guardian:

Malaysia Airlines loses contact with plane bound for Beijing – live 

• Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has gone missing en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing
• Boeing 777 was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew
• Passengers were from 14 nationalities, the majority Chinese nationals

Photograph: Kim Kyung-hoon/Reuters

Really, really strange. My thoughts go out to the passengers and their families.