Malaysian Airlines Flight MH37 has been missing off the South China Sea after taking off from Kuala Lumpur Airport.
Relatives of passengers have flared up outside the airport in Beijing, asking for more information about the location of the aircraft.
"They should have told us something before," a man told the AFP news agency.
Lai Xuan Thanh, the director of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam said, "An AN26 aircraft of the Vietnam Navy has discovered an oil slick about 20 kilometers in the search area, which is suspected of being a crashed Boeing aircraft," adding, . "We have announced that information to Singapore and Malaysia and we continue the search..
Fuad Sharuji, Malaysian Airlines' vice-president of operations said in a statement, "The plane had been flying at an altitude of 35,000ft (10,700m) and the pilots had not reported any problems with the aircraft, Malaysia's national carrier is one of Asia's largest, flying nearly 37,000 passengers daily to some 80 destinations worldwide".
After two individuals were found to have been carrying stolen passprts, a U.S. intelligence official said, "No nexus to terrorism yet," adding, "although that's by no means definitive. We're still tracking."
Malaysian Airlines said in a statement posted to its websit A", has been more than 24 hours since we last heard from MH370. ...The search and rescue team is yet to determine the whereabouts of the Boeing 777-200 aircraft," At this stage, airlit this stage, search and rescue efforts "have failed to find evidence of any wreckage."
According to the BBC's Jennifer Pak in Kuala Lumpr said, ".The route between Kuala Lumpur to Beijing has become more and more popular as Malaysia and China increase trade."
The Boeing 777 had not had a fatal crash in its 20-year history until an Asiana plane came down at San Francisco airport in July of last year. Three teenage girls from China died in that incident.
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Malaysia's national carrier is one of Asia's largest, flying nearly 37,000 passengers daily to some 80 destinations worldwide.
The route between Kuala Lumpur to Beijing has become more and more popular as Malaysia and China increase trade, says the BBC's Jennifer Pak in Kuala Lumpur.
The Boeing 777 's first fatal crash in 20 years occurred last year when an Asiana plane made an emergency landing at San Francisco airport in July2013.
"They are useless," another young man said of the airline. "I don't know why they haven't released any information."
"The lack of communications suggests to me that something most unfortunate has happened,"
Mary Schiavo, former inspector general of the U.S. Department of Transportation International.
"I'd just like to say our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families," Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said during a news conference.
A Timeline of events from the Malalysian Airline Vanishing: (DailMail)
