Australia, China, Malaysia say underwater search for MH370 is suspended

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Australia, China, Malaysia say underwater search for MH370 is suspended

REUTERS

 

A family member of a passenger aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370which went missing in 2014 reacts during a protest outside the Chinese foreign ministry in Beijing, July 29, 2016. The hat reads "Pray for MH370" REUTERS/Thomas Peter/Files

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The deep-sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has ended without any trace being found of the plane that vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board, the three countries involved in the search said in a statement on Tuesday.

 

"Despite every effort using the best science available ... the search has not been able to locate the aircraft," Malaysian, Australian and Chinese authorities said in the statement.

 

(Reporting by Jonathan Barrett; Editing by Robert Birsel)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-01-17

 

[gdgbb]

I'm surprised that they didn't ask for advice here on Thaivisa before the search was wrapped up, there's usually more than a few experts available.

[optad]

The immensity of that ocean is mad. It depths at 4000+ metres and that mountain ridge running from the antarctic to Sri lanka is impossible to truly quantify. Impossible task. 

[malibukid]

the mystery will be solved eventually but not with present tech. eventually the entire undersea topography will be mapped.

[oldsailor35]

Obvious that they are looking on the wrong side of the Malay Penninsular.

[freebyrd]

It's sad, but eventually they had to call it a day. Just like the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, there has to be and endgame......and then every theory in the book, and a few that aren't, come out to air......

[Michael8511]

It's sad that we probably never will get the truth. They have found debris in Africa and Seychelles. They say no radar images of the aircraft was seen at Diego Garcia or Re'union but if the aircraft passed there in low attitudes it may have been eliminated and we will never know. Just curious why they don't search that area.