Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was a scheduled passenger flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing that disappeared on March 8, 2014. It is presumed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean.

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Malaysia Airlines: Malaysia Airlines is the flag carrier of Malaysia, headquartered in Kuala Lumpur. The airline operated Flight 370 and managed the response to its disappearance.
Inmarsat: Inmarsat is a satellite communications company whose network serves mobile users, including aircraft. Its satellite ground station recorded hourly signals exchanged with Flight 370.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 search: The Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 search is the multinational effort to locate the aircraft and investigate its disappearance. Its changing search areas reflect successive analyses of radar, satellite, and ocean evidence.
MH370 final flight path: The MH370 final flight path is the aircraft’s reconstructed route after it left its planned Kuala Lumpur–Beijing track. Radar and satellite evidence constrain the route, but its precise turns and timing remain uncertain.
Boeing 777: The Boeing 777 is a family of wide-body, twin-engine jet airliners developed by Boeing. Flight 370 used a Boeing 777-200ER, whose systems and performance shaped the search.
Satellite communication: Satellite communication transmits information between ground stations and users through orbiting satellites. The aircraft’s satellite link continued after other communications ceased.
Debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 consists of aircraft pieces found along western Indian Ocean shores and at sea. Confirmed and probable fragments established that the aircraft broke apart over the Indian Ocean.
Pilot suicide hypothesis: The pilot suicide hypothesis proposes that a pilot deliberately caused an aircraft’s destruction. It is one proposed explanation for the unexplained course changes, but no conclusive evidence establishes it.
Kuala Lumpur International Airport: Kuala Lumpur International Airport is Malaysia’s principal international airport, located south of Kuala Lumpur. Flight 370 departed from this airport for Beijing.
Satellite phone handshake: A satellite handshake is an automatic exchange that establishes or maintains a communication link between equipment and a satellite network. Timing and frequency shifts in these exchanges helped estimate Flight 370’s distance and direction.