A Chinese satellite has detected a floating object in the southern Indian Ocean that could be debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The object is 22.5 metres long and 13 metres […]
Southern MH370 air search called off until morning
The Australian-led air search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was called off this evening without anything being found. The search teams are scouring the remote waters of the southern Indian Ocean to […]
Satellite imagery shows possible MH370 debris
Australia’s prime minister, Tony Abbott, announced in parliament today that satellite imagery shows two objects in the southern Indian Ocean that could be debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Military aircraft […]
Frustration of MH370 relatives boils over in emotional protest
There were emotional scenes at the Sama-Sama hotel at Kuala Lumpur’s international airport today when relatives of Chinese passengers on board the missing flight MH370 came to the hotel where the press […]
MH370 search now covers millions of square nautical miles
The area of land and sea being covered in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 measures more than 2.24 million square nautical miles – an area the size of Australia. In […]
Graphic of MH370 sequence of events
Graphic about the sequence of events before Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared.
MH370 co-pilot believed to have made final contact with air traffic control
Malaysia Airlines say they believe it was the co-pilot of their missing plane who said “All right, good night” to air traffic controllers before contact with the aircraft was lost. This radio […]
Pilots’ homes searched in missing plane investigation
Malaysian police investigating the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have searched the homes of the captain, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, and the co-pilot, Fariq Abdul Hamid. They are examining a flight simulator […]
‘High degree of certainty’ that missing plane’s communication systems were shut down deliberately
The Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, said today that there was now a high degree of certainty that someone on board missing flight MH370 deliberately disabled the aircraft’s data transmission system and […]
Malaysia dismisses speculation about missing plane’s movements
The Malaysian authorities today poured cold water on speculation that has been rife today about the movements of the Malaysian Airlines plane that has now been missing for nearly six days. They […]
Malaysian officials defend their handling of plane disappearance
Malaysian authorities have defended their handling of the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 and say everything possible is being done to find the aircraft. The country’s acting transport minister and defence […]
Confusion reigns as search for missing Malaysia Airlines plane continues
Five days after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing, there is widespread confusion about whether the aircraft turned around after take-off from Kuala Lumpur and how far off course it may have […]
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Interpol has named the second suspect passenger on the Malaysia Airlines missing flight MH370 as 29-year-old Iranian, Delavar Seyed Mohammad Reza. The secretary-general of Interpol, Ronald K. Noble, said Reza and another […]
Police say suspect Malaysia Airlines passenger has no link to terrorism
Malaysian police have identified one of the two passengers travelling on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight on stolen passports as a 18-year-old Iranian, Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad. Police say they do not […]
Search intensifies for missing Malaysia Airlines plane
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been missing for nearly three days and the already massive search and rescue operation is being intensified all the time. It will be expanded even further in […]
Updates on plane disappearance
Ships were sent to verify the sighting of a yellow floating object that search teams thought could be a life raft from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. They have confirmed that it […]
Disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
No trace of the Malaysian Airlines plane that has been missing for more than 48 hours has been found and the search and rescue operation has been intensified. Radar readings suggest that […]
New palm oil sustainability scorecard
A new scorecard that ranks the palm oil sourcing commitments of 30 top companies in the packaged food, fast food, and personal care sectors shows that 24 of them have inadequate commitments […]
Donuts, deodorants, and deforestation
Updated article A new scorecard that ranks the palm oil sourcing commitments of 30 top companies in the packaged food, fast food, and personal care sectors shows that 24 of them have […]
Fast food companies score worst on palm oil sourcing
The US-based Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has analysed the palm oil sourcing commitments of 30 top companies in the packaged food, fast food, and personal care sectors and found that 24 […]