Underwater search for missing Malaysian flight ends with no answers
Sydney — The deep-sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, that vanished on March 8 2014, ended on Tuesday without any trace being found of the plane that went down with 239 people on board, the three countries involved in the search said. The location of flight MH370 has become 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," Malaysian, Australian and Chinese authorities said. "The decision to suspend the underwater search has not been taken lightly, nor without sadness." The last search vessel left the area on Tuesday, the three countries said, after scouring the 120,000km² area of the Indian Ocean floor that has been the focus of the almost-three-year search. Malaysia, Australia and China agreed in July to suspend the $145m search if the plane was not ...
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