Barely half an hour after a Reuters news report established that Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight carrying 239 people has crashed into the sea 153 miles off the coast of Vietnam's Tho Chu island on Saturday, Malaysia's transport minister said the report on Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Vietnam is "not true".

Reuters report at about 2pm Singapore time:

The Straits Times Facebook update half an hour later at about 230pm:

With unconfirmed, conflicting and sometimes, confusing reports streaming in, the worst and best of social media is on full display.

Here are the worst:

...and the best:

Open-air crashes r rare, unless another aircraft is nearby. Most crashes happen near landing or take-off. #MH370

— Josephine Koh (@JosephineKoh) March 8, 2014

Lots of speculation gg on abt cause of crash of #MH370. It's now not the time to discuss abt it. They r still confirming e location.

— Adrian (@rainnabe) March 8, 2014

@rainnabe very unsettling.. feel so close to home. Do you remember Singapore plane accident that happened ?

— Moses (@greenteacup) March 8, 2014

my heart sinks upon hearing the appalling news abt #MH370 .my thoughts n prayers goes out the families and those who are affected

— intan ladyana (@intanladyana) March 8, 2014

A modern aircraft, an experienced captain, an airline with a good safety record. And yet... Life is so uncertain. #PrayForMH370 #MH370

— Ahmer Murad (@AhmerMurad) March 8, 2014

Say what u want abt e faux fights tween Malaysia & Spore, this feels like ours. Not to forget e passengers also returning to Beijing #MH370

— Anita Kapoor (@AnitaKapoor) March 8, 2014

And the purely speculative:

Same aircraft ~18 months ago had a serious collision at PVG, damaging the wing #MH370 http://t.co/LXPGtyfUkx

— Jared Adler (@jaredadler) March 8, 2014

Picture showing a Malaysia Airlines plane with a broken wing tip from a Chinese forum.

Top photo from BBC News (World) Twitter

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