Top 10 Major Plane crashes in aviation history

Disappearing Malaysia plane MH370

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was a scheduled international passenger flight that disappeared on Saturday, 8 March 2014. Flight 370 last made voice contact with air traffic control at 01:19 MYT (17:19 UTC, 7 March) while flying over the South China Sea. Investigators carrying out the search are now focusing on a selected area covering 60,000 sq km 1,800km (1,100 miles) off the west coast of Australia. The plane is believed to have ended its journey in seas far west of the Australian city of Perth. Details of the next phase of search were announced in the late June. Officials call it the underwater search, although they previously carried out the seafloor sonar survey. Continued refinement of analysis of Flight 370’s satellite communications identified a wide area search along the arc where Flight 370 was located when it last communicated with the satellite. Meanwhile, Malaysian authorities is assisted by satellite experts and international aviation to continue their attempts to piece together the plane’s final hours and explain what happened to its 239 passengers and crew.