VERY SAD INDEED

UPDATE [12:37]: Tuoi Tre, a leading daily in Vietnam,
reports that the Vietnamese Navy has confirmed the
plane crashed into the ocean. According to Navy Admiral
Ngo Van Phat, Commander of the Region 5, military radar
recorded that the plane crashed into the sea at a location
153 miles South of Phu Quoc island.

UPDATE [12:01]: Altogether, 239 passengers & crew, from
14 different nationalities, including two infants.

Passengers were from:

1. China - 152 plus 1 infant
2. Malaysia - 38
3. Indonesia - 12
4. Australia - 7
5. France - 3
6. United States of America - 3 pax plus 1 infant
7. New Zealand - 2
8. Ukraine - 2
9. Canada - 2
10. Russia - 1
11. Italy - 1
12. Taiwan - 1
13. Netherlands - 1
14. Austria - 1

The flight was piloted by Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, a
Malaysian aged 53. He has a total flying hours of 18,365
hours.

He joined Malaysia Airlines in 1981. First officer, Fariq
Ab.Hamid, a Malaysian, is aged 27. He has a total flying
hours of 2,763 hours. He joined Malaysia Airlines in 2007

Sad and scaring.

Not when the plane falls from 35000ft and hits the water at 1,000kph.