Search for MH370 to end this month
The search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will come to an end in two weeks.
Malaysian transport minister Liow Tiong Lai said it will conclude before the end of the month and will be followed by a meeting of officials once a final search report is made.
A recent report released by Australian Transport Safety Bureau acknowledged a ‘high probability’ that the search is being carried out in the wrong area.
"We cannot just base on assumptions, we need credible clues to look for the plane, so we are waiting for the final report," Liow said, giving no assurances a new, revised search area would be indentified.
The search of the 120,000 sq km area in the Southern Indian Ocean is ‘in the final lap’ and no debris or proof the jet entered the water in this area has been found.
Numerous pieces of wreckage have been washed up in the Western Indian Ocean, several of which are thought to be either definitely or highly likely from the missing jet following analysis.
Last week, a former US air crash investigator said a new privately funded search may begin led by plane maker Boeing.
MH370 disappeared in 2014 with 239 passengers and crew on board en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur.
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