Officers of the Western Command in Palawan map out plans to join search and rescue operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight that went missing en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. (AFP/Western Command handout)
The commander of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) has sent search-and-rescue plane and naval assets to help locate the Boeing B777-200 aircraft of Malaysian Airlines with 227 passengers and 12 crew that went missing two hours after takeoff and possibly crashed into the sea.
Lt. Gen. Roy Deveratruda, commander of the Western Command (Westcom), said he sent assets for search-and-rescue operations as reports from abroad said the plane’s last contact came as it flew over the South China Sea, near Vietnam’s air space.
Vietnamese, Chinese and Malaysian authorities are all conducting their own searches.
Beijing-bound Flight MH 370 departed Kuala Lumpur at 12.21 a.m. (1621 GMT Friday) and had been expected to land in Beijing at 6.30 a.m. (2230 GMT) the same day.
The aircraft lost contact at around 2:40 a.m. and is believed to be between Vietnam and WPS.
Deveraturda said the BRP Del Pilar (PF 15), BRP Jacinto (PS 35), and BRP Mabini (PS 36) along with a surveillance plane have been dispatched for search operations in the WPS, including the sea lanes of Palawan.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/82251/phl-military-sends-search-planes-boats-to-help-locate-missing-malaysian-plane
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