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Chronology Phase	Flight Segment	Time Period	Comments
1	Parked and Maintenance	0855 MYT 7 March to 2250 MYT	MH371 Depart Beijing 0855 MYT minus 8 hours = 0055 UTC MH371 scheduled Arrive KLIA 1535 MYT 7 March minus 8 hours = 0735 UTC 7 March The SATCOM on aircraft 9M-MRO had been powered on prior to 0802:27 UTC and was powered off at about that time. 12:44 MYT Friday, 7 March 2014
2	Pre-Flight PIC Logon to Departure	2250 7 March to 40:37 MYT Saturday, 8 March 2014 0444 UTC to 1640:37 UTC Friday, 7 March 2014	1450 UTC [2250 MYT] PIC of MH370 signed in for duty. 1640:37 UTC (0040:37 MYT) Lumpur Tower cleared MH370 for take-off.
3	Departure to South China Sea	From 00:42 MYT to 01:19:30 MYT Saturday, 8 March 2014 16:42 UTC to 17:19:30 UTC Friday, 7 March 2014	ACARS sent an OOOI B777 OFF Report at 00:41:43 MYT, triggered by a switch on the nose wheel asssembly after take-off. At 1719:30 UTC (0119:30 MYT), MH370 acknowledged with “Good night Malaysian Three Seven Zero”. This was the last recorded radio transmission from MH370.
4	South China Sea to Straits of Malacca	From 01:21:13 MYT to 1:52:31 MYT Saturday, 8 March 2014 17:22 UTC to 17:51:31 UTC Friday, 7 March 2014
5	Straits of Malacca to Andaman Sea	From 1:52 MYT to 2:22:12 MYT Saturday, 8 March 2014 (17:52 UTC to 18:22:12 UTC Friday, 7 March 2014)
6	Andaman Sea to North Indian Ocean	From 2:22 MYT to 2:39:52 MYT Saturday, 8 March 2014 18:22 UTC to 18:39:52 UTC Friday, 7 March 2014
7	North Indian Ocean to Southern Indian Ocean	From 2:40 MYT to End of Flight Saturday, 8 March 2014 18:40 UTC Friday, 7 March 2014 to End of Flight

	8 March to 15 March 2014 - Search Summary
	18 March to 23 March 2014 - Search Summary
	18 March to 28 April 2014 - Search Summary	On 28 April 2014, the aerial search concluded and the search moved to an underwater phase

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Chronologies

This article indexes a collection of extracts from the Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 which have been selected because they contain various chronologies..

Each extract is on a separate sub-page linked from the list of topics or titles below. Each event in these chronologies has been linked to a Timeline Event in the main Timeline articles on this site. This provides a cross-link or check on the well known events. (The Timeline includes other events not included in these chronologies).

A Timeline of significant actions — Search for missing airline MH370 was published by the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (Australia) and is linked here: Timeline of Significant Actions.

Actions Taken on Saturday 8 March

The document ACTIONS TAKEN BETWEEN 01:38 AND 06:14 ON SATURDAY 8 MARCH was released by the Ministry of Transport (Malaysia) on Tuesday, 1 April 2014.

List of Extracts containing Chronologies

Note: To avoid repetition, all extracts are sourced from the Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 unless otherwise stated.

History of the Flight (MH370)
Source: 1.1 History of the Flight 1.1.1 Introduction

Radar Observations
Source: 1.1 History of the Flight 1.1.3 Diversion from Filed Flight Plan Route

SATCOM 'Handshakes'
Source: Table 1.9B - SATCOM ‘Handshakes’

Chronology of Satellite Communications Ground Station Logs
Source: Table 1.9C - Chronology of Satellite Communications Ground Station Logs

Chronology of ATC Activities after Notification by HCM ACC
Source: Table 1.18E – ATC Activities after Notification by HCM ACC

Chronology of ATC Events before the Disappearance of Flight MH370
Source: Table 2.2A - Chronology of ATC Events before the Disappearance of Flight MH370

Chronology of ATC Events following the Disappearance of MH370
Source: Table 2.2C Chronology of ATC Events following the Disappearance of MH370

Direct line communication exchanges relating to MH370:-
- Between KL ACC Planning Controller and HCM ACC
  Source: Table 2.2F - Direct Line Communication Exchanges between KL ACC and HCM ACC
- Between KL ACC and Singapore ACC
  Source: Table 2.2G - Direct Line Communication Exchanges between KL ACC and Singapore ACC
- Between KL ACC Radar Controller and HCM ACC
  Source: Table 2.2H - Direct Line Communication Exchanges between KL ACC Radar Controller and HCM ACC
- Between KL ACC and ODC
  Source: Table 2.2I - Direct Line Communications Exchanges between KL ACC and ODC