Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 : Transport ministers to discuss future of MH370 search

Transport ministers from Australia, China and Malaysia will meet Friday to discuss the future of the frustrating deep-sea search for missing flight MH370, officials said Wednesday.

The Australian-led search is scouring the seafloor within a designated 120,000-square-kilometre (46,000-square-mile) belt of remote Indian Ocean where authorities believe the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet may have gone down.

• Searching is expected to be completed possibly in the next few weeks, and the three countries have said the hugely expensive high-tech sonar operation far off western Australia will not be further expanded without "credible" new evidence pointing to a crash site.

"The search has been unprecedented in both size and scale, conducted in some of the world`s most isolated waters and at times in extremely challenging weather," Australia`s Transport Minister Darren Chester said Wednesday.

"The meeting will provide an opportunity to reflect on achievements to date and discuss next steps as we near completion of the 120,000 square kilometre search area," he added...
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20/7/16
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