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Malaysia Airlines flight 370

Malaysia Airlines planes parked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Photo: Reuters

‘Crisis of confidence’: Malaysia Airlines under scrutiny amid safety concerns

A string of technical issues and cancelled flights in recent weeks have led to heightened concerns and frustrations among customers.

3 Sep 2024 - 2:32PMvideocam

CEO says Malaysia Airlines seeking to move past MH370 crisis, rebuild trust

4 Apr 2024 - 9:30AMvideocam

‘I don’t want to give them false hope’: Anwar tempers MH370 search expectations

16 Mar 2024 - 12:49PMvideocam

10 years on, what ever happened to Malaysia Airlines flight MH370?

In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we reflect on renewed hope for the resumption of a search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 a decade after its mysterious disappearance.

11 Mar 2024 - 2:08PMvideocam

Opinion | Can Malaysia’s MH370 aircraft still be found, 10 years after it disappeared?

Previous searches in the Indian Ocean did not locate any wreckage, although several pieces of debris have washed up over the years.

9 Mar 2024 - 11:06AMvideocam

Flight MH370 10 years on: Malaysians unite in grief to remember the 239 on board

Malaysian authorities have promised to embark on a third search for the missing plane after two previous failed attempts.

8 Mar 2024 - 3:17PMvideocam

Why China’s MH370 families are still searching for the missing a decade on

For those left behind, the need to find their children, grandchildren and parents is as urgent as ever.

8 Mar 2024 - 3:44PMvideocam

Editorial | Closure has no price for MH370 families

Ten years after the Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went off radar screens and disappeared, relatives of the 239 aboard still do not know what happened.

8 Mar 2024 - 12:43AMvideocam

‘No find, no fee’: 10 years on, Malaysia seeks to revive search for MH370 jet

Malaysia is set to offer US deep-sea explorer Ocean Infinity a deal to restart the search on a ‘no-find, no-fee’ basis, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said.

3 Mar 2024 - 8:11PM

MH370: 10 years on, Malaysia’s call for real-time plane tracking still unheeded

Malaysian air crash investigators proposed early on for commercial aircraft to be outfitted with real-time tracking systems to help planes in distress.

8 Mar 2024 - 3:49PMvideocam

Relatives of missing MH370 passengers at a remembrance ceremony in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on March 7, 2020, to mark the sixth anniversary of the plane’s disappearance. The aircraft went missing on March 8, 2014. Photo: EPA-EFE

A decade after MH370 disappeared, planes still at risk of vanishing off the map

Ten years after MH370, an industry-wide push to rule out a similar case has been stymied by bureaucracy, financial pressure, and a debate about who should have ultimate control of the cockpit.

8 Mar 2024 - 3:46PMvideocam

The arrival board at the International Airport in Beijing, China, shows a Malaysian airliner delayed on March 8, 2014. Photo: AP

‘Girl math’, MH370 jokes: Singapore’s biggest social media stories of 2023

Singapore may be small, but its capacity for online drama is surprisingly huge. Read on for the year’s biggest social media stories to set tongues wagging in the city state.

4 Jan 2024 - 2:40PM

China’s hypersonic flight engine, renewed MH370 search calls: SCMP’s 7 highlights

From China keeping its distance from a growing Russia-North Korea alignment to Singapore’s major stories of 2023, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

8 Jan 2024 - 10:35AM

China’s MH370 families urge new search after experts stir hopes of finding plane

French aviation insiders say their research shows renewed hunt could quickly find Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared nearly a decade ago, prompting relatives of missing Chinese passengers to call for more efforts.

27 Dec 2023 - 8:49PMvideocam

A relative of a missing flight MH370 passenger holds a banner stating “Malaysia Airlines MH370 case” in Chinese after a compensation claim hearing in Beijing on November 27. Photo: EPA-EFE

Experts claim missing MH370 flight could be found in ‘days’ with new search

Aerospace expert Jean-Luc Marchand and pilot Patrick Blelly have called for a new search based on revelations about the fate of the flight.

19 Apr 2024 - 9:37AM

Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik applies the final touches to a sand art sculpture wishing for the well being of the passengers of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. Photo: Reuters/File

How barnacles could help solve the mystery of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

Studying the barnacles on a piece of plane debris could help investigators finally figure out where the ill-fated flight crashed.

