Missing Plane: Names of passengers on boards released

Malaysia Airlines holds a press conference at CITIC Hotel Beijing

Names of the passengers on board the airline has been released. Next of  kin of all the passengers on board might have been contacted .

A very long oil slick of 12-mile spotted between Malaysia and Vietnam on Saturday afternoon is thought to be the first sign that a missing Malaysia Airlines flight went down in the waters between southernmost Vietnam and northern Malaysia, Vietnam’s director of civil aviation has hinted.

Plane Crash: Missing Malaysia Airlines flight presumed crashed

A yet to be located Malaysia Airlines carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew has gone missing over the South China Sea, presumed crashed. 

Search and rescue teams from countries closest to the missing plane's flight path had been sent to scour a large area near its last known location. 

More than a dozen Malaysian planes are involved in the search and rescue mission and about nine ships from the same country. Singapore and Vietnam are also involved in the mission.