Today in History: March 8, Malaysia Airlines flight vanishes

Today is Sunday, March 8, the 67th day of 2026. There are 298 days left in the year. Daylight saving time returns at 2 a.m. local time.

Today in history:

On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 with 239 people on board, vanished during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, setting off a massive and ultimately unsuccessful search. The aircraft’s disappearance remains one of air travel’s major unsolved mysteries.

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