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Malaysia Air Crash 1.Beijing-bound flight from Malaysia missing BEIJING — Fears were growing Saturday for the 239 people aboard a Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing that vanished over the South China Sea, possibly while in Vietnamese airspace. International authorities in the region have launched a search-and-rescue mission but Malaysian officials said they could not confirm reports that the plane crashed into waters near Vietnam. Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Juahari Yahya said there was no indication that the pilots sent a distress signal. No wreckage has been spotted. We deeply regret that we have lost all contact with flight MH370 which departed Kuala Lumpur at 12:41 a.m. earlier this (Saturday) morning bound for Beijing, Yahya said in a statement released Friday night ET. 2.Missing jets pilot was opposition political activist KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The pilot of the Malaysia Airlines jet that vanished more than a week ago is a strong supporter of the political opposition leader here, but friends vehemently deny that he is a terrorist. Flight 370 pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah has close ties with Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who has been fighting a charge of sodomy. Hours before boarding the flight, Zaharie turned up at the Court of Appeal in the countrys new administrative capital, Putrajaya, for a hearing at which Anwar was sentenced to five years in prison. The opposition is appealing Anwars prison sentence. Speaking to USA TODAY, a close friend of Zaharie, Peter Chong, said Zaharie does support the opposition but that the reports that he may have had a role in diverting the plane were not true. He is a political activist, yes. And yes, he was in court for Anwars trial and he is our strong supporter, but that does not make him a terrorist, Chong said. 3.No survivors: Malaysia Flight 370 ended in Indian Ocean KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A new analysis of electronic data shows that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with 239 people aboard