Timeline/KLIA-SCS
The departure of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Saturday, 8 March 2014 was routine.
This stage of the timeline provides a chronology of events from Departure to the 'loss of contact' in the vicinity of the waypoint IGARI.
Departure from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) to waypoint IGARI above the South China Sea
From 00:42 MYT to 01:22 MYT Saturday, 8 March 2014
(16:42 UTC to 17:22 UTC Friday, 7 March 2014)
Saturday, 8 March 2014
ACARS sent an OOOI B777 OFF Report at 00:41:43 MYT, triggered by a switch on the nose wheel asssembly after take-off.
A Position Report was also generated at this time:- at 0041:43 MYT recorded the aircraft altitude of 103 feet with an airspeed of 168.4 knots.
Position Reports were generated at five-minute intervals and were to be transmitted every 30 minutes. This position report was transmitted at 01:07:29 MYT.
On Saturday, 8 March 2014 Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 departed from Runway 32 Right, KL International Airport (KLIA) at 00:42 MYT.
The Boeing 777-200ER, registered as 9M-MRO carried a total of 239 persons on board (227 passengers and 12 crew). The aircraft was expected to land in Beijing at 6.30am the same day.
ACARS sent an OOOI B777 OFF Report at 00:41:43 MYT, triggered by a switch on the nose wheel asssembly at take-off. A position report was also generated at this time.
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.
A Position Report generated at 00:46:43 MYT recorded the aircraft at an altitude of 10,482 feet with an airspeed of 261.8 knots.
A Position Report generated at 00:51:43 MYT recorded the aircraft at an altitude of 21,193 feet with an airspeed of 301.1 knots.
A Position Report generated at 00:56:43 MYT recorded the aircraft at an altitude of 28,938 feet with an airspeed of 303.1 knots.
A Position Report generated at 01:01:43 MYT recorded the aircraft at an altitude of 34,998 feet with an airspeed of 278.0 knots.
A Position Report was sent by ACARS over a satellite communication link at 1707:29 UTC (01:07:29 MYT).
This Report collated data generated at 5-minute intervals - at 00:41:43, 00:46:43, 00:51:43, 00:56:43, 01:01:43, and 01:06:43 MYT.
Position reports were programmed to be transmitted every 30 minutes.
After this Position Report was sent there were no further ACARS transmissions from the aircraft.
Last DATA-2 ACARS Message received at the GES. No further SATCOM Data-2 ACARS messages or acknowledgements were received at the GES for the remainder of the flight. This is abnormal and suggests that the on-board ACARS equipment either failed, or was disabled or powered down at some time between 1707:48 and around 1825:00.
At 01:19:30 MYT MH370 acknowledged with “Good night Malaysian Three Seven Zero”.
This was the last recorded radio transmission from MH370.
The words “Good Night Malaysian Three Seven Zero” were spoken by the Pilot-in-Command, Captain Zaharie Shah. However, he did not readback the assigned frequency, which was inconsistent with radio-telephony procedures.
The radar position symbol of MH370 disappeared at 1721:13 UTC (0121:13 MYT). The KL ACC radar and the Bangkok radar both recorded the target drop at 1721:13 UTC (0121:13 MYT).
MH370 was 3.2 nm beyond waypoint IGARI when the SSR radar position symbol of MH370 dropped off from ATC radar display.
Military radar (Primary Radar) showed the radar return of MH370 turning right but shortly after, making a constant left turn to heading of 273°, flying parallel to Airway M765 to VKB (Kota Bharu).
KL ACC Radar also captured the disappearance of MH370 at 1721:13 UTC [0121:13 MYT] but this was not noticed by the Duty KL ACC Radar Controller.