South East -Asian States Join Forces For Searching Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet

Planes and ships from south east Asian states have joined forces to search the South China Sea for a Malaysia Airlines Jet, missing with 239 passengers on board. Flight MH370

vanished at 18:40 GMT Friday (02:40 local time Saturday) after leaving Kuala Lumpur for Beijing where it was expected at 22:30 GMT. Aerial search has been halted for the night but sea operations continue. No wreckage has been reported by the airline, but Vietnamese planes have reported seeing oil slicks in the sea. Malaysian authorities have been extremely careful about what they will reveal. It has left a lot of room for rumours ans speculations on social media, a cause for more anxiety for family members. The plane reportedly went off the radar south of Vietnam. Its last known location was Ca Mau Peninsula although the exact position was not clear.