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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa062.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.britannica.com/summary/Malaysia-Airlines-flight-370-disappearance\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.britannica.com/summary/Malaysia-Airlines-flight-370-disappearance\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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The plane’s transponder was switched off just as the plane was about to enter Vietnamese airspace. Malaysian military and civilian radar began tracking the plane as it turned around and then flew southwest over the Malay Peninsula and then northwest over the Strait of Malacca. At 2:22\nam\nMalaysian radar lost contact with the plane over the Andaman Sea. An Inmarsat satellite in geostationary orbit over the Indian Ocean received hourly signals from flight 370 and last detected the plane at 8:11\nam\n. On March 24 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that, based on analysis of the final signals, Inmarsat and the U.K.’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) had concluded that the flight crashed in a remote part of the Indian Ocean 2,500 km (1,500 mi) southwest of Australia. The search for wreckage was hampered by the remote location of the crash site. 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In 2018 the Malaysian government concluded that the change in flight path had been done manually from inside the plane, but why the plane disappeared remained a mystery.","attrs_markdown":"[![Encyclopedia Britannica](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/mendel\/eb-logo\/MendelNewThistleLogo.png)](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/)\n\n[![Encyclopedia 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Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.\n\nSelect Citation Style\n\nCopy Citation\n\nShare\n\nShare\n\nShare to social media\n\n[Facebook](https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BRITANNICA\/) [X](https:\/\/x.com\/britannica)\n\nURL\n\n<https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/summary\/Malaysia-Airlines-flight-370-disappearance>\n\nFeedback\n\nThank you for your feedback\n\nOur editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.\n\nExternal Websites\n## Know about the causes of Malaysia Airlines flight 370’s disappearance on March 8, 2014\nWritten and fact-checked by\n\n[The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree....](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/editor\/The-Editors-of-Encyclopaedia-Britannica\/4419)\n\nThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica\n\nBelow is the article summary. For the full article, see [Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappearance](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Malaysia-Airlines-flight-370-disappearance).\n\n**Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappearance**, also called **MH370 disappearance**, Disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet on March 8, 2014, during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Flight 370 took off at 12:41 am local time and reached a cruising altitude of 35,000 ft (10,700 m) at 1:01 am. The plane’s transponder was switched off just as the plane was about to enter Vietnamese airspace. Malaysian military and civilian radar began tracking the plane as it turned around and then flew southwest over the Malay Peninsula and then northwest over the Strait of Malacca. At 2:22 am Malaysian radar lost contact with the plane over the Andaman Sea. An Inmarsat satellite in geostationary orbit over the Indian Ocean received hourly signals from flight 370 and last detected the plane at 8:11 am. On March 24 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that, based on analysis of the final signals, Inmarsat and the U.K.’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) had concluded that the flight crashed in a remote part of the Indian Ocean 2,500 km (1,500 mi) southwest of Australia. The search for wreckage was hampered by the remote location of the crash site. Beginning in 2015, pieces of wreckage that suggested the plane had broken up were found washed ashore in Africa and on islands in the Indian Ocean. In 2018 the Malaysian government concluded that the change in flight path had been done manually from inside the plane, but why the plane disappeared remained a mystery.\n\n[![flight recorders](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/28\/123128-004-911570C8\/Flight-recorders.jpg?w=100&h=75&c=crop)](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/summary\/flight-recorder)\n\n[flight recorder Summary](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/summary\/flight-recorder)\n\nFlight recorder, instrument that records the performance and condition of an aircraft in flight. Governmental regulatory agencies require these devices on commercial aircraft to make possible the analysis of crashes or other unusual occurrences. Flight recorders actually consist of two functional\n\n[![Indian Ocean](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/41\/1641-050-947020DF\/depth-contours-Indian-Ocean-features.jpg?w=100&h=75&c=crop)](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/summary\/Indian-Ocean)\n\n[Indian Ocean Summary](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/summary\/Indian-Ocean)\n\nIndian Ocean, body of salt water covering approximately one-fifth of the total ocean area of the world. It is the smallest, geologically youngest, and physically most complex of the world’s three major oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian). It stretches for more than 6,200 miles (10,000 km)","attrs_readable_markdown":"**Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappearance**, also called **MH370 disappearance**, Disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet on March 8, 2014, during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Flight 370 took off at 12:41 am local time and reached a cruising altitude of 35,000 ft (10,700 m) at 1:01 am. The plane’s transponder was switched off just as the plane was about to enter Vietnamese airspace. Malaysian military and civilian radar began tracking the plane as it turned around and then flew southwest over the Malay Peninsula and then northwest over the Strait of Malacca. At 2:22 am Malaysian radar lost contact with the plane over the Andaman Sea. An Inmarsat satellite in geostationary orbit over the Indian Ocean received hourly signals from flight 370 and last detected the plane at 8:11 am. On March 24 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that, based on analysis of the final signals, Inmarsat and the U.K.’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) had concluded that the flight crashed in a remote part of the Indian Ocean 2,500 km (1,500 mi) southwest of Australia. The search for wreckage was hampered by the remote location of the crash site. Beginning in 2015, pieces of wreckage that suggested the plane had broken up were found washed ashore in Africa and on islands in the Indian Ocean. In 2018 the Malaysian government concluded that the change in flight path had been done manually from inside the plane, but why the plane disappeared remained a mystery.","meta_canonical":null}

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First Indexed	2021-08-11 20:36:28 (4 years ago)
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Meta Title	Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappearance: facts & search \| Britannica
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Boilerpipe Text	Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappearance , also called MH370 disappearance , Disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet on March 8, 2014, during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Flight 370 took off at 12:41 am local time and reached a cruising altitude of 35,000 ft (10,700 m) at 1:01 am . The plane’s transponder was switched off just as the plane was about to enter Vietnamese airspace. Malaysian military and civilian radar began tracking the plane as it turned around and then flew southwest over the Malay Peninsula and then northwest over the Strait of Malacca. At 2:22 am Malaysian radar lost contact with the plane over the Andaman Sea. An Inmarsat satellite in geostationary orbit over the Indian Ocean received hourly signals from flight 370 and last detected the plane at 8:11 am . On March 24 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that, based on analysis of the final signals, Inmarsat and the U.K.’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) had concluded that the flight crashed in a remote part of the Indian Ocean 2,500 km (1,500 mi) southwest of Australia. The search for wreckage was hampered by the remote location of the crash site. Beginning in 2015, pieces of wreckage that suggested the plane had broken up were found washed ashore in Africa and on islands in the Indian Ocean. In 2018 the Malaysian government concluded that the change in flight path had been done manually from inside the plane, but why the plane disappeared remained a mystery.
