Looks like it went down off the coast of Vietnam.
Damn. I’m flying Singapore Air to Cambodia next month…
Scooter,
What will you be doing in Cambodia? Any particular area or just Phnom Penh?
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/08/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane-missing/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
2 people listed as passengers on missing Malaysia Airlines plane were not on board, Austrian and Italian officials say.
Looks like a couple of stolen passports were used on the flight.
http://news.yahoo.com/oil-slicks-found-hunt-missing-malaysia-jet-135232226--finance.html
Anyone else immediately think of the Bojinka Plot on this one? 
I’m thinking they’re on an island somewhere about to discover the Dharma Initiative 
Just going on an adventure to explore some temples, etc.
I’ll only be in Siem Reap, then to Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Singapore, Cambodia, and Thailand. If you can get away fro the filth, you’ll have the time of your life.
God rest the souls of those lost and heal the souls of those still here and affected by this plane(crash?).
Go check on my old home in Phnom Penh would you … 
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap is the place. My parents took me there when I was 6. Hope to be back soon.
There are some nasty stuff and places. But LSHD is right, there are some breath taking views too.
Beware of the unrests in Thailand and Cambodia. The workers are protesting against the Hun Sen government in Phnom Penh.
and yes, praying that those souls that are lost didn’t suffer much. Thoughts with their families.
Could it be possible that they hijacked it and are on their way somewhere? How far can those things travel with a full fuel tank?
They don’t travel with full tanks; that is wasteful. FAA regs require time to airport + alternate (if required) + 45 minutes reserve. That is apx an additional 2 hours of flight time before the engines quit if their alternate is within an hour of their destination (which can be 400 miles with a climb in there). There is a little wiggle room in there for route flying and other factors, but costs are a big constraint for flying with full tanks.
So its most likely that thing went into the ocean? It’s amazing how that thing just vanished.
If they did crash into the ocean, they will be incredibly difficult to find. Even a large debris field is tough to locate in such a vast area.
Now folks are saying the planed flipped a U-turn and headed back over the Straits of Malacca after turning off or disabling the transponder. Might be due to a complete electrical failure or . . . hell, who knows. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/11/us-malaysiaairlines-flight-idUSBREA2701720140311
So they knew it turned around, but just barely saying?
Now I don’t know what the hell to believe. Wasn’t there a report of an airplane door being pulled out of the drink a few days ago?
ETA:
I have to wonder considering the two stolen passports used on this flight if there is any connection with the Islamic militants in Xinjiang and the recent knife attacks.
Missing Malaysia Airlines flight: Unknown Chinese group claims responsibility for the disappearance
If true that would explain why they have not found any debris. They are looking way in the wrong place.
http://www.businessinsider.com/map-route-of-missing-plane-per-malaysian-military-2014-3
I’m in Australia, and last night there was a 20-something year old female on TV that came forward with a rather odd story involving the pilot of the missing flight.
Apparently, she and a friend were on a flight and the same pilot (and maybe co-pilot?) invited them into the cockpit. She claims that the pilots were smoking cigarettes and playing around. However, she claims that although they were relaxed, she never felt that the were un-professional…