https://www.scmp.com/rss/312797/feed 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. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Reuters Reuters Families of those aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 ⁠on Sunday urged ⁠the Malaysian government to extend a ⁠contract it signed with deep-sea exploration firm Ocean Infinity to continue a search for the aircraft that disappeared 12 years ago. The Boeing 777 was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew when it vanished en route from Kuala ‌Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, becoming one of the world’s enduring aviation mysteries. Multiple search operations for the plane have been conducted in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3345881/families-mh370-passengers-urge-malaysia-extend-ocean-search?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3345881/families-mh370-passengers-urge-malaysia-extend-ocean-search?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:06:16 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Nearly 12 years after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished with 239 people on board, the search for answers to one of aviation’s most haunting riddles resumed on Tuesday in the remote southern Indian Ocean. Armed with cutting-edge deep-sea robots and smarter data, US investigators are scouring the seabed for clues that have eluded governments, experts and grieving families for more than a decade. MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur just after midnight on March 8, 2014, bound for Beijing on what... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3338232/will-ocean-infinity-finally-solve-flight-mh370-mystery-indian-ocean?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3338232/will-ocean-infinity-finally-solve-flight-mh370-mystery-indian-ocean?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Dec 2025 02:30:13 +0000 Alcott Wei Alcott Wei A Chinese court has ordered Malaysia Airlines to pay over 2.9 million yuan (US$410,240) per victim to family members who filed suit over missing flight MH370, 11 years after it disappeared over the Indian Ocean, state broadcaster CCTV said on Monday. The order, issued on Friday by the Chaoyang District People’s Court in Beijing, covers eight missing passengers. It is the first formal compensation ruling by a Chinese court on flight MH370. It includes death compensation, funeral expenses and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3335653/chinese-court-orders-malaysia-airlines-pay-families-8-missing-mh370-victims?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3335653/chinese-court-orders-malaysia-airlines-pay-families-8-missing-mh370-victims?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:19:12 +0000 Reuters Reuters The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 will resume on December 30, Malaysia’s transport ministry said on Wednesday, more than a decade after the China-bound flight disappeared in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries. Flight MH370, a Boeing 777, was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew when it vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in 2014. Multiple search operations for the plane have been conducted since then but all proved fruitless. The most recent search in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3334999/malaysia-resumes-search-mh370-ocean-infinity-indian-ocean-after-over-decade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3334999/malaysia-resumes-search-mh370-ocean-infinity-indian-ocean-after-over-decade?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 04:23:20 +0000 The latest search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been suspended, Kuala Lumpur’s transport minister said, more than a decade after the plane went missing. “They have stopped the operation for the time being, they will resume the search at the end of this year,” Transport Minister Anthony Loke said in a voice recording sent to Agence France-Presse on Thursday by his aide. The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people disappeared from radar screens on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3305036/search-missing-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-paused-amid-weather-changes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3305036/search-missing-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-paused-amid-weather-changes?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Apr 2025 06:50:09 +0000 Malaysia has agreed to terms and conditions of an agreement with exploration firm Ocean Infinity to resume the search for the wreckage of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, its transport minister said on Wednesday. Flight MH370, a Boeing 777, was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew when it vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in 2014 in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries. The decision will enable commencement of seabed search operations in a new location estimated... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3303034/malaysia-agrees-no-find-no-fee-terms-restart-flight-mh370-search?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3303034/malaysia-agrees-no-find-no-fee-terms-restart-flight-mh370-search?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:01:59 +0000 China has backed a fresh search for the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that disappeared 11 years ago. The Boeing 777 aircraft which was bound for Beijing disappeared from the radar screens two hours after taking off from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014 with 239 people on board, including more than 150 Chinese nationals. Malaysian transport minister Anthony Loke said on Tuesday that the deep-sea exploration company Ocean Infinity, which carried out an earlier unsuccessful search in 2018, had... