IN AIR/AUSTRALIA: Teams searching for the missing Malaysian airliner in the remote southern Indian Ocean return to base having made no possible sightings of debris

Record ID: 559530

  • Title: IN AIR/AUSTRALIA: Teams searching for the missing Malaysian airliner in the remote southern Indian Ocean return to base having made no possible sightings of debris
  • Date: 21st March 2014
  • Summary: PERTH, AUSTRALIA (MARCH 21, 2014) (REUTERS) AIRCRAFT LANDING AT NIGHT VARIOUS OF AIRCRAFT TAXIING ON TARMAC RAAF CREW INSIDE PLANE VARIOUS OF RAAF CREW ON TARMAC (SOUNDBITE) (English) ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIRFORCE, FLIGHT LIEUTENANT JOSH WILLIAMS SAYING: "It's unfortunate to say that we haven't found anything out there, the conditions are, however, are good for a visual search. Cloud base is about 1700 feet (520 metres) in the area, and the visibility is good to conduct the visual search. We handed over control of the area to another few assets that were out there airborne assets, and both surface assets as well and the search will continue on for another few hours." P3 ORION AIRCRAFT TAXIING
  • Embargoed: 5th April 2014 13:00
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  • Location: Australia
  • Country: Australia
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVADPXWIPNSTTPL2O77B333G46L
  • Story Text: The international team searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the remote southern Indian Ocean failed to turn up anything on Friday (March 21).
    Aircraft and ships have also renewed a search in the Andaman Sea between India and Thailand, going over areas that have already been exhaustively swept in an attempt to find some clue to unlock one of the biggest mysteries in modern aviation.
    Royal Australian Airforce, Flight Lieutenant Josh Williams upon his return to the airbase in Perth, Australia, confirmed there were no sightings of any suspected debris but said the search was still ongoing.

    "It's unfortunate to say that we haven't found anything out there, the conditions are, however, are good for a visual search. Cloud base is about 1700 feet (520 metres) in the area, and the visibility is good to conduct the visual search. We handed over control of the area to another few assets that were out there airborne, and both surface assets as well and the search will continue on for another few hours," he said.
    The Boeing 777 went missing almost two weeks ago off the Malaysian coast with 239 passengers and crew onboard.
    There has been no confirmed sign of wreckage but two objects seen floating in the southern Indian Ocean were considered a credible lead and triggered an extensive search on Thursday (March 20).
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