Malaysia Airlines holds press conference on missing flight MH370 in Beijing (1/2)

A press conference concerning the missing flight MH370 is held by Malaysia Airlines in Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2014. The flight MH370, a Boeing 777-200 aircraft, left Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 0:41 am Beijing time (1641GMT on March 7) on March 8 and was expected to land in Beijing at 6:30am (0030GMT March 8) that day. Contact with the flight was lost along with its radar signal at 2:40am Beijing time (1840GMT on March 7) on March 8 when it was flying over the Ho Chi Minh air traffic control area in Vietnam. The flight was carrying 12 crew members and 227 passengers, including 154 Chinese. (Xinhua/Li Xin)