Malaysia Airlines 'loses contact with plane carrying 239 people'

This is not good at all. A Malaysia
Airlines Boeing 777-200 carrying 239
people lost contact over the South
China Sea on a flight from Kuala Lumpur
to Beijing, raising fears that the plane
might have plunged into the pacific
ocean.
The plane, carrying 227 passengers and
12 crew members, lost communication
two hours into the flight in Vietnam's
airspace at 1.20am local time, China's
official Xinhua News Agency reports.
The aircraft left Kuala Lumpur for
Beijing 12: 11 am on Friday and had
been expected to arrive China at 6:30
am but lost contact with traffic
controllers over the South China Sea
between Malaysia and Vietnam.
Passengers were from 14 countries,
including 153 from China, 38 from
Malaysia, seven Australians and four
Americans.
Search & rescue have begun and
families and next of kin of passengers
and crew have been notified. The last
time a plane went missing like this, the
plane, an Air France aircraft, was
eventually found in the Atlantic Ocean,
resulting in the deaths of 228 people.
This was in 2009. This is not good.