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Iran and Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was a scheduled international flight which left Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 8 March 2014 at 00:42 am (MYT) and was expected to arrive in Beijing at 6:30 am (MYT).
There were 12 crew and 227 passengers on board.
For reasons that are still not known, 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.
Two Iranians were passengers on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Both were travelling under stolen passports - one from Austria, the other from Italy.
MH370: Iranian Passengers
Two young Iranian men confirmed as using stolen passports to board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 were:-
- Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad age 19 used an Austrian passport; intended to travel from Beijing to Frankfurt, where his mother was living; and was seated in Row 30 at 30C.
- Delavar Seyed Mohammadreza age 30 used an Italian passport; intended to travel from Beijing to Copenhagen; and was seated in Row 34 at 34C.
An article about the two friends is linked here: Pouria MEHRDAD and Delavar MOHAMMADREZA.
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