MH370News:2014/Day 003
Day 003: Monday, 10 March 2014
News Summary
- 7:00 AM
- DG of DCA announced that 34 aircraft and 40 ships have been deployed for MH370 SAR efforts.
- 12:00 PM
- Arrival of experts from the USA National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), BOEING, US Embassy]
- 2:00 PM
- Acting Transport Minister announced that the China delegation arrived to help with SAR efforts, intelligence and in engaging families.
- 4:00 PM
- Press conference by Director General of Department Civil Aviation, Royal Malaysian Navy, Chief Executive Officer of Malaysia Airlines, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency
- 8:00 PM
- New Zealand sends its air force P-3 Orion maritime partrol aircraft to join the MH370 SAR efforts. Also lending a hand is Taiwan with its aircraft, 2 navy frigates and 2 coast guard patrol vessels.
Source: Department of Civil Aviation (Malaysia) - Interactive Timeline DCAMY-Timeline
Media Statements
Monday, March 10, 10:00 AM MYT +0800 Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight Incident - 9th Media Statement
It has been more than 48 hours since we lost contact with our flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Despite not being able to establish any positive findings on the whereabouts of the aircraft, Malaysia Airlines has been actively cooperating with the search and rescue authorities coordinated by the Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia (DCA).
DCA has confirmed that search and rescue teams from Australia, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines and the United States of America have come forward to assist. We are grateful for these efforts.
Malaysia Airlines' primary focus at this point in time is to care for the families. This means providing them with timely information, travel facilities, accommodation, meals, medical and emotional support. The costs for these are all borne by Malaysia Airlines.
Initial financial assistance has been given out to all families over and above their basic needs.
At least one caregiver is assigned to each family. These caregivers are well-trained staff and volunteers from Malaysia and other organisations.
As of now, there are more than 150 "Go Team" members consisting of senior management and caregivers at Beijing to attend to these families. In Kuala Lumpur, a different group of caregivers are attending to the families’ needs.
Families from other nations apart from China have been arriving at Kuala Lumpur since early yesterday. More are expected to arrive today.
Malaysia Airlines is working closely with the government of China to expedite the issuance of passports for the families as well as with the immigration of Malaysia for their visas into Malaysia.
When the aircraft is located, a Response Coordination Centre (RCC) will be activated within the vicinity to support the needs of the families. This has been communicated specifically to the families.
The airline continues to work with the authorities and we appreciate the help we are receiving from all parties and agencies during this critical and difficult time especially the members of the media.
Malaysia Airlines reiterates that it will continue to be transparent in communicating with the general public via the media in all matters affecting MH370.
Malaysia Airlines is similarly anxious and we appreciate the patience, support and prayers from everyone.
马来西亚航空公司MH370航班事件
媒体声明九
马航首席执行长阿末佐哈里发表声明
(2014年3月10日早9点53分发布)
我们与吉隆坡飞往北京的MH370失联航班失去联系已经超过48个小时。尽管目前仍然未有任何关于MH370失联航班确切位置的发现，航空公司已经尽全力支持由马来西亚民航部门协调的搜救团队开展搜救工作。
马来西亚民航部门表示国际搜救团队来自澳大利亚，中国，泰国，印度尼西亚，新加坡，越南，菲律宾和美国。航空公司感谢这些搜救团队的帮助。
航空公司现在的首要任务是及时为MH370失联航班乘客以及乘务员家属提供照顾与援助。这些工作包括最新进展的及时通知，交通，住宿，食物以及情绪安抚方面的支持与援助。航空公司将承担因此产生的费用。
航空公司为每个失联航班乘客与乘务员家庭安排了至少一位护理人员，这些护理人员都是经过专业训练的工作人员与志愿者，她们来自马来西亚和其它相关机构。
截至目前，超过150人的特别工作小组，他们包括航空公司高层管理人员以及护理人员，他们已经在北京开始照顾失联航班乘客家属。在吉隆坡，另一支护理人员的团队也正在照顾失联航班乘客与乘务员家属的需求。
除了中国之外的第一批失联航班乘客家属已经在昨天早些时候来到吉隆坡，更多家属将在今天陆续抵达。
航空公司正在与中国政府和马来西亚签证服务中心积极沟通，加速办理失联航班家属赴马来西亚的签证。
航空公司已经特别告知失联航班乘客与乘务员家属，一旦失联航班的位置被确定，邻近的应急处理协调中心会立即开展工作，为他们提供对应的援助与支持工作。
航空公司将继续与当局有关部门合作。航空公司感谢在此非常和艰难时刻，为航空公司提供帮助的团体与组织，特别是所有媒体工作人员。
航空公司再次郑重声明，在与公众的关于失联航班的信息沟通中会继续保持透明度，及时提供最新信息。
航空公司也和大家的心情一样焦急。我们感谢所有人的耐心，支持与祈福。
Source: Malaysia Airlines MAS-MS9-003-ZH
PRESS CONFERENCE: MH370
10 MARCH 2014 (MONDAY), 12.00 PM
SPOKESPERSON
DATO’ AZHARUDDIN ABRUL RAHMAN (DIRECTOR GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION)
Search and Rescue
