Timeline of Malaysia Airlines flight disappearance

By The Associated Press

Published March 17, 2014 1:31pm ET

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Timeline of Malaysia Airlines flight disappearance — Malaysia's acting Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein shows maps of southern corridor and northern corridor of the search and rescue operation during a press conference at a hotel near the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, in Sepang, Malaysia, Monday, March 17, 2014. Twenty-six countries are involved in the massive international search for the Malaysia Airlines jetliner that disappeared on March 8 with 239 people aboard. They include not just military assets on land, at sea and in the air, but also investigators and the specific support and assistance requested by Malaysia, such as radar and satellite information. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) | Vincent Thian

The sequence of events surrounding the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370:

— March 8, 12:41 a.m. The plane carrying 239 people leaves Kuala Lumpur heading to Beijing.

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