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Investigators still looking for 'haystack, let alone needle' in Malaysian MH370 search

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ANI Sydney

As the hunt for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 continues, investigators are trying to define where the debris of the ill-fated passenger jet could be found.

A day after the Malaysian Prime Minister announced that the plane indeed crashed into the southern Indian Ocean and there was no possibility of any survivor, Australian officials suspended further search.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, after poor weather conditions, the hunt for the debris has resumed on Wednesday, but authorities have warned about the difficulty of the search and recovery mission.

Vice chief of the Australian Defence Force, Mark Binskin, said that they are not searching for a needle in a haystack, but still trying to define where the haystack is.

 

AMSA said that the search would be split into three zones within the same area, covering about 80,000 square kilometers and aircrafts from Australia, China, Japan, Korea, the US and New Zealand would participate in the search.

Meanwhile, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that the search for the missing plane was not open-ended, but said Australia would not lightly abandon efforts to locate the wreckage.

He further offered relatives of those on board the plane to come to Australia to be closer to the search, adding that those who make the trip would pay no visa fees at this 'unspeakable time'.

The Flight MH370 went off radar on March 8th shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people onboard and authorities have concluded a crash into the Indian Ocean after weeks of frantically chasing leads like terrorism and pilot suicide.

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First Published: Mar 26 2014 | 10:35 AM IST

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