timeline of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 lists events associated with the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 — a scheduled , commercial flight operated by Malaysia Airlines from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport on 8 March 2014 with 239 passengers and crew . Air traffic control lost contact with Flight 370 less than an hour into the flight , after which it was tracked by military radar crossing the Malay Peninsula and was last located over the Andaman Sea . Analysis of automated communications between the aircraft and a satellite communications network has determined that the aircraft flew into the southern Indian Ocean , before communication ended shortly after 08:19 ( UTC +8:00 ) . The disappearance initiated a multi-national search effort that became the most expensive search in aviation history
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Timeline of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370