No signal picked up from missing Malaysia Airlines plane: Vietnam

Vietnamese media reported that authorities have detected signals from a missing Malaysia Airlines flight off the southwestern coast of Vietnam on Saturday, hours after the flight went missing during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, reports Associated Press. However a Reuters report contradicts this AP report.No signal had been picked up from a Malaysia Airlines Boeing B777-200 aircraft flight carrying 239 passengers and crew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, a Vietnamese rescue official said on Saturday.[caption id="attachment_1424589" align="alignleft" width="380"]

A person who has a relative on the flight speaks to the media in Kuala Lumpur. AP[/caption]"We have been seeking but no signal from the plane yet," Pham Hien, director of a Vietnam maritime search and rescue coordination centre in Vung Tau, told Reuters by telephone.Vietnamese and Chinese media had reported that a signal from the plane had been picked up. The reports did not identify what kind of signal. "The information on local media about the signal near the Cape Ca Mau was inaccurate," Pham said.Website VN Express said a Vietnamese search and rescue official reported that the signals were detected from about 120 nautical miles (140 miles; 225 kilometers) southwest of Vietnam's southernmost Ca Mau province.The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 carrying 239 people lost contact early Saturday morning over the South China Sea between Malaysia and Vietnam.Agencies