As you know, the aircraft went missing at 1:20 Saturday morning, the 7th of March 2014. And to date as we speak, 12:00 noon Monday, 10th March 2014, it has gone for 60 hours. Our heart goes to the next of kin of the passangers and all of us would like to know what actually happened on the ill-fated flight MAS Boeing 777 flight number MH370 registration 9MMRO. The DCA with all the assisting agencies have conducted a thorough rescue and search operation over a very wide area – South China Sea that cover the 50 radius nautical mile. On the point of where the last aircraft was reported in the morning of Saturday, 8th March 2014. We also conducted search in the areas of north of Straits of Malacca as we do not want to discount possibilities of the aircraft air turn-back to the Straits of Malacca. And we also receive cooperation, a very good cooperation from various neighbouring countries to assist DCA in our effort to locate the missing aircraft. And so to date we use a large number of assets comprising of 34 aircrafts, 40 ships, hundred over men, thousand over man-hours, as we deployed. And countries that assisted us include Vietnam, China, Singapore, Indonesia, USA, Thailand, Australia and Philipines. The air search was conducted daily from 7 am to 7 pm. And the search by the ships continue throughout the night and unfortunately ladies and gentlemen, we have not found anything that appears to be objects from the aircraft, let alone the aircraft.
Debris, oil leaks
We will be intensify out effort to locate the missing aircraft. There are various reports on the siting of objects that various agencies have reported in the various media. The Vietnamese authorities have reported to spot, to locate items and yes, last night there was a report about the Vietnamese located identify a piece of the aircraft as it was reported. A door of the aircraft, the inner part of the door of the aircraft but to inform all of you that the report was not verified officially by he Vietnamese authorities to date. We immediately called the Vietnamese authorities last night and they confirmed that they have not spotted any such object. Therefore, we are unable to inform to all of you that any object was rected. Yes, yesterday also from the search and rescue work a number of aircraft has spotted the thing is from the aircraft part. There are two areas and two aircrafts spotted an object looks like a tail of an aircraft but when we but we despatched immediately the ship to the areas that it is made known to us it was logs, and also logs thight together that looks like a pontoon to us. So there are numbers of reports, number of sightings that been made. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency also spotted oils leaked in the South China Sea. And they have took sample of it and that sample was sent to the labs. Hopefully when we receive the reports from the lab we will inform you that particular oils leak or fuel that we took from the sea come from the missing aircraft. So, there are various objects that our team have seen but none of them at this moment confirm any of them come from the aircraft. And for the aircraft to just go missing just like that from the radar blade there are many theories that have been said in the media. There are many experts around the world that contributed their know-how and knowledge about what could happen, what has happened, and as far as we are concern we are equally puzzled as well. The honourable Prime Minister used the word – perplexing. We are equally puzzled as well. And to be confirmed, what really happened on that particular day on these ill fated aircraft we need hard evidence, we need concrete evidence, we need parts of the aircraft for us to analize, for us to do forensic studies, for us to determine what really happened to the aircraft. Unfortunately again, we are unable to secure any part of the aircraft to date, to confirm that any parts of the aircraft able to be located. We have intensify also as mentioned in the Straits of Malacca of the air turn-back. Again, these are theories. Again, these are not speculations but these are something that we cannot discount any other posibilities. These are things that we have to do. A lot of works to be done. It is unprescedented missing aircraft – mystery as you can put it. We are increasing our effort to do what we have to do. MAS is helping us. All the central agencies are helping us. All the experts around the world are helping us. As far as we are concern we have to find the aircraft. We have to find the bits of the aircraft, if possible.
