Search for MH370 to be suspended

“There is this grey area: What happens once you search 120,000 square km, which could end between October and December?”

After two and a half years and more than 110,000 square kilometers of scouring the floor of the southern Indian Ocean, the hunt Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will soon come to a close; at least for now.

Wang Zhuncai whose daughter was aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

“This decision is not taken lightly, nor without sadness”, said Australian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester. 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. Every effort has been made.

“We remain hopeful that the aircraft will be located”. The multi-million dollar effort consisted of several ships with special equipment scanning sections of the sea floor. “However, the debris does not pinpoint the exact location of the aircraft”, Liow said.

The search, originally scheduled to end in June, has been hampered by bad weather.

The debris drift modelling pattern shows us that it’s still from that particular area, ‘ Mr Liow said. “Based on that, we searched the area”.

She said they were kept in an unlit room for the duration of the briefing, and not told of the goal. “All I want is to have my family members back”. The document reveals that Malaysian authorities gave the Federal Bureau of Investigation hard drives that were used by Shah to record simulated flight sessions that he conducted on his personal flight simulator that he kept at his home.

The Boeing 777 and its 239 passengers and crew aboard vanished in March 2014 while on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. All those on board are presumed dead.

In their statement, the ministers acknowledged that “the likelihood of finding the aircraft is fading”.

Malaysia, Australia and China have agreed to suspend the search if the aircraft is not discovered after the search zone is completely scoured.

Nathan wondered if the families would have to finance measures on their own. However, few pieces of debris, which was confirmed to be from a Boeing 777 have washed up on beaches of Madagascar and Mozambique, thousands of miles away from the location of the search. Four other pieces that turned up on Africa’s eastern seaboard and in Mauritius nearly certainly belong to the doomed jet, according to investigators. However, speculation has now emerged that someone may have been in charge until the last moments, piloting the plane in a controlled glide for a much longer distance than it would have covered if spiralling uncontrollably.