Singapore
Singapore and Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370
On Saturday, 8 March 2014 Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 00:42 am (MYT) and was expected to arrive in Beijing at 6:30 am (MYT). The Boeing 777-200ER was carrying 12 crew and 227 passengers. Communication with the aircraft was lost when it was in the vicinity of waypoint IGARI over the South China Sea. Instead of proceeding toward Vietnam en-route to China the aircraft made a turn-back west across the Malay Peninsula; changed direction again and flew north west towards the Andaman Sea; and then turned south. Flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean.
The initial search for MH370 began in the South China Sea, east of Malaysia, and continued until 15th March. Singapore contributed 4 aircraft and 3 ships to this phase of the search[1].
A concurrent search was conducted west of the Malay Peninsula, covering areas in the Strait of Malacca, Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, and West of Sumatra. Singapore also joined eleven other countries contributing to this stage of the search for MH370.
Singapore used their International Information Fusion Centre, where a Malaysian representative is stationed, to notify mariners and help with the search.[2]
When the Malaysian Government instituted an independent international Investigation Team known as The Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370, Singapore appointed an Accredited Representative from the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau (TSIB).
Singapore and the Search for MH370
South China sea
Early on Saturday, 8 March 2014 Singapore sent a Hercules C130 aircraft to the search area in the South China Sea.
An update was posted to Facebook on the second day of the search...
Sunday, 9 March 2014
The search and rescue efforts for the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 continue into the second day. The Republic of Singapore Air Force has deployed an additional C130 Hercules aircraft as well as a S-70B Naval Helicopter to the search area approximately 700km north of Singapore.
The Naval Helicopter will be operating with the Republic of Singapore Navy's Frigate that was deployed earlier today.
Source: The Republic of Singapore Air Force (via Facebook) RSAF-FB-002
Singapore contributed 4 aircraft and 3 ships to the search for MH370 east of Malaysia, in the South China Sea.
Singapore continued to provide support when the search moved to areas west of the Malay peninsula.
Links
Transport Safety Investigation Bureau (Singapore)
Singapore Media
Websites
Republic of Singapore Air Force
References
- ↑ Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), The Operational Search for MH370, 2017
- ↑ Thursday, March 20, 05:30 PM MYT +0800 Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight Incident - MH370 Press Briefing by Hishammuddin Hussein, Minister of Defence and Acting Minister of Transport
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