No distress call was ever received, the plane simply stopped existing.
The Boeing 770-200 had left Kuala Lumpur for Beijing, with two hundred and thirty-nine people aboard.
Saturday evening an oil slick was found in the Gulf of Thailand, which is believed to be where the plane may have gone down.
Ships and aircraft from Malaysia, Vietnam, and the US Navy are taking part in the search for wreckage and survivors.
Concerns that terrorism was involved became heightened after it was revealed two of the passengers had boarded with stolen passports.
However, at this time there are no leads and all options are being considered as part of the investigation.
Aboard the plane had been one hundred and fifty-four citizens of China or Taiwan, thirty-eight Malaysians, seven Indonesians, six Australians, five Indians, four French, three Americans; two citizens each from Canada, New Zealand, and Ukraine; and one each from Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, and Russia.
Nationalities for the other one hundred and twelve had not yet been released at the time of publishing.
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