File footage of Malaysia Airlines MH370 as search for missing plane is set to end next week

Record ID: 1403036

  • Title: File footage of Malaysia Airlines MH370 as search for missing plane is set to end next week
  • Date: 25th May 2018
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (FILE - AUGUST 7, 2015) (REUTERS) ****WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** FAMILY MEMBERS OF MH370 PASSENGERS KNEELING DOWN ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF MEDIA FAMILY MEMBER CRYING FAMILY MEMBERS KNEELING DOWN RELATIVES OF MH370 VICTIMS PROSTRATING THEMSELVES ON THE FLOOR RELATIVE CRYING RELATIVES WALKING TOWARDS MEDIA, HOLDING SIGN READING (Chinese): " MALAYSIA AIRLINES, GIVE BACK OUR RELATIVES" Desperate relatives of the victims who were on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 gathered in Beijing hopeful of a meeting with Malaysian government officials after the prime minister confirmed debris from the plane had been found. SAINT-ANDRE, REUNION (FILE - AUGUST 13, 2015) (REUTERS) POLICE VEHICLE DRIVING AWAY POLICEMEN ON ROCKS, LOOKING AT WATER POLICE SEARCHING FOR DEBRIS ON BEACH French police officers searched for debris along the shores of Reunion island. MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE (FILE - MARCH 7, 2016) (REUTERS) PIECE OF DEBRIS SUSPECTED TO BE FROM MISSING MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT MH370 BEING PASSED TO MOZAMBIQUE'S HEAD OF CIVIL AVIATION INSTITUTE, COMANDANTE JOAO MARTINS DE ABREU, AND CAPTAIN OF MALAYSIAN DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION (DCA), MIOR NOR BADRISHI MOHAMAD DEBRIS WITH WRITING ON EDGE READING (English): "NO STEP" MALAYSIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY MEMBER HOLDING DEBRIS Civil aviation authorities in Mozambique held up a piece of debris suspected to be from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. The piece was found in early March by an American adventurer on a local beach. Australian transport chief said debris found on a beach in the southeast African nation of Mozambique was consistent with drift modelling related to the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. WARTBURG NEAR PIETERMARITZBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (FILE - MARCH 13, 2016) (REUTERS) LIAM LOTTER, SOUTH AFRICAN TEEN WHO FOUND A PIECE OF DEBRIS, STANDING WITH HIS FAMILY AND LOOKING AT PIECE OF DEBRIS ON TABLE SERIAL NUMBER ON THE PIECE OF DEBRIS DAMAGE ON THE PIECE OF DEBRIS VARIOUS OF DAMAGED EDGES OF DEBRIS LOTTER TURNING DEBRIS OVER A South African teenager showed another piece of debris suspected to be from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. He found the piece off the Mozambique coast in December 2015 while on holiday with his family. ST. MARIE, MADAGASCAR (FILE - DECEMBER 7, 2016) (REUTERS) RIAKE BEACH, WHERE SOME OF DEBRIS THOUGHT TO BE FROM THE MH370 HAD BEEN FOUND FAMILY MEMBER OF MH370 VICTIM LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS VARIOUS OF FAMILY MEMBER OF MH370 PASSENGER WALKING ALONG THE BEACH FAMILY MEMBERS OF MH370 VICTIMS WALKING TOWARDS BEACH RESORT MAN HANDING OVER SUSPECTED DEBRIS TO MALAYSIAN INVESTIGATOR INVESTIGATOR EXAMINING DEBRIS, TAKING MEASUREMENTS Families of those lost on board Malaysia Airlines flight 370 combed beaches of Madagascar's St Marie Island hoping to find debris that would provide clues to what had happened to the plane. More than 30 pieces thought to be from the plane were found in Madagascar. The visit by seven relatives to Madagascar prompted the Malaysian investigators to follow them to the Indian Ocean island to collect the latest items. PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA (FILE - JANUARY 10, 2018) (REUTERS) SCREEN READING (English) "MH370 SEARCH OPERATIONS SIGNING CEREMONY BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA AND OCEAN INFINITY LIMITED" LOGO READING (English) "OCEAN INFINITY SEABED INTELLIGENCE" DIRECTOR GENERAL OF DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION MALAYSIA, AZHARUDDIN ABDUL RAHMAN (LEFT) AND OCEAN INFINITY CEO, OLIVIER PLUNKETT SIGNING AGREEMENT DURING CEREMONY, MALAYSIA TRANSPORT MINISTER LIOW TIONG LAI STANDING IN THE MIDDLE MEDIA AND NEXT-OF-KIN SEATED PLUNKETT AND AZHARUDDIN EXCHANGING CONTRACTS THEN SHAKING HANDS WITH LIOW
  • Embargoed: 8th June 2018 08:06
  • Keywords: search resumes debris crash plane Malaysia Airlines Malaysia MH370
  • Location: SEPANG, PUTRAJAYA, KUALA LUMPUR, SUBANG, MALAYSIA / HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM / AT SEA /IN AIR/ BEIJING, CHINA / PERTH, AUSTRALIA / SAINT-ANDRE, REUNION / MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE / WARTBURG NEAR PIETERMARITZBURG, SOUTH AFRICA/ ST. MARIE, MADAGASCAR
  • City: SEPANG, PUTRAJAYA, KUALA LUMPUR, SUBANG, MALAYSIA / HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM / AT SEA /IN AIR/ BEIJING, CHINA / PERTH, AUSTRALIA / SAINT-ANDRE, REUNION / MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE / WARTBURG NEAR PIETERMARITZBURG, SOUTH AFRICA/ ST. MARIE, MADAGASCAR
  • Country: Malaysia
  • Topics: Air Accidents,Disaster/Accidents
  • Reuters ID: LVA00B8HDY5AD
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Authorities are due to end the search for Malaysia Airlines MH370 on May 29, after more than four years of fruitless efforts to find the missing Boeing 777 in what is considered the world's greatest aviation mysteries.
    Flight MH370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014 with 239 people, mostly Chinese, on board. Australia, China and Malaysia ended their search in January last year.
    Malaysia agreed in January to pay U.S.-based exploration firm Ocean Infinity, who owns the vessel Seabed Constructor, up to $70 million if it finds the plane within 90 days. Transport Minister Anthony Loke on Wednesday (May 23) said Ocean Infinity's search vessel had finished scouring its targeted search area in April and had requested an extension until May 29.
    Investigators believe someone may have deliberately switched off the transponder of the Boeing 777 before diverting it over the Indian Ocean. Several pieces of aircraft debris have been collected from Indian Ocean islands and along Africa's east coast, with at least three confirmed as being from the missing plane.
  • Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2018. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register