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3300247/china-welcomes-new-search-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-11-years-after-disappearance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3300247/china-welcomes-new-search-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-11-years-after-disappearance?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:01:09 +0000 The return of deep-sea exploration company Ocean Infinity to the southern Indian Ocean has revived hope for closure among the families of those aboard vanished flight MH370, as the search for the plane resumes a week before the 11th anniversary of its disappearance. Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing with all of its 239 passengers – two-thirds of whom were Chinese nationals – and crew on March 8, 2014, in what is considered by many to be the biggest mystery in civil aviation... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3300170/new-search-vanished-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-welcomed-families-seeking-closure?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3300170/new-search-vanished-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-welcomed-families-seeking-closure?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Feb 2025 05:30:36 +0000 Nearly 11 years after the unexplained disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, a new search for the wreckage has begun in the Indian Ocean, Australian media reported on Tuesday. Over the next few weeks, US- and UK-based technology firm Ocean Infinity will deploy search vessel Armada 7806 and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to search the seabed for traces of the missing Boeing 777, according to media outlets including Australian broadcaster 9 News and the British newspaper The... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3300055/new-search-missing-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-begins-indian-ocean?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3300055/new-search-missing-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-begins-indian-ocean?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:46:50 +0000 Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words, and must include your full name and address, plus a phone number for verification As the festive season envelops us in its warmth, it’s essential to remember that Christmas is a time for peace, joy and inclusivity. Recently, we hosted an autism-friendly film screening, and it was... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3292327/let-christmas-hong-kong-be-season-inclusivity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3292327/let-christmas-hong-kong-be-season-inclusivity?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Dec 2024 03:30:08 +0000 Malaysia’s government has agreed to a plan to resume the search for missing flight MH370 in a new area in the Indian Ocean, 10 years after the plane disappeared with 239 people on board. Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 dropped off the radar in the predawn hours of March 8, 2014, triggering what would become one of the biggest mysteries in global aviation history. Teams of local and international investigators have found few leads as to what happened to the plane after years of... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3291702/malaysia-agrees-resume-search-missing-flight-mh370-minister-loke-siew-fook?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3291702/malaysia-agrees-resume-search-missing-flight-mh370-minister-loke-siew-fook?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:26:46 +0000 A string of technical issues on Malaysia Airlines flights in recent weeks has sparked customer concerns over safety as well as the management of the national flag carrier, which has slashed its network, lost maintenance staff and is struggling with the late delivery of aircraft. The latest incident involved a jet bound for the South Korean capital, which was diverted back to Kuala Lumpur mid-flight on Sunday, prompting Malaysia’s Transport Minister Anthony Loke to call for an explanation from... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3276973/crisis-confidence-malaysia-airlines-under-scrutiny-amid-safety-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3276973/crisis-confidence-malaysia-airlines-under-scrutiny-amid-safety-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Sep 2024 06:32:52 +0000 Mention Malaysia Airlines and most peoples’ thoughts will turn to the enduring mystery of the disappearance of flight MH370 a decade ago and the tragic shooting down of MH17 just months later. Now, after posting its first net profit in more than 10 years, Chief Executive Officer Izham Ismail wants to write a new chapter – shedding the carrier’s troubled past and transforming it into a well-run, consistently profitable airline. “The perception from the public is that this was a laid-back... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3257781/10-years-after-mh370-vanished-malaysia-airlines-seeks-shed-troubled-past-and-rebuild-credibility?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3257781/10-years-after-mh370-vanished-malaysia-airlines-seeks-shed-troubled-past-and-rebuild-credibility?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Apr 2024 01:30:48 +0000 Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim warned on Friday against high hopes of finding answers to the disappearance 10 years ago of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, after a modern robotics company said it could reopen the search. A total of 239 people, including more than 150 Chinese and 50 Malaysians, were on board the aircraft when it disappeared while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, in what is considered one of aviation’s most haunting mysteries. Days before the 10th... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3255637/malaysias-anwar-not-so-optimistic-breakthrough-mh370-flight-mystery-amid-push-restart-search?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3255637/malaysias-anwar-not-so-optimistic-breakthrough-mh370-flight-mystery-amid-push-restart-search?