Malaysia, Vietnam search for missing plane

Malaysia and Vietnam launched searches Saturday for a Malaysia Airlines jet that lost contact with traffic controllers, as fears mounted over the fate of the 239 people aboard.
Vietnamese authorities said contact with Flight MH370 was lost near the country's airspace, but its exact location remained a mystery 12 hours after it went missing. The airline has said the plane, on an overnight flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, relayed no distress signal or other indications of trouble. "The plane lost contact near Ca Mau province airspace as it was preparing to transfer to Ho Chi Minh City air traffic control," a statement posted on the official Vietnamese government website said. The plane's signal was never transferred to Ho Chi Minh air traffic control, it added. Ca Mau province is in southernmost Vietnam, according to AFP.