Audio: Flight MH370: Final cockpit communications released

2 May 2014 03:52 am

The final communications between missing flight MH370 and air traffic control have been released, after it vanished on 8 March with 239 people on board.

The last words spoken from the cockpit were: "Good night, Malaysian 370."

It comes as a report by Malaysia's transport ministry recommends the introduction of real-time tracking of commercial air transport.

The ministry's air accident investigation bureau said there had now been two occasions over the past five years when large passenger planes had gone missing and their last position was not accurately known - MH370 and Air France Flight 447 in 2009. (Source: BBC)