Chinese ships rule out 11 locations in missing plane search

Source: Xinhua | April 1, 2014, Tuesday |

Online Edition

Nothing related to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 were found so far in waters where suspicious objects had been spotted, said captain of the Chinese vessel Haixun 01 today.

Jiang Long told a Xinhua reporter that the Chinese ships have already checked and ruled out a total of 11 locations in the southern Indian Ocean where suspicious objects had been seen in airborne observation or satellite images.

Also today, new Australian coordination chief Angus Houston told reporters that the ongoing search for the missing plane could drag on for a long time.

The ex-Australian defense chief said the search and recovery operation "is the most challenging one that I have seen."

Houston, who leads the newly established Joint Agency Coordination Center, said the crucial job now is to find the debris or wreckage of the missing plane, so as to narrow the search to a smaller area and use advanced equipments to locate the black box.

There are 11 planes and nine ships joining the search on Tuesday, according to Houston.

More than three weeks after Flight MH370, with 239 people onboard, disappeared on March 8 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, its fate and whereabouts remain unknown.

Nation

About Us
|
Terms of Use
|
RSS
|
Privacy Policy
|
Contact Us
|
Shanghai Call Center: 962288
|
Tip-off hotline: 52920043

沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
|
互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
|
网络视听许可证：0909346
|
广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
|
增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012

Chinese ships rule out 11 locations in missing plane search

Email this to your friend