快讯：马来西亚航空吉隆坡飞往北京航班失去联系_BEC初级作文

快讯：马来西亚航空吉隆坡飞往北京航班失去联系

Aviation experts said that if the report of the aircraft suddenly plunging was correct it could be due to a number of factors.

These include a catastrophic engine failure, the pilots taking evasive action to avoid another aircraft, or an explosion.

The airline has not said whether the pilots were able to issue a distress call - but if they did not, experts said this could indicate a catastrophy that had occurred without warning.

Malaysian Airlines said it would issue updates as soon as more information became available.

The aircraft had enough fuel on board for a seven hour flight and and the airline said that given the time it has been missing it would have already run out of fuel.

Fearing the worst, the airline has begun contacting relatives of the passengers warning them that the flight has not arrived and they should prepare themselves for bad news.

The Boeing jet lost contact with Malaysian air traffic controllers a little over two hours into its flight.

Reports from China's Xinhua news agency said later that the aircraft was lost in air space controlled by

Vietnam and did not enter Chinese airspace or make any contact with Chinese controllers. Vietnam is heavily shrouded in forest and there were no immediate reports coming from that country of an aircraft crashing.Vietnamese authorites said they were investigating the aircraft's disappearance.