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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Timeline - Pre-Flight

Pre-Flight

KLIA to South China Sea

South China Sea to Straits of Malacca

Straits of Malacca to Andaman Sea

Andaman Sea to North Indian Ocean

North Indian Ocean to Southern Indian Ocean

Event Summary

 00:06:15 MYT Saturday, 8 March 2014

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Malaysia Airlines used ACARS to send a list of the perishable cargo loaded on-board 9M-MRO as a SPECIAL LOAD NOTOC or Notice To Crew. The message was routed via the service provider for ACARS (SITA) then over the satellite communications service provided by Inmarsat. The message was sent direct to the (cockpit) aircraft printer and to be printed out by the (flight) crew. The automated response MAS-S (successful) at 0006:32 MYT indicates that the message was transmitted successfully. Information about this event is summarised in the table below.

The NOTOC stated the special loads of total 4,566 kg of mangosteen fruit were carried on board. Details of the mangosteens were: 1,128 kg at station 41L, 1,152 kg at station 41R, 1,148 kg at station 43L and 1,138 kg at 44L respectively. The message concluded with the declaration “There is no evidence that any damaged or leaking packages containing dangerous goods have been loaded on the aircraft at this station”.

Event Details

1. Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 Appendix 1.9A

   
   

   Time 16:06:15	Trans 46818160	Direction Outgoing Uplink	AN 9M-MRO	FI MH0370	Medium	Machine MHKULKJACM001	Raw DTG 071606	SMI AGM	Application RELAY
   Status Uplink Sent		Message Type AGM NOTOC Uplink B777 -- AGM NOTOC Uplink B777			Source/Destination QXSXMXS

   QU QXSXMXS
   .DPCCAMH 071606
   AGM
   AN 9M-MRO/FI MH0370/MA 989I
   -
   NOTOC MESSAGE
   SPECIAL LOAD NOTOC
   
   FLIGHT DATE EDNO
   MH 0370 /08 08MAR14 01
   FROM/TO AC/REG
   KULPEK 9M-MRO
   
   OTHER SPECIAL LOAD
   
   TO POS PCS QTY/TI IMP
   DESCRIPTION
   PEK 41L 001 1128KG PER
   MANGOSTEEN
   
   PEK 41R 001 1152KG PER
   MANGOSTEEN
   
   PEK 43L 001 1148KG PER
   MANGOSTEEN
   
   PEK 44L 001 1138KG PER
   MANGOSTEEN
   
   THERE IS NO EVIDENCE
   THAT ANY DAMAGED OR
   LEAKING PACKAGES
   CONTAINING DANGEROUS
   GOODS HAVE BEEN LOADED
   ON THE AIRCRAFT AT THIS
   STATION.
   
   END ACARS NOTOC

   
   

   
   

   Time 16:06:15	Trans 46818160	Direction Incoming Downlink	AN 9M-MRO	FI MH0370	Medium	Machine MHKULKJACM001	Raw DTG 071606	SMI MAS	Application RELAY
   Status Normal		Message Type MAS-L (link ack)			Source/Destination QXSXMXS

   QU DPCCAMH
   .QXSXMXS 071606
   MAS
   AN 9M-MRO/FI MH0370/MA 989L

   
   

   
   

   Time 16:06:32	Trans 46818160	Direction Incoming Downlink	AN 9M-MRO	FI MH0370	Medium IOR2	Machine MHKULKJACM001	Raw DTG 071606	SMI MAS	Application RELAY
   Status Normal		Message Type MAS-S (successful)			Source/Destination QXSXMXS

   QU DPCCAMH
   .QXSXMXS 071606
   MAS
   AN 9M-MRO/FI MH0370/MA 989S
   DT QXT IOR2 071606 S15A

   
   

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Aircraft Communication and Reporting System

Aircraft Registration Number for the Boeing 777 used for Flight MH370. More Info

Notice to Crew

Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques

Malaysia Airline Systems

Aircraft Number

Flight ID

Flight ID MH370

Unique hardware (machine) ID

Date and Time (UTC) in DD/HH/MM format

Date and Time (UTC) in DD/HH/MM format

Standard Message Identifier

Boeing 777 aircraft

An identifier for SITA, a service provider for ACARS messages.

Aircraft Number (Registration) 9M-MRO

Valid Flight ID: MH370

Flight ID MH370

Aircraft Registration

From Kuala Lumpur to Beijing (Peking)

Position (cargo bay location)

Beijing (Peking)

IATA Code for PERishable cargo

An automated 'acknowledged' response by ACARS; similar in meaning to 'the message was sent'.

An identifier for SITA, a service provider for ACARS messages.

Inmarsat geostationary satellite above the Indian Ocean