MH370 search vessel stopped due to technical glitch, not search for 'object of interest'

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has made a statement after one of the MH370 vessels GO Phoenix remained stationery in the southern Indian Ocean for almost 24 hours, saying that the vessel did not find any 'object of interest' and had an issue with its towfish at the weekend.

The ATSB spokesperson said that the issue has been rectified but due to harsh weather conditions, there was a delay in the safe redeployment of the toefish and recommencement of search operation.

According to News.co.au, GO Phoenix and Fugro Discovery remain at the high probability search site conducting operations in the hope of locating the Malaysian airlines flight MH370.

The weather conditions have hampered search operations in the last week but operations resumed on Wednesday.

The two vessels had covered 3000sq km of the high probability search area covering 55,000sq km over the last week.

The Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8 when it disappeared from radar screens between Malaysia and Vietnam.