Passangers with stolen passports
There are reports of two passengers on the aircraft with stolen passport. The authorities concern is investigating the case. The investigating team is now as we speak is going through all the records and the video footages and once we get any reports from them we will inform to all of you. We will definitely inform what has been gathered by the team of experts of investigators pertaining to the two passangers. Yes, there are issues about the passangers that did not fly on the aircraft – there are five of them. Yes, we have to comply to the IQ Annexe 17 that any passangers that have been checked-in but did not fly on the aircraft, we have to remove the baggage that they checked-in on of the aircraft. We have done so. Every passangers that checked-in with checked-in baggage are being recorded, are being given unique serial number of baggages. And they been given the slip of tag with their boarding pass. And this was done to make sure that the correct bag are being removed from the aircraft and and this was done by MAS team to remove the affected baggage so that the aircraft will not fly as we put the term ‘unaccompanied baggage’. All baggage of that passangers not flown on that particular morning was removed from the aircraft.
Possibilities of Hijack
Also there are talks about possible hijack and this is not discounted as we are looking at every aspect of what could happen on this ill-fated aricraft on the morning 7th of March. Again, we have to have concrete evidence, we have to get the aircraft, we have to find the aircraft and we intensify to locate the aircraft. So these are the effort and we understand you want answers, details and data from us. We are equally eager as you are to find details and part of the aircraft. I hope you will all be patient and our voice in the rescue control centre on the aircraft, on the ship is now trying their best. Whatever we could find in the areas that we have identify and may go beyond that. We are every hour, every minute, every second looking at every inch of the sea, the area that we have identify.
Source: Department of Civil Aviation (Malaysia) DCAMY-MS-003
Monday, March 10, 05:30 PM MYT +0800 Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight Incident - 10th Media Statement
The purpose of this statement is to update on emergency response activities at Malaysia Airlines.
On notification of the incident the following steps have been taken:-
The EOC:-
1. Activation of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in the early morning of 8 March 2014. The EOC is the central command and control facility responsible for carrying out emergency management functions at the strategic level during a disaster.
2. In addition to the EOC, various departments of Malaysia Airlines are also addressing to all the different needs during this crisis.
Family Management
1. Malaysia Airlines is working closely with the government of China to expedite the issuance of passports for the families intending to travel to Malaysia, as well as with the immigration of Malaysia on the issuance of their visas into Malaysia.
2. Malaysia Airlines is deploying an additional aircraft to bring the families from Beijing to Kuala Lumpur on 11 March 2014.
3. When the aircraft is located, a Response Coordination Centre (RCC) will be established within the vicinity to support the needs of the families. This has been communicated specifically to the families.
4. Once the Response Coordination Centre is operational, we will provide transport and accommodation to the designated areas for the family members.
5. Our oneworld partners have been engaged to help bring family members in other countries aside from China into Kuala Lumpur.
Search and Rescue
1. Malaysia Airlines has been actively cooperating with the search and rescue authorities coordinated by the Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia (DCA) and the Ministry of Transport
2. DCA has confirmed that search and rescue teams from Australia, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, New Zealand and the United States of America have come forward to assist. We are grateful for these efforts.
We also want to address a few common queries from the media.