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Mar 2024 04:49:23 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! In the 10 years since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared, Jiang Hui, son of a passenger on the plane, has never stopped searching. He has visited search teams in Australia, searched the beaches of Mauritius, Madagascar and Réunion to scour for debris and to implore governments not to give up. During his many... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3254892/global-impact-10-years-questions-remain-over-fate-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-amid-hopes-new?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3254892/global-impact-10-years-questions-remain-over-fate-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-amid-hopes-new?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Mar 2024 06:00:17 +0000 It has been 10 years since Malaysia Airlines passenger flight MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014. To this day, it remains one of the biggest aviation mysteries globally. It’s unthinkable that a modern Boeing 777-200ER aircraft with 239 people on board can simply vanish without any explanation. Yet multiple searches in the past decade have still not yielded the main wreckage or the bodies of the victims. At a remembrance event held earlier this week, the Malaysian transport minister announced a... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3254716/can-malaysias-mh370-aircraft-still-be-found-10-years-after-it-disappeared?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3254716/can-malaysias-mh370-aircraft-still-be-found-10-years-after-it-disappeared?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Mar 2024 03:00:16 +0000 A downpour marked the start of a sombre morning in Kuala Lumpur as Malaysians on Friday marked 10 years since the disappearance of flight MH370 with an outpouring of grief and condolences for the 239 people on board the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines plane. Flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, disappeared in the predawn hours of March 8, 2014 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, leaving relatives bereft and without closure from one of aviation’s biggest mysteries. Most of the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3254648/flight-mh370-10-years-malaysians-unite-grief-remember-237-board-missing-plane?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3254648/flight-mh370-10-years-malaysians-unite-grief-remember-237-board-missing-plane?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Mar 2024 07:12:34 +0000 Jiang Hui has had many brushes with death in his various expeditions to the African coast to scour for debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Once, when searching a beach on Réunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean, Jiang narrowly avoided treading on a venomous snake. Another time, he was swamped and battered by huge waves as he tried to wade through chest-high water to board a boat. But that all faded when he found a piece of honeycomb-shaped debris in Madagascar. It was... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3254323/bringing-them-home-why-chinas-mh370-families-are-still-searching-missing-decade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3254323/bringing-them-home-why-chinas-mh370-families-are-still-searching-missing-decade?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Mar 2024 05:00:14 +0000 The fate of flight MH370 and its 239 passengers and crew remains one of aviation’s biggest mysteries. When it lost contact and disappeared, it seemed inconceivable that 10 years later no one would have any idea what happened to it or even where it might be found. Hundreds of relatives of the missing, mostly Chinese citizens but also 11 other nationalities, still await closure. Many have come together for a memorial event to mark the 10th anniversary in Kuala Lumpur, from where the Malaysian... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3254584/closure-has-no-price-mh370-families?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3254584/closure-has-no-price-mh370-families?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Mar 2024 16:43:36 +0000 Malaysia is ready to offer a “no-find, no-fee” deal to deep-sea explorers Ocean Infinity to revive the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said on Sunday of a jet which vanished with 239 people on board – the majority Chinese citizens – almost a decade ago. He made the comment at a Kuala Lumpur memorial event where relatives of those missing made an impassioned appeal to officials to restart the lapsed search for their loved ones, which remains one of the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3253996/mh370-not-history-10-years-malaysia-seeks-revive-ocean-infinitys-jet-search?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3253996/mh370-not-history-10-years-malaysia-seeks-revive-ocean-infinitys-jet-search?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 Mar 2024 10:58:58 +0000 When Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared in the predawn hours of March 8, 2014, o one at the time had any idea how to go about finding the missing aircraft. It’s a nightmare that hasn’t ended for the families of all 277 passengers and 12 crew who were on board the Boeing 777 aircraft; the plane remains missing 10 years on and experts can only continue to guess at where it could be in the largely uncharted depths of the Indian Ocean where it is presumed to have crashed. Key to the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3253680/decade-after-mh370-will-world-finally-heed-malaysias-call-real-time-tracking-planes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3253680/decade-after-mh370-will-world-finally-heed-malaysias-call-real-time-tracking-planes?