Authorities are still baffled nearly one week after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished about an hour after takeoff. A slew of seemingly solid leads have turned up nothing. Despite a widespread search involving several countries, we're still at square one -- no one knows where this plane is.
Meanwhile, the fate of the 239 people on board MH370 is still unknown, and their families continue to wait for any clue as to their whereabouts. Malaysian authorities say they'll keep hitting the waters in search of the plane, but every discovery just seems to end in more confusion. Here's how this mysterious saga has played out so far. We will continue to update this timeline as the story unfolds.
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