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Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Select Citation Style Copy Citation Share Share Share to social media [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/BRITANNICA/) [X](https://x.com/britannica) URL <https://www.britannica.com/summary/Malaysia-Airlines-flight-370-disappearance> Feedback Thank you for your feedback Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. External Websites ## Know about the causes of Malaysia Airlines flight 370’s disappearance on March 8, 2014 Written and fact-checked by [The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree....](https://www.britannica.com/editor/The-Editors-of-Encyclopaedia-Britannica/4419) The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Below is the article summary. For the full article, see [Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappearance](https://www.britannica.com/event/Malaysia-Airlines-flight-370-disappearance). Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappearance, also called MH370 disappearance, Disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet on March 8, 2014, during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Flight 370 took off at 12:41 am local time and reached a cruising altitude of 35,000 ft (10,700 m) at 1:01 am. The plane’s transponder was switched off just as the plane was about to enter Vietnamese airspace. Malaysian military and civilian radar began tracking the plane as it turned around and then flew southwest over the Malay Peninsula and then northwest over the Strait of Malacca. At 2:22 am Malaysian radar lost contact with the plane over the Andaman Sea. An Inmarsat satellite in geostationary orbit over the Indian Ocean received hourly signals from flight 370 and last detected the plane at 8:11 am. On March 24 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that, based on analysis of the final signals, Inmarsat and the U.K.’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) had concluded that the flight crashed in a remote part of the Indian Ocean 2,500 km (1,500 mi) southwest of Australia. The search for wreckage was hampered by the remote location of the crash site. Beginning in 2015, pieces of wreckage that suggested the plane had broken up were found washed ashore in Africa and on islands in the Indian Ocean. In 2018 the Malaysian government concluded that the change in flight path had been done manually from inside the plane, but why the plane disappeared remained a mystery. [![flight recorders](https://cdn.britannica.com/28/123128-004-911570C8/Flight-recorders.jpg?w=100&h=75&c=crop)](https://www.britannica.com/summary/flight-recorder) [flight recorder Summary](https://www.britannica.com/summary/flight-recorder) Flight recorder, instrument that records the performance and condition of an aircraft in flight. Governmental regulatory agencies require these devices on commercial aircraft to make possible the analysis of crashes or other unusual occurrences. Flight recorders actually consist of two functional [![Indian Ocean](https://cdn.britannica.com/41/1641-050-947020DF/depth-contours-Indian-Ocean-features.jpg?w=100&h=75&c=crop)](https://www.britannica.com/summary/Indian-Ocean) [Indian Ocean Summary](https://www.britannica.com/summary/Indian-Ocean) Indian Ocean, body of salt water covering approximately one-fifth of the total ocean area of the world. It is the smallest, geologically youngest, and physically most complex of the world’s three major oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian). It stretches for more than 6,200 miles (10,000 km)
Readable Markdown	Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappearance, also called MH370 disappearance, Disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet on March 8, 2014, during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Flight 370 took off at 12:41 am local time and reached a cruising altitude of 35,000 ft (10,700 m) at 1:01 am. The plane’s transponder was switched off just as the plane was about to enter Vietnamese airspace. Malaysian military and civilian radar began tracking the plane as it turned around and then flew southwest over the Malay Peninsula and then northwest over the Strait of Malacca. At 2:22 am Malaysian radar lost contact with the plane over the Andaman Sea. An Inmarsat satellite in geostationary orbit over the Indian Ocean received hourly signals from flight 370 and last detected the plane at 8:11 am. On March 24 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that, based on analysis of the final signals, Inmarsat and the U.K.’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) had concluded that the flight crashed in a remote part of the Indian Ocean 2,500 km (1,500 mi) southwest of Australia. The search for wreckage was hampered by the remote location of the crash site. Beginning in 2015, pieces of wreckage that suggested the plane had broken up were found washed ashore in Africa and on islands in the Indian Ocean. In 2018 the Malaysian government concluded that the change in flight path had been done manually from inside the plane, but why the plane disappeared remained a mystery.
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