Tony Abbott, the Prime Minister of Australia, had stated at a Canberra press conference that the search for debris of plane that had been missing for 52 days already will continue under water.
The search for the debris will be widen for a larger area of the Indian Ocean.
*Tony Abbott
"By this stage, 52 days into the search, most material would have become waterlogged and sunk," he said.
The plane, Boeing 777, flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, carried 239 passengers along with the crew and disappeared in the middle of its way, on March 8th, 2014. According to latest images from satellites, the plane changed its course to the one towards southern Indian Ocean and supposedly ran out of fuel in the mid of the sea.
"I want the families to know, I want the world to know, that Australia will not shirk its responsibilities in this area," the Prime Minister added. "We will do everything we humanly can to solve this mystery."
The underwater device Bluefin-21, sent by US Navy was sent off because it found nothing and this lead to expansion of the search area.
One of the correspondents asked the PM whether it was possible that nothing would be ever found, and Mr. Abbott replied, though such outcome is probable, it would be a great tragedy for all the families due to the fact they won’t be able to find out what had happened.
The forthcoming search in the underwater area would be 50 miles wide and 430 miles long.
The PM also added that they are to contact private companies to aid with the search, making the cost of the project search over £33m.
The best lead they have got so far was with several pings picked up by a Chinese vessel. Those pings are thought to be from the plane’s black box. Still, as they were picked up earlier this month, it is unknown why the black box has not been found yet.
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