Asean: Australia and Malaysia thanks China for MH370 search aid

A former Boeing 777 pilot, Captain Hardy has based his assumptions on the theory that the pilot of MH370 made a controlled crash landing into the ocean, having made a series of turns around Penang.

And speaking to News Corp, Hardy said his is “fairly confident that wreckage will be found within the next four to eight weeks”.

Malaysia and Australia are pleased with China’s pledge to contribute A$20 million (RM62 million) and ship for the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Li made the announcement during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the sidelines of the leaders’ summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Kuala Lumpur, according to Xinhua.

China will offer an $8.2 billion quota in national currency to grant Malaysia access to Chinese stock exchanges under the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) program, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Monday.

Liow said that the search strategy working group team, led by the Joint Agency Coordination Centre and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, comprising experts from various global organisations, have collaborated to independently review and refine all available data pertaining to this search. However nothing seems likely to change the broad satellite signal analysis that says MH370 flew for seven hours 39 minutes (or so) after takeoff, and was only heard by a communications satellite parked over the west Indian Ocean which at the time of the flight’s impact, had to be around 44 degrees elevation above its horizon. It is believed to have “ended its journey in the southern Indian Ocean”.

He said it was not clear if the contribution would be in the form of “cash” or a search boat.

“The vessel recovered the towfish on Saturday and is now en route to Fremantle. The journey will take around six days”, JACC said, in the statement. “The full-time doctor on Fugro Discovery is attending to the crew member in consultation with onshore medical support”.