Editing Malaysia Airlines (section)

==Incidents and accidents==
* 4 December 1977&nbsp;– [[Malaysian Airline System Flight 653]], a [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-200]]&nbsp;– registered ''9M-MBD''&nbsp;– was hijacked and crashed in [[Tanjung Kupang]], Johor, killing all 100 people on board.
* 18 December 1983&nbsp;– [[Malaysian Airline System Flight 684]], an [[Airbus A300B2]]&nbsp;– registered ''OY-KAA''&nbsp;– crashed 2&nbsp;km short of the runway at [[Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport|Subang Airport]], with no fatalities among the 247 passengers and crew.<ref name=curse>{{cite news |title=Curse of Malaysia Airlines? 5 tragic moments in airline's history before MH17 and MH370|author=Jon Livesey|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/curse-malaysia-airlines-5-tragic-3875868|newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]]|date=17 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=accident>{{cite news |title=Accidents and incidents of Malaysia Airlines|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2014-03/08/content_17332732.htm|newspaper=[[China Daily]]|date=8 March 2014}}</ref>
* 15 September 1995&nbsp;– [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133]], a [[Fokker 50]]&nbsp;– registered ''9M-MGH''&nbsp;– touched down too far along the runway at [[Tawau Airport]], Sabah and crashed in a shantytown during the subsequent [[go-around]]. Of the 49 passengers and 4 crew on board, 32 passengers and 2 crew were killed. The probable cause was poor handling of the aircraft by the pilot.
* 8 March 2014&nbsp;– [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]], a [[Boeing 777-200ER]]&nbsp;– registered ''9M-MRO''&nbsp;– carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, went [[Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370|missing]] on a flight from [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport]] to [[Beijing Capital International Airport]].<ref name="MASPlaneMissing">{{cite news |title=Airliner with 239 on board missing over Asia |newspaper=Malaysia Sun |url=http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/220372196/scat/48cba686fe041718/ht/Airliner-with-239-on-board-missing-over-Asia-Pacific |access-date=8 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309094750/http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/220372196/scat/48cba686fe041718/ht/Airliner-with-239-on-board-missing-over-Asia-Pacific |archive-date=9 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/site/dark-site.html |title=MH370 Flight Incident |publisher=Malaysia Airlines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517161641/http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/site/dark-site.html |archive-date=17 May 2014 }}</ref> Although the whereabouts of the plane remain unknown, satellite data indicates that the plane was lost in the Southern [[Indian Ocean]] and all 239 people on board perished. On 5 August 2015 the Malaysian government confirmed a [[flaperon]] from a 777 found washed up on [[Réunion|Réunion Island]] belonged to Flight 370.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26716572 |title=Families told missing plane lost |date=24 March 2014 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=24 March 2014}}</ref> A piece of aircraft wreckage (an outboard flap) found on [[Pemba Island]] off the [[Tanzania]]n coast in June 2016 was also confirmed by the Malaysian Transport Ministry to belong to MH370.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-16/authorities-confirm-debris-found-in-tanzania-is-from-mh370/7850460 |title=Authorities confirm debris found in Tanzania is from MH370 |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=15 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com/2014/03/how-did-inmarsat-really-find-flight.html|title=Physics Buzz: How Inmarsat Hacked Their Data to Find Flight MH370|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/26/world/asia/australia-missing-malaysian-plane/|title=Australia: MH370 probably on autopilot as it flew south - CNN.com|date=26 June 2014|publisher=CNN|first1=Jethro|last1=Mullen|first2=Pamela|last2=Boykoff|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref>
* 17 July 2014&nbsp;– [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]], a [[Boeing 777-200ER]]&nbsp;– registered ''9M-MRD''&nbsp;– en route to Kuala Lumpur International Airport from [[Amsterdam Schiphol Airport]] was shot down over Ukraine by a [[Buk missile system|Buk]] [[surface-to-air missile]].<ref name="CNN MH370-17">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/17/world/europe/malaysia-airlines-sidebar/index.html?iid=article_sidebar|title=A second lost Boeing 777 for Malaysia Airlines|date=17 July 2014|last1=Patterson|first1=Thom|website=CNN|access-date=18 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Paul Sonne |author2=Alan Cullison |author3=Julian E. Barnes |url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/malaysia-airlines-loses-contact-with-plane-over-ukrainian-airspace-1405612373 |title=U.S. Says Missile Downed Malaysia Airlines Plane Over Ukraine |date=17 July 2014 |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> All 283 passengers and 15 crew members aboard died.