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MH370: Departure Message

1. Background

The Departure Message was sent from the Boeing 777 registered 9M-MRO when flight MH370 departed Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 00:42 MYT on Saturday 8 March 2014.

A copy of the message is included in the Safety Investigation Report Section 2.2.4 Departure Message of MH370, followed by an explanation of the message code, as replicated below.

2. Departure Message as an Image

Figure 2.2C - Departure Message of MH370

Source: Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 2.2.4 Departure Message of MH370

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3. Departure Message Transcript

The main body of the message has been transcribed below:-

(DEP-MAS370/A2157 -WMKK1642-ZBAA-DOF/140307)

The message is decoded below:-

4. Message Codes and Meaning

1) Message Code of Departure Message of MH370 and Meaning

Message Code	Meaning
(DEP	(Departure
-MAS370/A2157	-Aircraft identification MH370/Secondary Surveillance Radar Code A2157
-WMKK1642	-KLIA1642 (UTC)
-ZBAA	-destination aerodrome: Beijing/Capital
-DOF140307)	-Date of flight 2014March07)

Figure 2.2D - Message Code of Departure Message of MH370 and Meaning

Source: Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 2.2.4 Departure Message of MH370

Aircraft Registration Number for the Boeing 777 used for Flight MH370. More Info

Malaysian Time (MYT) is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) + 8 hours

The Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 was released by the Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370 in July 2018. More Info

Departure

Aircraft identification MH370 and Secondary Surveillance Radar Code A2157

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 1642 (UTC)

Beijing Capital International Airport (formerly Peking) (ICAO 4-letter location indicator)

Date of Flight 2014 March 7

SSR transponder code A2157 allocated to Flight MH370

Coordinated Universal Time

Date of Flight 2014 March 07 (UTC)