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Timeline of events related to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 which occurred prior to Departure

Event Colour Code

From 12:44 MYT Friday, 7 March 2014 to 40:37 MYT Template:Day 001
(0444 UTC to 1640:37 UTC Friday, 7 March 2014)

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Malaysia Airlines MH370 — Pre-Flight Timeline

8 March 2014 · Kuala Lumpur → Beijing · Boeing 777-200ER 9M-MRO

Ground / ATC

Aircraft / Crew

Radar observation

SATCOM / Inmarsat

Ground & ATC

Aircraft / Flight

Pre-Flight Friday 7 March 2014 (MYT)

7 Mar · 12:44 MYT
MH370 Flight Plan Filed
MAS Operations filed the Flight Plan for MH370

20:50:19 MYT
9M-MRO Satellite Data Unit (SDU) Log-On
The Satellite Data Unit (SDU) on Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 registered 9M-MRO initiated Log-On to Inmarsat POR I-3 satellite

20:50:22 MYT
ACARS Connection to SITA
ACARS on aircraft 9M-MRO connected to service provider SITA via VHF Radio

8 Mar · 02:21 MYT
Radar return lost
KL ACC secondary radar loses MH370 near IGARI. Ho Chi Minh reports no contact.

8 Mar · 02:21 MYT
Transponder & ADS-B cease
Mode S transponder (squawk 2157) and ADS-B stop transmitting. Aircraft vanishes from secondary radar.

SATCOM Handshakes — Inmarsat

8 Mar · 02:25 MYT
Ho Chi Minh reports no contact
Ho Chi Minh ACC unable to raise MH370. Notifies KL ACC. No alert declared yet.

8 Mar · 02:25 MYT
SATCOM log-on request
Aircraft SDU sends re-initialisation request to Inmarsat-3 F1 (IOR). Consistent with power interruption to the SDU or left AC bus.

8 Mar · 03:41 – 06:41 MYT
Hourly handshakes — Arcs 2–5
Inmarsat ground station records five hourly pings. BTO and BFO analysis places aircraft on successive arcs south of the equator.

Friday, 7 March 2014

Time:0444 UTC/EventTime Friday, 7 March 2014

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Time:1250:19 UTC/EventTime Friday, 7 March 2014

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Time:1250:22 UTC/EventTime Friday, 7 March 2014

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Time:1450 UTC/EventTime Friday, 7 March 2014

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Time:1503:36 UTC/EventTime Friday, 7 March 2014

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Time:1515 UTC/EventTime Friday, 7 March 2014

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Time:1554:31 UTC/EventTime Friday, 7 March 2014

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Time:1554:41 UTC/EventTime Friday, 7 March 2014

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Time:1554:53 UTC/EventTime Friday, 7 March 2014

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Time:1555:57 UTC/EventTime Friday, 7 March 2014

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Time:1556:08 UTC/EventTime Friday, 7 March 2014

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Time:1557:49 UTC/EventTime Friday, 7 March 2014

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Time:1557:57 UTC/EventTime Friday, 7 March 2014

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Time:0040:37 MYT/EventTime

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