Saturday, march 8'th:
- Malaysia Airlines MH370 departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 00:41 on Saturday (16:41 GMT Friday)and was due to arrive in Beijing at 06:30.
- Malaysia Airlines lost contact with the plane one and two hours after departure. No mayday or distress signal was transmitted from the plane, weather was good.
- The last contact with the plane was 120 nautical miles of the east coast the Malaysian coast city Kota Bharu.
- Vietnamese aviation authorities confirms that the MH370 didn't confirm their entry into the airspace between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City at 01:21 (1 hour and 20 minutes after departure).
- Flightsurveillance site flightaware.com is showing the plane fly in the northeast direction over Malaysia, after departure it shows data of the plane climb to 35.000 feet, a minute after it disappears while it's still climbing.
- Malaysian search and rescue ships find no parts or debris from the plane at the last known location.
- Two men from Austria and Italy, whom were listed as passengers on that flight identify themselves as alive and say that their passports were stolen.
Sunday, march 9'th:
- Malaysian airlines fears the worst, and is cooperating with an American company specialized in emergency search and rescue.
- Evidence of radar data shows signs of a possibility that the plane have turned around before it disappeared.
- Malaysian search and rescue expand searches to the west coast of Malaysia.
- Interpol confirms that the two stolen passports are registered in their database as stolen, and were used by two passengers on board.
- Malaysian state news agency quotes Minister for Home Affairs Ahmad Zahid Hamidi that the two passengers that traveled with stolen passes were from Asia.
- A source from a security agency states to the news agency Reuters that the Malaysian authorities focus on investigating on the theory of the plane "exploding in the air".
Monday, march 10'th:
- American spy satellites provide proof that show no sign of explosions in the air during the time.
- Multiple ships and airplanes from 7 countries search around the sea of Malaysia and south Vietnam.
- Chief of Malaysian airforce says that a hijack scenario can't be disclosed.
- Malaysian Airlines stocks drops to a historical low.
- The one of the passengers that traveled with a stolen pas is identified to be non-malaysian.
- Oilspot, which was thought to be from the MH370 was in fact not from the plane, but from ships.
- China criticizes Malaysia for the poor effort in the investigation.
Tuesday, march 11'th:
- China sends 10 satellites in the air to search for the airplane.
- Ground search and rescue on the Malaysian west coast and north of Sumatra has begun.
- Vietnam asks fishermen to fish for everything else but fish.
- Interpol identifies the two men that traveled with a stolen passport and say that it's not likely a terror attack. The two guys were from Iran.
- Malaysian authorities say that the two men were immigrants trying to apply for asylum.
- There's been data reports on the plane that it turned 180 degrees, lost a bit of altitude while flying several hundreds kilometers back over the Strait of Malacca, west for Malaysia. The data reports comes from a source in the Malaysian military.
Wednesday, march 12'th:
- The Malaysian military say that they have not spotted the plane in the Strait of Malacca.
- Information has surfaced that one of the pilots - Fariq Abdul Hamid - earlier on has made himself unfortunately known by breaking rules and regulations at the airline company. A couple of years ago, he invited two females into the cockpit were they smoked.
- Malaysian Airlines say that there's no reason to believe that the crew on board were the cause of the accident.
- Malaysia asks India to help in the investigation.
Source: Reuters and AFP.