Malaysia Airlines Admits Contacting MH370 Twice with Satellite Phone

March 27^th, Malaysian high-level delegation held a press conference at Lido Hotel in Beijing. A representative of Malaysia Airlines admitted for the first time that they used satellite phones to contact MH370 twice on the day the plane went missing, but they didn't get any response from MH370.

After a four-hour-long press conference held by Malaysian high-level delegation in Beijing on March 26^th, the delegation held another press conference on March 27^th at the families' request.

At the press conference, some relatives of the passengers aboard MH370 asked whether there were satellite phones on the plane. Ahmad Nizar Zolfakar, director of Department of Civil Aviation Air Traffic Services in Malaysia, answered: "No." He showed two reasons for his conclusion. Firstly, Flight MH370 has been handed over to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam when it went missing. Secondly, the program of International Civil Aviation Organization didn't demand their air traffic control canter to contact the plane with satellite phones.

However, a vice president of Malaysia Airlines admitted later at the press conference that the control center of Malaysia Airlines tried to contact MH370 twice with satellite phones, but didn't get any response. The vice president didn't disclose the exact time of these calls. This is the first time for Malaysia Airlines to admit they used satellite phones to contact Flight MH370.