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Mar 2024 04:30:10 +0000 “Good Night. Malaysian Three Seven Zero.” Those six words were the last radio transmission from the cockpit of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, less than an hour after the aircraft took off late at night from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014. Minutes later, the plane disappeared from air-traffic control radar screens. The huge Boeing 777 jet, almost as long as a Manhattan city block and taller than a five-storey building, had somehow managed to make itself invisible in the clear night sky.... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3253112/decade-after-malaysia-airlines-flight-370-disappeared-planes-still-risk-vanishing-map?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3253112/decade-after-malaysia-airlines-flight-370-disappeared-planes-still-risk-vanishing-map?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Feb 2024 02:30:11 +0000 While Singapore may be a small country, its capacity for online drama is surprisingly huge. From a comedian cancelled over an offensive joke to TikTok’s Singaporean CEO getting crowned a ‘zaddy’, here are some of the most hotly discussed topics to have swept Singaporean social media in 2023. Comedian Jocelyn Chia enrages Malaysians After a notorious 89-second clip of a joke about MH370, the Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people that went missing in 2014, went viral, Singapore-raised comic... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/article/3246649/singapores-biggest-social-media-stories-2023-jocelyn-chias-mh370-joke-girl-math?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/article/3246649/singapores-biggest-social-media-stories-2023-jocelyn-chias-mh370-joke-girl-math?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Dec 2023 09:30:11 +0000 We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Why China is keeping its distance as Russia and North Korea cosy up Beijing, a close partner of Moscow and Pyongyang, is staying quiet about the growing alignment between its two neighbours, but observers say China is cautious about... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3246582/china-invents-powerful-detonation-engine-mandarin-us-schools-renewed-mh370-search-calls-scmps-7?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3246582/china-invents-powerful-detonation-engine-mandarin-us-schools-renewed-mh370-search-calls-scmps-7?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Dec 2023 03:00:19 +0000 Relatives of Chinese passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 refreshed their call to resume the search for the aircraft after two French experts claimed renewed efforts could find the plane “within days”. Earlier this week, aerospace expert Jean-Luc Marchand and pilot Patrick Blelly said the mystery of the missing plane could be solved in a matter of days if there was a new search, based on their research. The pair said the plane’s transponder was turned off and that the U-turn... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3246418/chinese-families-malaysian-flight-mh370-victims-urge-new-search-after-experts-say-plane-could-be?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3246418/chinese-families-malaysian-flight-mh370-victims-urge-new-search-after-experts-say-plane-could-be?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Dec 2023 12:43:32 +0000 Experts have called for a new search on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 following new leads on the flight. Aerospace expert Jean-Luc Marchand and pilot Patrick Blelly called for a new search based on revelations about the fate of the flight. The duo claimed the mystery of the missing flight could be solved in a matter of “days” if there was a new search. During a lecture before the Royal Aeronautical Society in London, the pair said the new search area could be canvassed in 10 days... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3246227/missing-malaysian-flight-mh370-could-be-found-days-new-search-claim-experts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3246227/missing-malaysian-flight-mh370-could-be-found-days-new-search-claim-experts?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Dec 2023 12:02:08 +0000 Barnacles found on a piece of plane debris might hold the key to discovering what happened to MH370, the Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared in 2014. MH370 might have drifted “far south” of where previous models have speculated, according to research published in AGU Advances, which analysed barnacles found on a flaperon, the moving part of a wing. The plane part washed up on Réunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean, a year after the disappearance. Flight 370 departed from Kuala Lumpur... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3232522/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-could-barnacles-hold-key-unravelling-crash-mystery?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3232522/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-could-barnacles-hold-key-unravelling-crash-mystery?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Aug 2023 06:32:15 +0000 She has been cancelled, barraged with internet opprobrium and hit by a vague threat to get Interpol on her case, but US-born, Singapore-raised comic Jocelyn Chia is unrepentant over the gag that enraged Malaysia and kicked up a commotion over taste, decency and humour in Asia’s increasingly patrolled online space. The notorious 89-second clip, from a bit delivered at a New York comedy club in April but that only went viral in Asia three weeks ago, carried a joke about MH370, the Malaysia... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3225163/malaysia-cancels-jocelyn-chia-asias-comics-open-risks-crossing-line?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3225163/malaysia-cancels-jocelyn-chia-asias-comics-open-risks-crossing-line?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Jun 2023 01:30:21 +0000 Jocelyn Chia, who has become a lightning rod for criticism and public anger in Malaysia, is revelling in her new-found notoriety. The New York-based stand-up comedian, who rose to infamy after a clip of her making jokes about the 2014 missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, thanked Malaysians for putting her in the spotlight. “I’m on the front page of BBC.com now. Interviewed by @CNN, @nytimes, @BBCWorld and going to be on @FoxNews this Sat. So actually, Malaysia, you can keep going,” she... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3224424/defiant-comedian-jocelyn-chia-taunts-malaysia-over-mh370-joke-again?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3224424/defiant-comedian-jocelyn-chia-taunts-malaysia-over-mh370-joke-again?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Jun 2023 04:50:20 +0000 She may be well-known on the comedy scene but in the past week, US-born, Singaporean-raised Jocelyn Chia has become the subject of global politics, protests and even death threats. Why? A video of one of her stand-up routines where she joked about the 2014 Malaysian Airlines flight that went missing has drawn sharp criticism. Let’s get to know the woman who has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Inside the Jocelyn Chia backlash Chia grabbed global headlines recently after a video... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3224332/who-jocelyn-chia-controversial-singaporean-comedian-wanted-malaysia-shes-caused-international?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3224332/who-jocelyn-chia-controversial-singaporean-comedian-wanted-malaysia-shes-caused-international?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jun 2023 08:59:21 +0000 Malaysia’s police will seek the help of Interpol to locate comedian Jocelyn Chia, state media reported on Tuesday, as the outcry engulfing the Singapore-born comic over a quip she made about missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 refused to abate. Chia, who is based in the US, triggered backlash in Malaysia and Singapore after a clip she posted of her stand-up routine at a New York comedy club involving a joke about the plane went viral on social media. In her skit, the lawyer-turned comedian... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3223938/malaysian-police-seek-interpol-help-probe-comedian-chia-over-mh370-joke?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3223938/malaysian-police-seek-interpol-help-probe-comedian-chia-over-mh370-joke?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jun 2023 10:36:10 +0000 Stand-up comedian Jocelyn Chia, who received brickbats for her insensitive remarks on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is back on social media, but unrepentant over her actions. In her latest Instagram post on @chiacomedy on Friday, Chia said, “Rumour had it that I either deleted my IG, or that I got ‘cancelled’ by IG. “My account actually got suspended for ‘impersonating a celebrity’. “I was like, WHO is the celebrity??? “Answer: Jocelyn Chia (followed by laughing emojis). Chia is now... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3223508/comedian-jocelyn-chia-back-instagram-says-not-cancelled-platform-over-mh370-joke?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3223508/comedian-jocelyn-chia-back-instagram-says-not-cancelled-platform-over-mh370-joke?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Jun 2023 05:50:06 +0000 The outcry over a US-born, Singapore-raised comedian’s joke about missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 intensified on Thursday, as the city state’s high commissioner in Kuala Lumpur issued an apology, foreign ministers from both countries weighed in and the performer appeared to have deactivated several social media pages. In a statement posted just after midnight on Thursday, High Commissioner Vanu Gopala Menon offered his apology to all Malaysians for Jocelyn Chia’s “hurtful remarks” in her... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3223332/envoy-says-comedian-jocelyn-chia-not-singaporean-malaysia-rages-mh370-joke?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3223332/envoy-says-comedian-jocelyn-chia-not-singaporean-malaysia-rages-mh370-joke?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jun 2023 03:34:58 +0000 Malaysian social media erupted in fury on Wednesday at Singapore-linked stand-up comedian Jocelyn Chia after a skit she performed at a New York comedy club featuring gags about missing Malaysian jets and the country’s poor economic performance was uploaded to TikTok and Instagram. Malaysians and Singaporeans rarely shy away from banter on the topics of common history, culture, and cuisine. But Chia – an ex-Singaporean who grew up in the city state – has raised the ante, if the response in... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3223241/singapore-stand-enrages-malaysia-mh370-joke-f-you-outburst-new-york-comedy-club?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3223241/singapore-stand-enrages-malaysia-mh370-joke-f-you-outburst-new-york-comedy-club?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Jun 2023 07:51:13 +0000 When Bait 3D (2012), the first Australia-Singapore co-production, was released down under, it sank without a trace. Yet when this standard-issue shark-attack film was screened in China, a strange thing happened. Opening at No 1 on 1,700 screens, it took more than US$20 million to become the most successful Australian film released there. It made nearly twice as much in China as its nearest competitors: Sanctum (2011), which was executive produced by James Cameron, and George Miller’s Happy Feet... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3222387/how-bait-3d-australia-singapore-shark-movie-co-production-became-monster-hit-chinese-box-office?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3222387/how-bait-3d-australia-singapore-shark-movie-co-production-became-monster-hit-chinese-box-office?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jun 2023 20:15:11 +0000 3/5 stars One of the most confounding mysteries in aviation history, the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 is now the subject of a three-part documentary series streaming on Netflix. The show arrives nine years to the day since the flight, a routine red-eye from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, vanished over the South China Sea carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew. In all that time there has yet to be a conclusive official explanation for what happened next, but as the series explores, a... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3212472/netflix-documentary-review-mh370-plane-disappeared-three-part-miniseries-summarises-mystery-adds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3212472/netflix-documentary-review-mh370-plane-disappeared-three-part-miniseries-summarises-mystery-adds?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Mar 2023 08:00:14 +0000 Families of those on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared mysteriously nine years ago, called on the Malaysian government on Sunday to allow US seabed exploration firm Ocean Infinity to mount a new search for the missing plane. The fate of flight MH370 became one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries when it disappeared on route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014. In 2018, Malaysia engaged Ocean Infinity to search for the aircraft in the southern Indian Ocean,... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3212441/malaysias-mh370-9-years-families-urge-new-search-missing-plane?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3212441/malaysias-mh370-9-years-families-urge-new-search-missing-plane?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Mar 2023 13:23:08 +0000 A Chinese satellite has tested a technology that could offer the most accurate means yet of tracking air traffic from space, in the hope of preventing repeats of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 tragedy. Each aircraft in the sky emits a radio signal, and constantly monitoring all planes over a large area is technically challenging. But Beihang Kongshi 1, a small satellite in near-Earth orbit, can update the status of an aircraft every eight seconds – about twice as fast as American technology,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3145840/china-tests-superfast-aircraft-tracking-satellite-could-prevent?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3145840/china-tests-superfast-aircraft-tracking-satellite-could-prevent?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Aug 2021 22:00:24 +0000 The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of MH370 by Florence de Changy, pub. Mudlark Were it not so excruciating, the whole sordid affair would be spellbinding. “And for our next trick,” announces the Malaysian-Australian-American conjuring act, “we’ll make this ultra-safe airliner, with 239 people aboard, vanish!” But seven years later, the victims’ families still don’t know how, or why, they did it. After countless half-truths, distortions and shattered hopes, they could be excused for... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3125808/what-really-happened-flight-mh370-disappearing-act?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3125808/what-really-happened-flight-mh370-disappearing-act?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Mar 2021 20:15:17 +0000 With airlines in Malaysia expected to take three years to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, observers say a major restructuring has to be on the cards for key airlines including embattled national carrier Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia, the market leader by fleet size. Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong this month said the Malaysian Aviation Commission’s revised projections for passenger traffic in 2020 came in at 26.6 million, plummeting more than 75 per cent from the 109.2 million passengers... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3110741/can-airasia-and-malaysia-airlines-stay-aloft-amid-coronavirus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3110741/can-airasia-and-malaysia-airlines-stay-aloft-amid-coronavirus?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Nov 2020 01:00:20 +0000 The parent of Malaysia Airlines has warned leasing companies that state fund Khazanah will stop funding the group and force it into a winding down process if restructuring talks with lessors are unsuccessful, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The warning from Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), the holding company for the state carrier, raises the stakes in negotiations for a financial shake-up known as “Plan A” and sets out an alternative plan to divert funds to a sister airline unit called... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3104675/khazanah-stop-funding-malaysia-airlines-if-rescue-talks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3104675/khazanah-stop-funding-malaysia-airlines-if-rescue-talks?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Oct 2020 06:56:46 +0000 Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott claims he was told “very early on” in the investigation of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that the Malaysian government believed the pilot deliberately crashed the plane as part of a murder-suicide plot, local media reported on Tuesday. Tony Abbott, who was in office at the time of the plane’s 2014 disappearance, made the comments as part of a documentary to be aired later this week by Sky News. “My very clear understanding, from... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3051211/malaysian-government-said-mh370-was-murder-suicide-pilot?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3051211/malaysian-government-said-mh370-was-murder-suicide-pilot?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:51:55 +0000 AirAsia has gone from strength to strength despite a series of controversies over the years – and while Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has thrown the government’s support behind it once again, is there now too much turbulence for the scandal-ridden Malaysian carrier to stay aloft? The budget airline last week faced bribery allegations that came to light after planemaker Airbus settled a corruption investigation into employee conduct by Britain’s Serious Fraud Office by paying US$4 billion in... