Plane
9M-MRO
Boeing 777-2H6ER. Malaysia Airlines. Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. 227 passengers, 12 crew. The airframe has not been found.
Souls
239
Passengers
227
Crew
12
Type
777-200ER
Passengers
239 people. Nationality summary, crew of record, Freescale, stolen passports.
Cargo
Mangosteens, Motorola, lithium-ion cells, a screening gap.
Technology
ACARS, SATCOM, BTO/BFO, the 7th arc, remote-autopilot patents.
Security
Stolen passports, un-X-rayed cargo, transponder silence, delayed radar.
Route
Filed KUL–PEK. Flown west, then — on SATCOM — south onto the 7th arc.