--- description: A Malaysia Airlines plane that went missing en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with hundreds on board showed up on military radar hundreds of miles from the spot where it was last seen on civilian scopes, a signal that it veered wildly off course before disappearing title: Malaysian Airlines Jet Went Off Course Before Vanishing, Says Military image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt578a70913af3fa53/698684fb55a859e54fa7fa85/malaysia-airlines1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Aviation](/tag/aviation/) ## Aviation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Malaysian Military Says Missing Jet Went Wildly Off Course ## Video: MH370 Latest: Stolen Passports, But Terrorism Not Likely [Watch (HLS stream): MH370 Latest: Stolen Passports, But Terrorism Not Likely](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/sqSTx8zO.m3u8) (1:11)  _Published 2014-03-11. Fears of terrorism in the case of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight are beginning to fade after Interpol announced the two men who used stolen passports to board the plane were Iranian and, most likely, not terrorists._  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 11, 2014 8:14 PM CUT  Students from an international school in the eastern Chinese city of Zhuji hold a candlelight vigil for the passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines plane on March 10, 2014 Students from an international school in the eastern Chinese city of Zhuji hold a candlelight vigil for the passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines plane on March 10, 2014ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 11, 2014 8:14 PM CUT The missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane showed up on military radar hundreds of miles away from where it lost contact with civilian authorities before [vanishing](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/search-widens-missing-malaysian-passenger-jet "undefined") Saturday, a Malaysian air-force official said Tuesday. Air-force chief General Rodzali Daud said a military base near the Strait of Malacca detected Flight MH370 in the early morning hours at the northern approach of the busy international waterway, the Associated Press reports. “After that, the signal from the plane was lost,” Rodzali said. The search for the flight, which originated in Kuala Lumpur with 239 people aboard, has been widened to include the Malacca Strait. Earlier search efforts had been focused along the eastern coast of Malaysia and Vietnam, the last area to which civilian officials tracked it. The search for the mysteriously missing plane has stumped authorities thus far. \[[AP](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/search-widens-missing-malaysian-passenger-jet "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/20442/malaysian-military-says-missing-jet-went-wildly-off-course/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/20442/malaysian-military-says-missing-jet-went-wildly-off-course/"},"headline":"Malaysian Military Says Missing Jet Went Wildly Off Course","datePublished":"2014-03-11T20:14:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:42:39.812Z","description":"A Malaysia Airlines plane that went missing en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with hundreds on board showed up on military radar hundreds of miles from the spot where it was last seen on civilian scopes, a signal that it veered wildly off course before disappearing","url":"https://time.com/20442/malaysian-military-says-missing-jet-went-wildly-off-course/","keywords":["Aviation","Malaysia","flight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt578a70913af3fa53/698684fb55a859e54fa7fa85/malaysia-airlines1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt578a70913af3fa53/698684fb55a859e54fa7fa85/malaysia-airlines1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Students Pray For Passengers Onboard MH370 In Zhuji","caption":"Students Pray For Passengers Onboard MH370 In Zhuji","creditText":"ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/aviation/","name":"Aviation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/20442/malaysian-military-says-missing-jet-went-wildly-off-course/","name":"Malaysian Military Says Missing Jet Went Wildly Off Course"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"MH370 Latest: Stolen Passports, But Terrorism Not Likely","description":"Fears of terrorism in the case of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight are beginning to fade after Interpol announced the two men who used stolen passports to board the plane were Iranian and, most likely, not terrorists.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/sqSTx8zO/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-03-11T14:25:58.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/sqSTx8zO.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/20442/malaysian-military-says-missing-jet-went-wildly-off-course/","duration":"PT1M11S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/20442/malaysian-military-says-missing-jet-went-wildly-off-course/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```