Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on 8 March 2014 , after departing from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing , with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board . Malaysia 's former Prime Minister , Najib Razak , stated that the aircraft 's flight ended somewhere in the Indian Ocean , but no further explanation had been given . Official announcements were questioned by many critics , and several theories about the disappearance were proposed . Some of these theories were described as conspiracy theories . The incident remains under investigation
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 unofficial disappearance theories