* Still missing *Malaysian Airlines plane with 239 on board

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The press conference is finally under way.

Malaysia’s defence and acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein confirms the search has been extended to two areas in the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea.

Twelve countries are now involved in the search, he said.

Hussien said the “way forward” is to involve more military experts. Lots of military top brass are attending the conference.
 

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as it carries the largest number of passengers pre 380 chances are if things go pear shaped it has an unfair advantage as far as holding those records goes.
Well, within reason the average load is ~200 and many of the 747 crashes were only half-loaded. Compare that to other models like 767 and A300/310/320 which have had similar passenger numbers.

Agree though and I personally love the 747. Sadly, they are being withdraw from the Qantas fleet.
 

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I cant understand why its assumed its in the malaka strait

If its flown that far off course without coms, obviously the coms are ******, but the plane is fine. As it goes further out to sea obviously radar will be lost. I think its more likely that the plane flew for hours into the ocean until either running out of fuel, or a potential fire overtook it
 

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Journo need to ask the exact direction plane was heading at last contact. If it was heading due west (as some reports have said) that would make sense for searching in malaka strait
 

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If I'm not mistaken, 747s are also the most common commercial jet. Would be interested to see those numbers adjusted if they were all measured as a percentage as opposed to a raw statistic.
And in 4 years the 747 and its variants will have been in operation for 40 years. Also in most cases the accidents have been from human/pilot error rather than the aircraft's design.
 
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