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What happened to Flight 370?

One of aviation’s greatest mysteries began March 8, 2014, when a China-bound Malaysia Airlines flight seemed to disappear into thin air. More than a year later, the search continues in the Indian Ocean. Here’s the story as we know it.

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    Debris found on Reunion

    SOURCES: Inmarsat, Malaysian government, U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch. Graphic by Bonnie Berkowitz, Darla Cameron, Alberto Cuadra, Kat Downs, Richard Johnson and Laris Karklis. Published March 23, 2014. Updated March 6, 2015.

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