Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

== Aircraft ==
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Flight 370 was operated with a Boeing 777-2H6ER,{{efn|The aircraft is a Boeing 777-200ER (for Extended Range) model; Boeing assigns a [[List of Boeing customer codes|unique customer code]] for each company that buys one of its aircraft, which replaces part of the model number at the time the aircraft is built. The code for Malaysia Airlines is "H6", hence "777-2H6ER".<ref name="AutoVQ-29"/>}} [[serial number]] 28420, [[aircraft registration|registration]] 9M-MRO. It was the 404th Boeing 777 produced,<ref name="Airfleets"/> first flown on 14 May 2002, and was delivered new to Malaysia Airlines on 31 May 2002. The aircraft was powered by two [[Rolls-Royce Trent 800|Rolls-Royce Trent 892]] engines<ref name="Airfleets"/> and configured to carry 282 passengers in total capacity.<ref name="AutoVQ-30"/> It had accumulated 53,471.6 hours and 7,526 cycles (takeoffs and landings) in service<ref name="Interim report-March 2015" />{{Rp|22}} and had not previously been involved in any major incidents,<ref name=20140308flightglobal/> though a minor incident while taxiing at [[Shanghai Pudong International Airport]] in August 2012 resulted in a broken [[wing tip]].<ref name="20120626news"/><ref name="20120809aviation-safety"/> Its last [[Aircraft maintenance checks|maintenance "A&nbsp;check"]] was carried out on 23 February 2014.<ref name=Flight396801/> The aircraft was in compliance with all applicable Airworthiness Directives for the airframe and engines. A replenishment of the crew member oxygen system was performed on 7 March 2014, a routine maintenance task; an examination of this procedure found nothing unusual.<ref name="Interim report-March 2015" />{{Rp|27}} Ten years after MH370's disappearance, however, leaked documents have shown that MH370 was given supplemental fuel and crew member oxygen supplies just before takeoff.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dunne |first=John |date=2024-03-08 |title='Extra fuel' twist in missing flight MH370 riddle |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/mh370-missing-flight-fuel-oxygen-b1144129.html |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=Evening Standard}}</ref>

The Boeing 777 was introduced in 1994 and has an excellent safety record.<ref name=BI777>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-777-one-of-safest-planes-in-history-emirates-crash-2016-8?r=US&IR=T |title=A Boeing 777 just crashed, but it's still one of the safest planes ever to fly |first=Benjamin |last=Zhang |date=3 August 2016 |website=[[Business Insider]] |access-date=30 May 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803153823/https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-777-one-of-safest-planes-in-history-emirates-crash-2016-8?r=US&IR=T |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/geoffwhitmore/2019/08/16/what-is-the-safest-airplane-to-fly/#5fdb47c65c72 |title=What Is The Safest Airplane To Fly? |date=16 August 2019 |first=Geoff |last=Whitmore |work=[[Forbes]] |access-date=30 May 2020 |archive-date=1 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201155103/https://www.forbes.com/sites/geoffwhitmore/2019/08/16/what-is-the-safest-airplane-to-fly/#5fdb47c65c72 |url-status=live }}</ref> Since its first commercial flight in June 1995, the type has suffered only [[List of accidents and incidents involving a Boeing 777|seven other hull losses]]:<!--in over 5 million flights CHECK & CITE--> the crash of [[British Airways Flight 38]] in 2008; a cockpit fire in a parked [[EgyptAir Flight 667]] at [[Cairo International Airport]] in 2011;<ref name=20121130flightglobal/><ref name="20110729avherald"/> the crash of [[Asiana Airlines Flight 214]] in 2013, in which three people died; [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]], which was shot down over [[Ukraine]], killing all 298 people aboard in July 2014;<ref name="CNN MH370-MH17"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh17-reportedly-shot-down-near-ukraine-russia-border-1.2709881|title=Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 reportedly shot down near Ukraine-Russia border|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|author=CBC News|location=Dominion of Canada|work=CBC News|date=17 July 2014|access-date=19 July 2014|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111221850/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh17-reportedly-shot-down-near-ukraine-russia-border-1.2709881|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Emirates Flight 521]], which crashed and burned out while landing at [[Dubai International Airport]] in August 2016;<ref name="DC201608">{{cite news|title=Emirates flight from Trivandrum crash-lands in Dubai, passengers safe|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/asia/030816/emirates-flight-from-trivandrum-to-dubai-crash-lands-passengers-safe.html|access-date=3 August 2016|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|date=3 August 2016|archive-date=17 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917054413/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/asia/030816/emirates-flight-from-trivandrum-to-dubai-crash-lands-passengers-safe.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and in November 2017, the seventh Boeing 777 hull loss occurred when a [[Singapore Airlines]] 777-200ER was written off after catching fire and burning out at [[Singapore Changi Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20171129-0 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 777-212ER 9V-SQK Singapore-Changi International Airport (SIN) |website=[[Aviation Safety Network|aviation-safety.net]] |access-date=30 May 2020 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022155801/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20171129-0 |url-status=live }}</ref>