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	        <h5>Summary for Flight MH370  on 8th March 2014 (Source: FlightAware <ref name="FlightAware_MH370" />)</h5>
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    <td>Departure: Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Sepang, Selangor Malaysia)</td>
     <td>Destination: Beijing Capital International Airport (Beijing China)</td> 
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    <td>Scheduled departure time: 00:35 MYT</td>
     <td>Scheduled arrival time: 05:51 CST</td> 
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    <td>Actual departure time: 00:49 MYT</td>
     <td>Estimated arrival time would have been: 06:19 CST</td> 
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      <td>Expected flight duration: 5 hours 29 minutes</td>
      <td>Distance: 4,418 km direct or 4,504 km via planned flight path</td>
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             <h6>Planned  Route </h6>
              <p><span class="noglossary">DCT PIBOS R208 IKUKO M076F290 R208 IGARI M765 BITOD N0480F330 L637 TSN N0490F350 W1 BMT W12 PCA G221 BUNTA N0480F350 A1 IKELA N0480F350 P901 IDOSI N0480F390 DCT CH DCT BEKOL K0890S1160 A461 YIN K0890S1190 A461 
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              <h5>What do all the abbreviations in the flight plan mean?</h5>
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<p>Aviation uses a lot of abbreviations, acronyms and terminology but we can easily make sense of it.</p>
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   <dt>Step 1 - Waypoints and Navaid locations are identified in bold type</dt>
   <dd>DCT <b>PIBOS</b> R208 <b>IKUKO</b> M076F290 R208 <b>IGARI</b> M765 <b>BITOD</b> N0480F330 L637 <b>TSN</b> N0490F350 W1 <b>BMT</b> W12 <b>PCA</b> G221 <b>BUNTA</b> N0480F350 A1 <b>IKELA</b> N0480F350 P901 <b>IDOSI</b> N0480F390 DCT CH DCT <b>BEKOL</b> K0890S1160 A461 <b>YIN</b> K0890S1190 A461</dd>
   <dt>Step 2 - Route numbers are identified in bold type</dt>
   <dd>DCT PIBOS <b>R208</b> IKUKO <b>M076</b> F290 <b>R208</b> IGARI <b>M765</b> BITOD N0480F330 <b>L637</b> TSN N0490F350 W1 BMT W12 PCA <b>G221</b> BUNTA N0480F350 <b>A1</b> IKELA N0480F350 <b>P901</b> IDOSI N0480F390 DCT CH DCT BEKOL K0890S1160 <b>A461</b> YIN K0890S1190 <b>A461</b></dd>
   <dt>Step 3 - Flight Levels are identified in bold type</dt>
   <dd>DCT PIBOS R208 IKUKO M076 <b>F290</b> R208 IGARI M765 BITOD N0480 <b>F330</b> L637 TSN N0490 <b>F350</b> W1 BMT W12 PCA G221 BUNTA N0480 <b>F350</b> A1 IKELA N0480 <b>F350</b> P901 IDOSI N0480 <b>F390</b> DCT CH DCT BEKOL K0890S1160 A461 YIN K0890S1190 A461</dd>
   <dt>Step 4 - Segment the route into FIRs</dt>
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                <li>Malaysia: DCT PIBOS R208 IKUKO M076F290 R208 IGARI M765</li>
                <li>Vietnam: BITOD N0480F330 L637 TSN N0490F350 W1 BMT W12 PCA G221 BUNTA N0480 F350 A1 </li>
                <li>China: IKELA N0480F350 P901 IDOSI N0480F390 DCT CH DCT BEKOL K0890S1160 A461 YIN K0890S1190 A461</li>
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         <p>Now try reading the flight plan using the tooltips - each underlined word has an explanation which appears when you place a mouse or pointer over it. Spaces have been added which were not in the original text on FlightAware.</p>
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                <li>Malaysia: DCT PIBOS R208 IKUKO M076 F290 R208 IGARI M765</li>
                <li>Vietnam: BITOD N0480 F330 L637 TSN N0490 F350 W1 BMT W12 PCA G221 BUNTA N0480 F350 A1 </li>
                <li>China: IKELA N0480 F350 P901 IDOSI N0480 F390 DCT CH DCT BEKOL K0890S1160 A461 YIN K0890S1190 A461</li>
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	         <p>Thanks to The aiR BLOG <ref name="aiR BLOG" /> for providing a link to the MH370 Flight Plan and explaining how to read it. A map is included on that site.</p>
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                 <h5>Where did MH370 deviate from the scheduled fight path?</h5>
	        <p>At 01:19:24 MYT Air Traffic Controllers in Malaysia at KLATCC instructed MH370 to contact HCMATCC. This instruction was acknowledged.</p>
                <p>At 01:21:04 MYT KLATCC observed MH370 on their radar as it passed over the waypoint IGARI. </p>
                <p>At 01:38:00 MYT HCMATCC made a query to KLATCC on the whereabouts of MH 370</p>
               <p>Officially, MH 370 was reported missing at 01:38 after passing waypoint IGARI while en-route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China.</p>
<p>However, the transcript of conversations between KLATCC and HCMATCC show that at 01:46:46 HCM queried about MH370 again, stating that radar contact was established over IGARI but there was no verbal contact.</p>
<p>Ho Chi Minh advised that the observed radar blip disappeared at waypoint <b>BITOD</b>.</p>
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	  <h5>References</h5>
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            <ref name="FlightAware_MH370">http://flightaware.com/live/flight/MAS370/history/20140308/1635Z/WMKK/ZBAA</ref>
            <ref name="aiR BLOG" >http://aireform.com/malaysia-flight-370-charts-the-filed-flightplan-and-a-few-notes/ </ref>
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