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3050070/airasia-one-scandal-too-many-or-too-big-mahathirs-malaysia-let?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3050070/airasia-one-scandal-too-many-or-too-big-mahathirs-malaysia-let?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Feb 2020 00:00:17 +0000 Proposals to invest in ailing Malaysia Airlines include one from Air France-KLM which wants as much as 49 per cent while Japan Airlines is looking at a 25 per cent stake, sources with knowledge of the matter said. Domestic carrier AirAsia Group and Malindo Air, the Malaysian arm of Indonesia’s Lion Air, have also submitted proposals, the sources said. “The bids from the foreign carriers are more comprehensive and strategic as both plan to capitalise on the strategic location of Malaysia for... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3046996/malaysia-airlines-desperately-needs-investors-which?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3046996/malaysia-airlines-desperately-needs-investors-which?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Jan 2020 09:00:15 +0000 Plans for the future of Malaysia Airlines are being considered by the government, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told reporters on Tuesday. Four proposals have been received, mostly from local companies, who have offered to either buy a stake in the flag carrier or manage it, Mahathir said. He did not name the companies that sent in the proposals. “We must find somebody with experience,” Mahathir said. Malaysia is exploring ways to salvage the financially troubled airline. Sovereign wealth... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3017864/malaysia-airlines-future-hangs-balance-mahathir-mohamads?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3017864/malaysia-airlines-future-hangs-balance-mahathir-mohamads?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jul 2019 08:34:27 +0000 Hong Kong Airlines is in the spotlight again after Japanese aviation authorities found its planes to be missing aircraft parts – ranging from screws to brake mechanisms. None of the lost objects were critical for the safety of the planes, authorities said, and their absence raised no concerns about airworthiness. Still, the thought of missing aircraft parts – or worse, falling parts – raises questions. Here’s a look at how common this is, and what experts have to say. What happened? Multiple... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3012550/parts-are-dropping-hong-kong-airlines-planes-mid-air?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3012550/parts-are-dropping-hong-kong-airlines-planes-mid-air?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 May 2019 04:00:09 +0000 A satellite air traffic surveillance system capable of tracking aircraft anywhere around the planet has been launched. The system, which will start by tracking planes over the North Atlantic, has been developed to fill the holes in radar coverage – some 70 per cent of global airspace – that became apparent following the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 five years ago. UK and Canadian air traffic control services will be the first to try out the system. “For the first time in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3004392/revolution-skies-uk-and-canada-launch-satellite-based-plane-tracking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3004392/revolution-skies-uk-and-canada-launch-satellite-based-plane-tracking?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Apr 2019 21:05:00 +0000 The International Air Transport Association estimates that by 2037, the number of air travellers worldwide will have doubled from present levels to 8.2 billion – and much of that growth will come from the Asia-Pacific. By 2030, the region is expected to account for more air travellers than the next two aviation markets – North America and Europe – combined. Where’s the growth coming from? China is at the centre of the boom and is forecast to overtake the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/explained/article/3001300/explained-asias-aviation-success-stories-and-its-biggest-flight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/explained/article/3001300/explained-asias-aviation-success-stories-and-its-biggest-flight?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Mar 2019 08:34:43 +0000 Five years ago today, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 with 239 people went missing while bound from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Despite a multinational search – the most expensive in aviation history – authorities have still not solved the mystery as to why, 40 minutes into its six-hour flight, the airliner changed course and flew towards the southern Indian Ocean. The disappearance of the Boeing 777, and the inconclusive search for wreckage of the jet, have prompted some to fill the gaps with... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2189147/not-just-mh370-four-other-baffling-aviation-mysteries-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2189147/not-just-mh370-four-other-baffling-aviation-mysteries-and?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Mar 2019 05:17:18 +0000 Five years ago, their loved ones boarded a plane and vanished. The group of Malaysians meet about once a month - usually at a coffee shop or a home in Kuala Lumpur - to support each other and try to keep missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in the public eye. Their relatives were among the 239 people onboard the Boeing 777 when it vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014 and became the world’s greatest aviation mystery. Scraps of aircraft debris have washed up on the... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2188357/five-years-struggling-mh370-families-lean-each-other?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2188357/five-years-struggling-mh370-families-lean-each-other?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Mar 2019 09:51:30 +0000