This Day in History: <br />Malaysia Airlines Flight Vanishes <br />With More Than 200 People Aboard March 8, 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 <br />had 239 people aboard when the <br />flight lost contact with air traffic control. The Boeing 777 disappeared <br />on route to Beijing Capital International Airport, <br />less than an hour after takeoff. The mysterious disappearance of the flight prompted <br />extensive, coordinated international investigations. Satellite transmissions revealed <br />the flight had veered off course, <br />operating on autopilot for several hours. Theories of what caused the <br />disappearance abounded, including <br />terrorism and oxygen deprivation. All those aboard the doomed <br />flight are presumed dead. <br />Exactly what happened to the <br />Malaysian airliner remains a mystery.
