Malaysian airlines carried 158 Chinese
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Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, which left Kuala Lumpur at 12.21 a.m. (11.21 a.m. ET Friday) and was expected to land in Beijing at 6.30 a.m. (5.30 p.m. ET) the same day has been reported missing. The Boeing B777-200 aircraft was flying over the sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City when it lost contact with the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV). China's official Xinhua news agency also quoted the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) as saying the flight lost contact while flying through Vietnamese airspace. 158 Chinese nationals were on board the plane. China's aviation regulators said they had not received any signals from the plane and that there had been no reports of any aircraft crashing in Chinese waters.Chinese state TV also said there had not been any immediate reports of a plane crashing in Chinese waters. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters in Beijing, on the sidelines of the second session of the NPC, that "We are extremely worried". "We are doing all we can to get details. The news is very disturbing. We hope everyone on the plane is safe."
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