We are receiving many queries about how the passengers with the stolen passports purchased their tickets. We are unable to comment on this matter as this is a security issue. We can however confirm that we have given all the flight details to the authorities for further investigation.
We also confirm that we are making necessary arrangements for MH370 passengers' families from Beijing to travel to Kuala Lumpur. However, flight details of the families’ arrival are highly confidential. This is to protect the privacy and well-being of the families during this difficult time and to respect their space. Our position is not to reveal any information on the flight or movements of the families.
Malaysia Airlines' primary focus at this point in time is to care for the families of the passengers and crew of MH370. This means providing them with timely information, travel facilities, accommodation, meals, medical and emotional support. The costs for these are all borne by Malaysia Airlines.
All other Malaysia Airlines’ flights are as per schedule. The safety of our passengers and crew has always been and will continue to be of utmost importance to us.
The airline continues to work with the authorities and we appreciate the help we are receiving from all local and international parties and agencies during this critical and difficult time.
Malaysia Airlines reiterates that it will continue to be transparent in communicating with the general public via the media on all matters affecting MH370.
马来西亚航空 MH370航班事故
媒体声明十
马航首席执行官阿末佐哈里发表声明
(2014年3月10日下午6点10发布)
本声明之目的為更新马来西亚航空对此次紧急事故所做的应急处理工作。
為应对此事件，马航已经开展以下各项工作：
紧急行动中心：
l 此次事件的紧急行动中心于３月８日清晨开始運作。紧急行动中心为是次事件的中央指挥及控制中心。於策略上負責處理災難性的緊急事故。
l 除了紧急行动中心，马来西亚航空的各部门亦會處理此危機當中的不同需求。
乘客家属援助：
l 马航正与中国政府紧密沟通，帮助那些想前往马来西亚的失联航班乘客家属加速办理护照，同时亦与马来西亚签证當局沟通，加速签发入境签证。
l 马航正在计划安排一架包机，于3月11日将在北京的失联航班乘客家属接載至吉隆坡。
l 马航已经特别告知所有失联航班乘客以及舱务员家属，只要失联航班的位置一经确定，将会于邻近设立协调中心开展工作，为这些家属提供支援。
l 一旦紧急协调中心开始操作，我们会为失联航班家属提供在该区所需的交通和食宿。
l亦已知会 寰宇一家联盟中的伙伴航空公司协助将中国以外的失联航班家属送抵吉隆坡。
搜救工作：
l 马航正与由马来西亚民航局及交通部协调的国际搜救团队紧密合作，展开搜救工作。
l 马来西亚民航部证实国际搜救团队来自澳洲，中国，泰国，印度尼西亚，新加坡，越南，菲律宾，新西兰和美国。我们感谢这些国际搜救团的努力及支持。
我们也希望对媒体的一些问题作出回应。
我们收到很多关于持有盗用护照的乘客是如何购得机票。由于这是一个保安问题，我们对此无法评论。但我们确定已经将所有的航班资料提供给有关当局作进一步调查。
我们也确定正在协助在北京的MH370失联航班家属前往吉隆坡。但有关这些家属的航班详情必需保密以保护这些家属的隐私，以及避免他们在这个困难时刻被打扰及尊重他们的私人空间。我们的立场是不会公开任何关于这些家属的航班详情及动向。
马航目前的首要任务是为MH370失联航班乘客以及舱务员家属提供照顾与援助。这些支持包括事态的最新进展，交通，住宿，食物的安排，以及医疗及情绪方面的支援。所有费用由马航承担。
马航所有其它航班仍正常运作。一如既往，保障所有乘客以及机舱服务员的安全，为我们服务的首要重点。
在此非常时刻， 我们将继续与有关当局保持紧密合作，同时也感谢所有提供帮助的马来西亚以及海外团体和组织。
马航再次郑重重申，在此次失联航班的事件中，会继续保持透明度通过媒体与公众沟通，及时提供有关MH370的最新信息。
Source: Malaysia Airlines MAS-MS10-003-ZH
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