The search continues for a plane carrying 239 people that vanished Saturday morning. “With every passing day, the task becomes more difficult. As always, our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those on the flight. We will spare nothing in our efforts to find MH370,” Malaysia’s acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Thursday.
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a Boeing 777-200 aircraft, seemingly vanished after reaching an altitude of 35,000 feet over the South China Sea early Saturday.
A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER seen at Narita Airport near Tokyo, Japan.
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The plane disappeared from radar at 1:30 a.m. local time over the waters between Malaysia and Vietnam, 85 miles north of the Malaysian city of Kuala Terengganu.
There were 239 people on board: 227 passengers and 12 crew members.
Relatives of missing passengers make their way through a crowd of reporters a hotel in Beijing.
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