Throwback Thursday: Our thoughts and pray for MH370

12 March 2014: A fisherman shows what is believed as an aeroplane’s safety rubber raft which was found about 10 nautical miles off Port Dickson at noon. Pix by Rozainah Abdul Rahim
12 March 2014: A fisherman shows what is believed as an aeroplane’s safety rubber raft which was found about 10 nautical miles off Port Dickson at noon. Pix by Rozainah Abdul Rahim
13 March 2014. Royal Malaysian Air Force personnel Zulhelmi Hassan taking pictures of the search area where Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is believed to have disappeared. Pix by Shahrul Redzuan Zulkifli
13 March 2014. Royal Malaysian Air Force personnel Zulhelmi Hassan taking pictures of the search area where Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is believed to have disappeared. Pix by Shahrul Redzuan Zulkifli
21 March 2014: Some of local artists that was involved in the recording of Doa untuk MH370, a specially dedicated song for MH370 at Rumie Music Lab, Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur. Pix by Zunnur Al Shafiq
21 March 2014: Some of local artists that was involved in the recording of Doa untuk MH370, a specially dedicated song for MH370 at Rumie Music Lab, Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur. Pix by Zunnur Al Shafiq
16 March 2014: A heavy rain come pouring after 200 students from six religious schools in Malacca completed their prayer for Malaysia as well as the safety of 239 passengers and crew on board flight MH370 which has been missing for nine days. Pix by Muhammad Hatim Ab Manan
16 March 2014: A heavy rain come pouring after 200 students from six religious schools in Malacca completed their prayer for Malaysia as well as the safety of 239 passengers and crew on board flight MH370 which has been missing for nine days. Pix by Muhammad Hatim Ab Manan
27 March 2014: M. Khairul Azhar, 31, helps his son Ahmad Irfan Firdaus, 4, to write a note in memory of flight MH370 at the Taman Teruntum Mini Zoo in Kuantan, Pahang. Pix by Halim Mat Ali
27 March 2014: M. Khairul Azhar, 31, helps his son Ahmad Irfan Firdaus, 4, to write a note in memory of flight MH370 at the Taman Teruntum Mini Zoo in Kuantan, Pahang. Pix by Halim Mat Ali
26 Ogos 2014: Royal Malaysian Navy Auxiliary ship, Bunga Emas Enam (BM6) completes its designated surface search for MH70 in the Indian Ocean safely arrived at the operation jetty in TLDM base in Lumut, Perak.
26 Ogos 2014: Royal Malaysian Navy Auxiliary ship, Bunga Emas Enam (BM6) completes its designated surface search for MH70 in the Indian Ocean safely arrived at the operation jetty in TLDM base in Lumut, Perak.
13 March 2014: Students and staffs of USIM hold a ‘Solat Hajat’ to pray for the safety of the passengers and crew on board the missing flight MH370 at Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), Nilai. Pix by Mohd Amin Jalil
13 March 2014: Students and staffs of USIM hold a ‘Solat Hajat’ to pray for the safety of the passengers and crew on board the missing flight MH370 at Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), Nilai. Pix by Mohd Amin Jalil
August 6, 2015 @ 4:12pm

On March 8 last year, the ill-fated Boeing 777, carrying 239 passengers and crew, was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing before vanishing without a trace.

Ground control lost contact with the aircraft just before it entered Vietnamese airspace at 1.20am, forty minutes after it took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

13 March 2014: Royal Malaysian Air Force personnel on a three hour lookout on day six of the search and rescue mission to locate the missing MAS plane flight MH370 at the Andaman Sea. Pix by Shahrul Redzuan Zulkifli
13 March 2014: Royal Malaysian Air Force personnel on a three hour lookout on day six of the search and rescue mission to locate the missing MAS plane flight MH370 at the Andaman Sea. Pix by Shahrul Redzuan Zulkifli

Following the disappearance, a multi-nation search and rescue effort, involving land, sea, and air assets, was launched.

Early today, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announces that a team of international investigators have confirmed that the debris found on La Reunion Island found on July 29 was from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

14 March 2014: Captain Tojo Hideo briefs members of the media who joins the search and rescue mission in the South China Sea to find the missing flight MH370 along with Japan Coast Guard in Umiwashi Gulfstream V Airplane. Pix by Yazit Razali
14 March 2014: Captain Tojo Hideo briefs members of the media who joins the search and rescue mission in the South China Sea to find the missing flight MH370 along with Japan Coast Guard in Umiwashi Gulfstream V Airplane. Pix by Yazit Razali

Let us look at some moments following the Malaysian flight MH370 missing announcement.

25 MARCH 2014: Acting Transport Minister Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein unable to hold back tears after the prime minister's announcement at PWTC on Monday. Pix by Abdullah Yusof
25 MARCH 2014: Acting Transport Minister Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein unable to hold back tears after the prime minister's announcement at PWTC on Monday. Pix by Abdullah Yusof