Also just confirmed on Sky News at 00.26 today (Saturday 8th March)
Looks like the plane has already been missing for five to six hours but that details have only just been released to the press by the airline and/or local authorities
Sadly doesn't look at all hopeful.
This is potentially only the second hull loss of a 777 involving fatalities in flight despite more than 1,000 being in service and also potentially the first one ever involving the loss of all passengers and crew on board. Until the crash landing of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport on 6th July 2013 (resulting in the death of three passengers and the injury of most passengers on board, twelve with critical injuries) there had been no fatalities involving the hull loss of a Boeing 777. There were no fatalities but a significant number of injuries (none life threatening but one serious) when BA's 777-200ER (G-YMMM - serial number 30314) landed 270 metres (890 feet) short of runway 27L at London Heathrow on 17th January 2008.
Last edited by Capvermell; 8th Mar 2014 at 00:07.