MH370 Timeline - Departure To Loss Of Contact/0122 MYT

01:22 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 01:22 MYT Saturday, 8 March 2014.
Note: Malaysian Time (MYT) is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) plus 8 hours. Return to Timeline

Summary

MH370 was expected to arrive at waypoint IGARI at 0122 MYT (or one minute earlier, based on the reconstruction of the flight profile conducted on the B777 simulator.

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Event Details

1. Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 1.1.1

   At 1643:31 UTC (0043:31 MYT), KL ACC Sector 3 Planner coordinated with Ho Chi Minh (Viet Nam) Area Control Centre (HCM ACC) on the Direct Speech Circuit (direct telephone line) relaying the estimated time of arrival (ETA) of MH370 for waypoint IGARI as 1722 UTC (0122 MYT) and the assigned Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) transponder code A2157.

2. Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 2.2.1

   Based on reconstruction (Section 2.1) of the flight profile conducted on the B777 simulator, the flight would be at waypoint IGARI one minute earlier than the original estimate of 1722 UTC [0122 MYT].

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Documents and Related Articles

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Malaysian Time (MYT) is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) + 8 hours

A predetermined geographical position that is defined in terms of latitude and longitude coordinates, used for navigation. More Info

Waypoint Country SG Latitude 6° 56' 10.00" N Longitude 103° 35' 6.00" E

Boeing 777 aircraft

Coordinated Universal Time

Kuala Lumpur Area Control Centre (or Air Traffic Control Centre)

Ho Chi Minh (Viet Nam) Area Control Centre (or Air Traffic Control Centre)

Estimated time of Arrival

Secondary Surveillance Radar - A surveillance radar system which uses transmitters/receivers system (interrogators) and transponders.

SSR transponder code A2157 allocated to Flight MH370