MH370 Timeline - Departure To Loss Of Contact/0042:53 MYT
0042:53 MYT Saturday, 8 March 2014
This page provides details for events related to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 which occurred at or near the time of 0042:53 MYT Saturday, 8 March 2014.
Note: Malaysian Time (MYT) is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) plus 8 hours.
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Summary
Lumpur Departure cleared MH370 to climb to 18,000 feet and to cancel the Standard Instrument Departure (SID) clearance by tracking direct to waypoint IGARI.
Event Details
Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 1.1.1
At 1642:53 UTC (0042:53 MYT) Lumpur Departure cleared MH370 to climb to Flight Level (FL) 180 (the aviation term for 18,000 feet [ft.]) and to cancel the Standard Instrument Departure (SID) clearance by tracking direct to waypoint IGARI.
Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 Appendix 1.18D
AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
APPROACH RADAR - FREQUENCY 121.25 MHzTime Source CONTENT 1642:50 UTC
[0042:50 MYT]MAS 370 Departure Malaysian aaa… Three Seven Zero. 1642:53 UTC
(0042:53 MYT)Lumpur Radar Malaysian Three Seven Zero selamat pagi identified climb flight level one eight zero cancel SID turn right direct to IGARI. 1643:01 UTC
[0043:01 MYT]MAS 370 Okay… level one eight zero direct IGARI Malaysian One… aaa Three Seven Zero. 1646:39 UTC
(0046:39 MYT)Lumpur Radar Malaysian Three Seven Zero contact Lumpur Radar one three two six good night. 1646:42 UTC
[0046:42 MYT]MAS 370 Night one three two six Malaysian err… Three Seven Zero.
Notes
- This call was initiated from MH370 at 0042:50 MYT and ended at 0046:42 MYT. The key event is at 0042:53 MYT when Lumpur Radar instructs MH370 to "...climb flight level one eight zero cancel SID turn right direct to IGARI"
- 'selamat pagi' in Malay translates to 'good morning'.
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