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.