MH370 search zone to be doubled
Officials leading the still ongoing search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 will spread out the search area to double its current size if it still remains elusive.
They also said it could take at least another year to find the jet.
Ministers from the three countries involved in the search – Malaysia, Australia and China, said the 60,000 square kilometre zone being currently searched would then be expanded to 120,000 square kilometres.
This is likely to happen by the end of May if no new positive evidence is discovered.
Four ships are scouring the area, each equipped with underwater drones to scan the seabed.
So far the search has cost an estimated US$90 million.
In a joint statement, the Malaysian Transport Minister, Liow Tiong Lai, the Australian Deputy Prime Minister, Warren Truss, and the Chinese Transport Minister, Yang Chuantang, vowed to bring "peace to the families" of the passengers of MH370.
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