaysia Airlines flight 17. The event, hosted by the International Civil Aviation Organization, in Montreal, included representatives from air carriers, airports […]

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July 20, 2014

Malaysia airline families hit hard by twin tragedies

With the tragic losses of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and the disappearance of flight MH370, the airline is struggling. More importantly, it has taken a toll on the airline’s staff. Many have lost friends and in some cases loved ones on the two flights. CCTV’s Rian […]

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June 26, 2014

Australia announces new search area for #MH370

Australia has announced a new search area for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight #MH370. The area will be the focus of future search efforts and is based on the findings of an expert satellite working group. The group has reviewed all existing information to define a […]

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Search for MH370 Continues
May 29, 2014

Search Area for MH370 “can now be discounted.”

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss on Thursday (May 29) said officials remained confident the missing Malaysia Airlines jet is somewhere in southern Indian Ocean despite searchers saying wreckage was not on the seabed in the area they had identified. “The Australian Transport Safety Bureau […]

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May 28, 2014

British Satellite Company Releases Raw Data from MH370

The satellite data used to narrow down the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has now been made public after demands from the families of those on board. The release, by the British satellite company Inmarsat, comes 80 days after the Boeing 777 vanished […]

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MH370 Data Released
May 27, 2014

Malaysia and Inmarsat Release Data Used to Trace MH370

Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation and British satellite firm Inmarsat on Tuesday (May 27) released the data used to determine the path of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, following mounting calls from passengers’ relatives for greater transparency.

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May 2, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Family Support Center In Beijing Closes

New anguish and despair for relatives of passengers on board Malaysia Airlines flight 370. The family support center in Beijing was closed on Friday night following the announcements by the Malaysian authorities and Malaysia airlines. CCTV’s reporter Teressa Siu reports on family reactions from Beijing.

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