28 Aug 2023 - 2:32PM

‘Crossing the line’: Jocelyn Chia saga shows limits of Asia’s sense of humour

From India to Singapore, some comics say the business of humour is an increasingly risky one, as the line separating ‘offensive’ and ‘illegal’ becomes blurred.

29 Jun 2023 - 12:37PMvideocam

Jocelyn Chia taunts Malaysia over plane joke again as she revels in infamy

The Singapore-born comic, whose gag about the missing plane enraged the Southeast Asian, thanked Malaysians for putting her in the spotlight.

19 Jun 2023 - 6:05PMvideocam

Singapore-born comedian Jocelyn Chia. Photo: Twitter/JocelynChia

Who is Jocelyn Chia, the controversial Singaporean comedian wanted by Malaysia?

Some jokes just don’t land: New York-based comedian Jocelyn Chia has been the centre of global attention after her controversial joke about the missing Malaysia Airlines plane – so who is she exactly?

16 Jun 2023 - 5:06PM

Malaysia police ‘to seek Interpol help’ over comedian Jocelyn Chia’s MH370 joke

As row into Singapore-born Chia’s quip about the missing flight refuses to die down, police chief says international help will be sought in quest to locate her.

13 Jun 2023 - 9:30PMvideocam

Under-fire comedian says not ‘cancelled’ by Instagram over Malaysia plane joke

Chia, whose skit at a New York comedy club sparked fierce backlash from Malaysians, said her account got suspended for ‘impersonating a celebrity’.

9 Jun 2023 - 1:50PM

Stand-up comedian Jocelyn Chia. Photo: Kelly Ng

Envoy says comedian ‘not Singaporean’ as Malaysia rages at MH370 joke

The city state’s high commissioner in Kuala Lumpur apologised to Malaysians for Chia’s ‘hurtful remarks’ made at a New York comedy club in a bid to put an end to the simmering controversy.

28 Jun 2023 - 3:05PM

Singapore’s high commissioner in Malaysia said the comments Jocelyn Chia made do not reflect the views of the city state. Photo: Kelly Ng

‘This joke kills’: Singaporean comic enrages Malaysia with MH370 gag

Malaysian social media erupted in fury at Jocelyn Chia’s skit, performed at a New York comedy club and uploaded to TikTok and Instagram, in which she joked about the missing plane and said ‘f*** you Malaysia’.

14 Jun 2023 - 8:12PM

How 2012 shark movie Bait 3D became a monster hit at the Chinese box office

Bait 3D, an Australia-Singapore co-production, is a basic shark-attack film that flopped at the Australian box office but was a huge success in China, helped by its action, 3D shots and lack of politics.

2 Jun 2023 - 5:43AMvideocam

Review | MH370: The Plane That Disappeared – riveting if predictable Netflix series

When Malaysia flight MH370 mysteriously disappeared in 2014, it set off a global media circus, and nine years later, the Netflix miniseries explores various theories, but ultimately comes up with nothing new.

6 Mar 2023 - 4:00PMvideocam

Malaysia’s MH370: 9 years on, families urge new search for missing plane

Relatives of passengers say seabed exploration firm hopes to embark on another quest to solve the tragic mystery.

5 Mar 2023 - 9:23PMvideocam

Relatives of the victims of missing flight MH370 during an annual remembrance event in Malaysia. File photo: Reuters

China tests plane-tracking satellite that could prevent another MH370 tragedy

Beihang Kongshi 1 satellite can update an aircraft’s status about twice as fast as US technology. It could allow airlines to locate planes from space.

21 Aug 2021 - 6:20AMvideocam

What really happened to flight MH370? French journalist offers her theory

In The Disappearing Act, Hong Kong-based French journalist Florence de Changy presents her theory: that the plane was shot down and the truth covered up.

19 Mar 2021 - 4:15AMvideocam

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Malaysia Airlines flight 370

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing lost contact with air control and went missing more than a hour after it took off in the early hours of Saturday, March 8, 2014. The incident triggered an unprecedented international search and rescue operation that spanned from the southern Indian Ocean to Central Asia and involved more than two dozen countries.

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9 September, 2024