MH370 The area of search for the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) MH370 flight will be expanded but is still maintained in the southern corridor.
Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said a new location had to be sought if the black box was not found and all available expertise would be roped in to find the location.
“What is important now is that the location is maintained in the Southern Corridor, this was not questioned and not denied by any quarter.
“In fact, this has been confirmed by experts worldwide. The question is where in the Southern Corridor. It’s huge. That’s why we’re going to a new phase,” he said.
Hishammuddin, who is also Defence Minister, said this to reporters after holding a meeting related to the search for the MH370 flight in Kuala Lumpur today.
Hishammuddin was asked to comment on the statement by the Joint Agency Coordinating Centre (JACC) that the search area of the MH370 flight in the Indian Ocean was based on the four ping signals believed to be from the black box, was declared as not the area where the aircraft had gone missing.
JACC, which is based in Australia, stated it had completed its search in the Indian Ocean where the ping signals were detected and it had ruled out the zone as the final resting place of the MH370 aircraft, which had 239 passengers and crew.
But JACC was still convinced it had detected the long but narrow route of MH370 which entered the waters via the southern Indian Ocean.
Asked about the allegation of a British sailor who claimed he saw the aircraft burning near Thailand on the morning it was reported missing, Hishammuddin said: “We have received too many claims, but none could be proven. It must be confirmed first,” he said.
Two latest ping signals
Hishammuddin was also asked on two latest ping signals believed to be from the aircraft which were allegedly found by the Australian authorities.
“We need to regroup and see what other leads that we have. If there is information on new locations and indicators, we leave it to the experts and we will deploy assets under the Assets Committee and inform the families,” he said.
He clarified that the search prior to this was based on the ping signals detected by Ocean Shield but nothing was found.
In the meantime, he drew attention that there were at least six local companies such as Petronas, Boustead and Deftech which had contributed funds, assets and sevices in the open tender for the search on the aircraft.
Commenting on his meeting today, Hishamuddin said it was more towards the preparatory process of the ministries involved in terms of family, assets, expertise, media and ties with foreign nations if the search for MH370 aircraft took longer.
The MH370 flight with 227 passengers and 12 crew, went missing in the morning of March 8 about an hour after departing from the KL International Airport at 12.41am.
The aircraft should have landed in Beijing at 6.30am on the same day.
On March 24, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak announced that the MH370 aircraft “ended in the southern Indian Ocean”.
- Bernama
Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said a new location had to be sought if the black box was not found and all available expertise would be roped in to find the location.
“What is important now is that the location is maintained in the Southern Corridor, this was not questioned and not denied by any quarter.
“In fact, this has been confirmed by experts worldwide. The question is where in the Southern Corridor. It’s huge. That’s why we’re going to a new phase,” he said.
Hishammuddin, who is also Defence Minister, said this to reporters after holding a meeting related to the search for the MH370 flight in Kuala Lumpur today.
Hishammuddin was asked to comment on the statement by the Joint Agency Coordinating Centre (JACC) that the search area of the MH370 flight in the Indian Ocean was based on the four ping signals believed to be from the black box, was declared as not the area where the aircraft had gone missing.
JACC, which is based in Australia, stated it had completed its search in the Indian Ocean where the ping signals were detected and it had ruled out the zone as the final resting place of the MH370 aircraft, which had 239 passengers and crew.
But JACC was still convinced it had detected the long but narrow route of MH370 which entered the waters via the southern Indian Ocean.
Asked about the allegation of a British sailor who claimed he saw the aircraft burning near Thailand on the morning it was reported missing, Hishammuddin said: “We have received too many claims, but none could be proven. It must be confirmed first,” he said.
Two latest ping signals
Hishammuddin was also asked on two latest ping signals believed to be from the aircraft which were allegedly found by the Australian authorities.
“We need to regroup and see what other leads that we have. If there is information on new locations and indicators, we leave it to the experts and we will deploy assets under the Assets Committee and inform the families,” he said.
He clarified that the search prior to this was based on the ping signals detected by Ocean Shield but nothing was found.
In the meantime, he drew attention that there were at least six local companies such as Petronas, Boustead and Deftech which had contributed funds, assets and sevices in the open tender for the search on the aircraft.
Commenting on his meeting today, Hishamuddin said it was more towards the preparatory process of the ministries involved in terms of family, assets, expertise, media and ties with foreign nations if the search for MH370 aircraft took longer.
The MH370 flight with 227 passengers and 12 crew, went missing in the morning of March 8 about an hour after departing from the KL International Airport at 12.41am.
The aircraft should have landed in Beijing at 6.30am on the same day.
On March 24, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak announced that the MH370 aircraft “ended in the southern Indian Ocean”.
- Bernama
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