crash Malaysia Airlines 239 people loses contact with plane flying Kuala Lumpur to Beijing

Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with a plane travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 people on board.

The airline said in a statement that flight MH370 disappeared at 02:40 local time on Saturday (18:40 GMT on Friday).

It had been expected to land in Beijing at 06:30 (22:30 GMT).

The plane went off the radar south of Vietnam, according to a statement on the Vietnamese government website.

Its last known location was off the country’s Ca Mau peninsular although the exact position was not clear, it said.

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