On March 8 2014, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370) shocked people across the world. The passenger flight disappeared whilst flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia and had 227 passengers on board. Eight years later - the whereabouts of the plane remains unknown and passengers are presumed dead. The famous disappearance is the subject of a new Channel 5 documentary that airs on Monday, May 30. But what exactly happened on that fateful day?
On the day of its disappearance, the Boeing 777 plane in question, last made contact at 01:19 am MYT. However, after less than an hour, it disappeared from the radar.
What followed was a multinational search effort, that was one of the most expensive in history. The search began in the Gulf of Thailand and notably, the South China Sea, where the aircraft was last detected. Following analysis of satellite communications, it was revealed that the Boeing 777 plane flew south into the Indian Ocean
