Flight MH370 can be seen progressing towards the South China Sea before suddenly turning red and disappearing
This sinister video shows the moment a Malaysian Airlines passenger jet carrying 239 people vanished from a live online flight tracker.
The footage, taken on a mobile phone, shows flight MH370 leaving Kuala Lumpur and heading towards Vietnam.
But midway over the South China Sea, the plane turns red and suddenly disappears.
It has not been seen or heard from since.
An international investigation is underway to try and locate the plane but so far no wreckage has been found.
Vietnamese Navy officials have reported spotting two large oil slicks and a column of smoke off the the coast of the country.
They have sent ships to the site and are hoping to have further information this evening.
The flight took off at 12.41am local time on Saturday from Kuala Lumpur and was due to land in Beijing at 6.05am the same day.
But air traffic controllers lost communication with the plane shortly after it left Malaysia.
Two of the passengers on board were travelling on stolen Italian and Austrian passports, it has emerged.
Luigi Maraldi and Christian Kozel were thought to have been on the the plane, but have since been reported safe and well.
Investigators are not ruling out any explanation for the missing flight.
The Boeing 777-200 jet's passengers on the 2,746-mile journey totalled 239, including two infants and 12 crew members.
There were 14 different nationalities on board.
Malaysian Airways confirmed the plane had lost contact with Subang Air Traffic Control at 2.40am (SAT) local time - or 6.40pm (FRI) around 120 miles off Kota Bharu over the South China Sea.
The airline said in a statement: "Malaysia Airlines is currently working with the authorities who have activated their Search and Rescue team to locate the aircraft.
"The airline will provide regular updates on the situation."
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