A Malaysia Airlines flight on Saturday crashed off Vietnam’s Tho Chu Island, northwest off the country’s southernmost Cape Ca Mau, the Vietnamese High Command of Navy announced, reports Tuoi Tre website of Vietnam.

According to a High Command of Navy statement, the plane went down in the waters between Vietnam and Malaysia, some 153 nautical miles (300km) off Tho Chu Island in Kien Giang Province.

Malaysia Airlines, however, has not yet confirmed these data, reports RIA Novosti news agency of Russia. 

The last contact with the passenger plane was made over the South Sea, 220 kilometers off the coast.   

The plane was carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, from 13 different nationalities, and 12 crew members, and it was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.