Phase 3 - South China Sea to Straits of Malacca
Ground or Ground-to-Air Events
Aircraft or Air-to-Ground Events
8 March 2014 01:20:31 MYT
MH370 passes through waypoint IGARI (one minute ahead of the ETA of 1722 UTC).
8 March 2014 01:20:36 MYT
Mode S symbol of MH370 drops off radar display.
8 March 2014 01:20:45 MYT
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8 March 2014 01:20:59 MYT
Vietnam (HCM ACC) SSR and ADS-B radar position symbols for MH370 disappear from display.
8 March 2014 01:21:13 MYT
Last secondary radar position of MH370 recorded on KL ACC radar. Simultaneous disappearance of MH370 radar symbol from Bangkok (AEROTHAI) radar. Malaysian Military radar records MH370 making a right turn then a constant left turn to heading 273�, flying parallel to Airway M765 toward VKB (Kota Bharu), 3.2 nm after passing IGARI.
8 March 2014 01:21:13 MYT
Last secondary radar position of MH370 recorded on KL ACC radar. Simultaneous disappearance of MH370 radar symbol from Bangkok (AEROTHAI) radar. Malaysian Military radar records MH370 making a right turn then a constant left turn to heading 273�, flying parallel to Airway M765 toward VKB (Kota Bharu), 3.2 nm after passing IGARI.
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8 March 2014 01:22:00 MYT
Original ETA at which MH370 was expected to reach waypoint IGARI (actual passage was one minute earlier at 1720:31 UTC).
8 March 2014 01:24:57 MYT
Military radar 'blip' recorded with heading changes varying between 8� and 20�, ground speed varying from 451 kt to 529 kt, and significant height variation from 31,150 ft to 39,116 ft.
8 March 2014 01:25 MYT
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8 March 2014 01:27:00 MYT
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8 March 2014 01:30:37 MYT
Civilian radar target P3362 appears on KL ACC Terminal Primary Approach Radar (Kota Bharu), consistent with aircraft diverting from filed flight plan.
8 March 2014 01:36:00 MYT
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8 March 2014 01:37:12 MYT
Radar target P3362 coasts on KL ACC radar display.
8 March 2014 01:37:22 MYT
Radar target P3362 dropped from KL ACC radar display.
8 March 2014 01:37:29 MYT
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8 March 2014 01:37:35 MYT
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8 March 2014 01:37:35 MYT
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8 March 2014 01:37:59 MYT
Military radar 'blip' on heading 239�, parallel to Airway B219 toward VPG (Penang VOR). Heading varies 239��255�, speed 532�571 kt, height 24,450�47,500 ft.
8 March 2014 01:37:00 MYT
Next scheduled ACARS position report, due approximately 30 minutes after the last report transmitted at 1707 UTC, was not received. No further ACARS position reports were received for the remainder of the flight.
8 March 2014 01:38:56 MYT
Civilian radar target P3401 appears on KL ACC radar display.
8 March 2014 01:39:03 MYT
HCM ACC first queries KL ACC about MH370; informs KL ACC that verbal contact was not established and radar target was last seen at BITOD. This is 12 minutes after the aircraft�s radar target was lost (standard LOA procedure requires contact within 5 minutes).
8 March 2014 01:39:06 MYT
HCM ACC queries KL ACC on whereabouts of MH370. KL ACC contacts MAS ODC to check.
8 March 2014 01:39:59 MYT
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8 March 2014 01:41:10 MYT
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8 March 2014 01:41:23 MYT
KL ACC Radar Controller makes a �blind transmission� to MH370 on radio frequency 132.5 MHz; no response from aircraft.
8 March 2014 01:44:42 MYT
Radar target P3401 coasts on KL ACC radar display.
8 March 2014 01:44:52 MYT
Radar target P3401 dropped from KL ACC radar display.
8 March 2014 01:47:02 MYT
Civilian radar target P3415 appears on KL ACC radar display.
8 March 2014 01:48:29 MYT
Radar target P3415 coasts on KL ACC radar display.
8 March 2014 01:48:39 MYT
Radar target P3415 dropped from KL ACC radar display.
8 March 2014 01:49:54 MYT
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8 March 2014 01:50:27 MYT
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8 March 2014 01:50:28 MYT
KL ACC queries HCM ACC on contact status with MH370; HCM ACC replies �negative�.
8 March 2014 01:51:45 MYT
Civilian radar target P3426 appears on KL ACC radar display approximately 6 nm south of Penang Island.
8 March 2014 01:52:25 MYT
Radar target P3426 coasts on KL ACC radar display.
8 March 2014 01:52:27 MYT
Mobile phone signal �hit� detected by telecommunications service provider from the First Officer�s phone at the Bandar Baru Farlim cell tower, Penang. No communication recorded; signal confirmed phone was in ON mode.
8 March 2014 01:52:31 MYT
Military radar 'blip' observed 10 nm south of Penang Island, heading 261�, speed 525 kt, height 44,700 ft.