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