Search for missing Malaysian airliner called off after nearly three years
The search for the Malaysia Airlines flight that went missing with 239 people on board in 2014 has finally been abandoned by the three countries conducting it
Sydney — The deep-sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 ended on Tuesday without any trace being found of the plane that vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board. The whereabouts of the wreck of Flight MH370 is one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries since the plane, a Boeing 777, disappeared en route to Beijing from the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. "Despite every effort using the best science available ... the search has not been able to locate the aircraft," said representatives of Malaysia, Australia and China. "The decision to suspend the underwater search has not been taken lightly nor without sadness." They said the last search vessel left the area on Tuesday after scouring the 120,000km² area of the Indian Ocean sea floor that was the focus of almost three years of searching. Malaysia, Australia and China agreed in July to suspend the $145m search if the plane was not found, or if new evidence on its whereabouts was not uncovered once that area h...
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