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Emily Tsang


SATURDAY
7.24am: Malaysia Airlines confirms a jet lost contact with Subang air traffic control at 2.40am after it took off from Kuala Lumpur
10.30am: Families waiting at Beijing airport are told passengers will not arrive
By night: International rescue effort is under way. Two passengers used passports - one Austrian, one Italian - reported stolen in Thailand. Airline does not rule out terrorism
 
SUNDAY
2am: Airline says it last heard from MH370 at 1.30am, not 2.40am
2.43am: Airline chief executive makes first public statement
Noon: Hong Kong Immigration Department confirms 45-year-old local woman was on board
 
MONDAY
The largest rescue flotilla in Chinese naval history - four warships and five civilian and commercial vessels - speeds overnight to waters between Malaysia and Vietnam. Ten Chinese satellites join the hunt
Night: Airline announces it will give 31,000 yuan (HK$39,200) to relatives of each passenger as a special condolence payment
 
TUESDAY
Two senior Malaysian military officials say missing jet flew for an hour off its flight course and at a lower altitude after disappearing from civil aviation radar, partly explaining why Malaysia expanded search area to include Strait of Malacca two days earlier.
3pm: Malaysian police say one of two passengers using a stolen passport is an Iranian teenager, and release photos of both
 
WEDNESDAY
Beijing slams Malaysia's "pretty chaotic" and conflicting information as Kuala Lumpur officials fail to pinpoint the plane's last known whereabouts.
Malaysian media report the government has invited a witch doctor to help look for the plane by using a magic carpet, two coconuts and a wooden stick.
 
THURSDAY
Malaysian military confirms spotting an unidentified aircraft on its radar about 1 hour and 20 minutes after MH370's signal went cold. Airline says it has not been determined if that was the missing jet.
Malaysian authorities vow to banish witch doctor if he again carries out a ritual at the country's main airport after the scene draws ridicule around the world.
 
FRIDAY
Investigators are increasingly certain the jet turned back across the Malay Peninsula after losing communication.
International search expands westwards towards Indian Ocean.
 
YESTERDAY 
Search narrows to two air corridors as Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak confirms plane kept flying after it "vanished". Officials also confirm the jet's disappearance was a "deliberate act".


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Malaysia Airlines flight 370

Chronological events of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

'Deliberate act' took missing plane off course, says Malaysia PM Najib Razak

Indonesian Search And Rescue personnel head out into the vastness of the Andaman Sea, exemplifying the difficulty crews face in finding missing flight 370. Photo: EPA

Najib Razak says all possibilities being investigated. Photo: AFP

Crew members look outside windows from a Malaysian Air Force CN235 aircraft during a search and rescue (SAR) operation to find the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 plane over the Strait of Malacca. Photo: AFP

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (centre) delivers a statement to the media regarding the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner MH370. Photo: AP

New search focus after satellite confirms Malaysia Airlines flight did change course after losing radar contact

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, centre, with acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, left, and Department Civil Aviation Director General Azharuddin Abdul Rahman. Photo: EPA

Indonesian Search And Rescue (SAR) members conduct a search operation for the missing Malaysian Airlines airplane in the Sabang Water, near the border of Malacca straits, Aceh, Sumatera, Indonesia. Photo: EPA

A map showing the extended search area

Photo: Reuters

A woman whose son was on board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 weeps after the press conference. Photo: AP

'My friend is not a terrorist': member of Malaysian opposition party defends captain of missing flight MH370

Pilots Zaharie Ahmad Shah (left) and Fariq Abdul Hamid were described as respectable, community-minded men.

In full: Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 passenger list

The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER that disappeared from air traffic control screens Saturday, taking off from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport in France. Photo: AP

INFOGRAPHIC: Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

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Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished from radar within an hour of taking off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday, March 8, 2014. Despite attempts by air traffic contollers to make contact with the flight, no communication was received from those on board. Here, we look at the events that took place in the lead up to the disappearance.
