Malaysia has released its initial report on the missing MH370 aircraft on Thursday, the first time it released a comprehensive report containing both new and old information on the course of the plane since it went off radar screens of air traffic controllers.

The report also included a recommendation for the UN global aviation head to come up with a system for real-time tracking of commercial planes.

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The file, dated April 9, contained new information on the Kuala Lumpur authorities' attempt to locate the missing Malaysia Airlines plane with its 239 passengers and crew, including the path that it could have taken.

The Transport Ministry of Malaysia said the situation points to the need for a real-time tracking system that could help locate missing aircrafts more easily in the future.          

Flight MH370 vanished under civilian radars during its journey from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8. What had become of it remains unknown to this day.

The released report contained confirmation that military radar monitored a plane traveling to the west across the Malaysian Peninsula on March 8. The military deemed the plane to be friendly, thus no action was taken at the time.

The attempts to locate the aircraft were also described in the report. Kuala Lumpur's traffic control communicated with its counterparts in Singapore, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Hong Kong, when things the situation started to turn south.

Ho Chi Minh air traffic controllers, who were in charge of taking over the MH370 monitoring at the time of disappearance, was the first entity to be informed of a problem.

For the first time, recordings of the MH370 cockpit's conversations with Kuala Lumpur air traffic control were also released to the public. Maps of the plane's probable flight path were also released.

The said maps show that the MH370 turned around from the Southern China Sea, passed near the border of Thailand, and flew across the Malaysian Peninsula.

It then turned to the west beyond the radar coverage of the Malaysian military. Then, it turned south and headed towards the southern part of the Indian Ocean. This is now the center of a massive underwater search for the missing plane.

The cargo manifest of MH370 showed that the plane was carrying more than 4.5 tons of mangosteen and around 2.5 tons of properly packed lithium ion batteries.

Just before the report was released, Malaysia Airlines told the families of the missing passengers to go home and wait for new updates from there.

Many Chinese relatives have been staying in Kuala Lumpur to receive daily updates about the search. Meanwhile, the airline announced it would close its assistance centers for the families beginning May 7, but will continue to keep communication lines open.