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Reports from China's Xinhua news agency say the plane was lost in airspace controlled by Vietnam.
The aircraft did not enter airspace controlled by China and did not make contact with Chinese controllers, Xinhua said.
A report on a Chinese TV network, citing the microblogging website Weibo, said 160 Chinese nationals were on board the flight.
Distressed family members of those on board the flight have also been gathering at Beijing airport.
Chang Ken Fei, a Malaysian waiting at the airport for friends to arrive, said: "I got here at 7:00am. At first I thought the plane was just delayed as normal, so I came a bit later, I've just been waiting and waiting."
"I asked them what was going on but they just tell us, 'we don't know'."
If the plane is found to have crashed, the loss would mark the second fatal accident involving a Boeing 777 in less than a year, after an unblemished safety record since the jet entered service in 1995.
Last year, an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crash landed in San Francisco, killing three passengers.
Boeing said it was aware of reports that the Malaysia Airlines plane was missing and was monitoring the situation but had no further comment.
Among previous accidents involving Malaysia Airlines planes, one of the smaller Twin Otter aircraft crashed upon landing in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo island last October, killing a co-pilot and a passenger.
And a jet crashed in 1977 in southern Malaysia, killing all 93 passengers and seven crew.
Malaysia Airlines has still not been able to confirm what happened to the flight. The airline has confirmed that there were 4 Americans — 3 adults and one infant — aboard the flight, which also carried Canadians and Australians, and a majority of Chinese and Malay passengers.
Malaysia Airlines lost contact with a commercial aircraft bound from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China, the airline reported Saturday morning.
Flight MH370, a Boeing 777-200ER that was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members, was scheduled to land at 6:30 a.m., but lost contact with air traffic control at 2:40 a.m. on March 8. Its whereabouts are unknown.
At 7:24 a.m. local time, the airline posted a message to its Facebook page stating it was working with local search and rescue authorities to find the aircraft, and that it would continue to provide updates. It encouraged the public to contact a number provided for information.
A search for the flight on FlightAware.com showed its status as "result unknown" and included a map that depicted its partially completed route.
Reports from China's Xinhua news agency say the plane was lost in airspace controlled by Vietnam.
The aircraft did not enter airspace controlled by China and did not make contact with Chinese controllers, Xinhua said.
A report on a Chinese TV network, citing the microblogging website Weibo, said 160 Chinese nationals were on board the flight.
Distressed family members of those on board the flight have also been gathering at Beijing airport.
Chang Ken Fei, a Malaysian waiting at the airport for friends to arrive, said: "I got here at 7:00am. At first I thought the plane was just delayed as normal, so I came a bit later, I've just been waiting and waiting."
"I asked them what was going on but they just tell us, 'we don't know'."
If the plane is found to have crashed, the loss would mark the second fatal accident involving a Boeing 777 in less than a year, after an unblemished safety record since the jet entered service in 1995.
Last year, an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crash landed in San Francisco, killing three passengers.
Boeing said it was aware of reports that the Malaysia Airlines plane was missing and was monitoring the situation but had no further comment.
Among previous accidents involving Malaysia Airlines planes, one of the smaller Twin Otter aircraft crashed upon landing in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo island last October, killing a co-pilot and a passenger.
And a jet crashed in 1977 in southern Malaysia, killing all 93 passengers and seven crew.
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The plane, a Boeing 777-200, left Kuala Lumpur at 12:41am on
Saturday, and had been due to arrive in Beijing at 6:30am local time. (ABC News)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Malaysia Airlines has still not been able to confirm what happened to the flight. The airline has confirmed that there were 4 Americans — 3 adults and one infant — aboard the flight, which also carried Canadians and Australians, and a majority of Chinese and Malay passengers.
Malaysia Airlines lost contact with a commercial aircraft bound from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China, the airline reported Saturday morning.
Flight MH370, a Boeing 777-200ER that was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members, was scheduled to land at 6:30 a.m., but lost contact with air traffic control at 2:40 a.m. on March 8. Its whereabouts are unknown.
At 7:24 a.m. local time, the airline posted a message to its Facebook page stating it was working with local search and rescue authorities to find the aircraft, and that it would continue to provide updates. It encouraged the public to contact a number provided for information.
A search for the flight on FlightAware.com showed its status as "result unknown" and included a map that depicted its partially completed route.
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