Search Called Off For Missing Boeing 777 As 239 Passengers Are Feared Dead After Flight from Malaysia Vanishes Over Vietnam -- Daily Mail
* Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur at 12.21am
* Vietnamese Navy detected emergency signal 153 miles out to sea
* Flight MH370 declared missing nearly 90 minutes after it was due to land
* Malaysian Transport Minister said 'no crash site has been found'
* 227 passengers and 12 crew were from 14 different countries including Malaysia, China, U.S., France, Canada, and Australia
* One passenger is believed to have been travelling on a stolen passport
* Aviation expert Chris Yates said the aircraft will not have been carrying enough fuel to still be flying and 'will have crashed'
* He said the investigation will look at two areas, the maintenance of the aircraft and possible terrorism
* Vietnamese air force spot two oil slicks suspected to be from the wreckage
An air search for the Malaysian Airlines plane that vanished off the coast of Vietnam has been called off until daylight.
Two oil slicks were spotted by the Vietnamese air force earlier today, as the major search and rescue operation was launched when Flight MH307 disappeared shortly after losing contact with air traffic controllers.
The Boeing 777, with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board, took off from Kuala Lumpur at 12.21am (4.21pm GMT) bound for Beijing, where it was expected to land at 6.30am (10.30pm GMT).
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