Washington, Mar. 08 (ANI): A passenger jet carrying 239 people that reportedly lost contact with Malaysian Airlines is said to have crashed into the ocean, Vietnam media revealed.
Navy Admiral Ngo Van Phat, Commander of the Region 5, was quoted by Tuoi Tre, a leading daily in Vietnam, saying that the military radar recorded that the plane crashed into the sea at a location 153 miles South of Phu Quoc island.
The Vietnam Emergency Rescue Center announced that it found signal of the missing plane120 miles South West of Ca Mau cape, the Southern-most point of Vietnam.
The signal is believed to be the ELT (Emergency Locator Transmittor) , which can be activated manually by the flight crew or automatically upon impact.
Flight MH 370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing had lost contact with the Subang Air Traffic Control at about 2:40 a.m. local time and was suspected to have run out of fuel.
Malaysia Airlines Vice President of Operations Control, Fuad Sharuji, said that they had no idea where the aircraft was, adding that they had tried to call through various means, but to no avail, CNN reports.
The airline said that the Boeing 777-200 departed Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 12:41 a.m. and was expected to land in Beijing at 6:30 a.m., and included 277 passengers, two infants, and 12 crew members.
Meanwhile, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency said that the flight lost contact and its radar signal as it was flying over the Ho Chi Minh air traffic control area in Vietnam.
Retired American Airlines Capt. Jim Tilmon said that the plane was about as sophisticated as any commercial airplane could possibly be, with an excellent safety record, the report added. (ANI)
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