Missing plane's signal detected

One Vietnamese rescue official announced the missing Malaysian plane's signal has been detected, according to the latest information released by Xinhua News Agency.

The official told local VNExpress that the aircraft's signal has been detected at some 120 nautical miles southwest of Vietnam's southernmost Ca Mau province.

The rough location where the missing Malaysian HM370 flight signal has been detected. [Sina]

A Malaysian passenger plane carrying 239 people lost all contact with air traffic control shortly after leaving Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur, the carrier said on earlier Saturday morning.

The B777-200 aircraft departed Kuala Lumpur at 00:41 a.m. on Saturday, and was expected to land in Beijing at 6:30 a.m. that same day.