MH370 Timeline - Pre-Flight/1250:22 UTC

12:50:22 UTC Friday, 7 March 2014

This page provides details for events related to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 which occurred at or near the time of 12:50:22 UTC Friday, 7 March 2014.
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Summary

ACARS on aircraft registered 9M-MRO established a connection with Malaysia Airlines' service provider SITA using a VHF radio to a (SITA) VHF datalink service at KUL - at or near the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). No Flight ID was available to the ACARS at this time.

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Event Details

1. Item 1 - ACARS Traffic Log for MH370 (9M-MRO)

   
   

   Time 12:50:22	Trans 46814518	Direction Incoming Downlink	AN 9M-MRO	FI MH0000	Medium KUL	Machine MHKULKJACM001	Raw DTG 071250	SMI MED	Application RELAY
   Status Normal		Message Type Established VHF			Source/Destination BKKXCXA

   QU DPCCAMH
   .BKKXCXA 071250
   MED
   FI MH0/AN 9M-MRO
   DT BKK KUL 071250 S02A
   - 0EV125037VS

   
   

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Notes

1. This event is not included in Appendix 1.9A ACARS Traffic Log attached to the Safety Investigation Report (2018). The first entry in the Appendix occurs at 15:54:31 UTC.

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Documents and Related Articles

1. ACARS Traffic Log for MH370 (9M-MRO)

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Coordinated Universal Time

Aircraft Communication and Reporting System

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

Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques

Very High Frequency

Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Flight Identifier, for example MH370

satellite communication from the aircraft to the ground earth station

Aircraft Number

Flight ID

Kuala Lumpur

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

ACARS data link established over VHF

Invalid Flight ID: MH for Malaysia Airlines but no flight number

Aircraft Number (Registration) 9M-MRO

ACARS data link established over VHF at 12:50:37 (UTC)

The Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 was released by the Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370 in July 2018. More Info