After leading a fruitless three-month hunt for the wreckage of flight MH370, authorities in Australia yesterday took the first step towards handing over search operations to a private contractor, who will have the daunting task of scouring the Indian Ocean down to a depth of 6,000 metres.
The next phase of the search for the plane, which dissapeared on 8 March shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur on a scheduled flight to Beijing, could take up to a year, according to the tender documents, which have been released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).
05/06/14 New Zealand Herald
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The next phase of the search for the plane, which dissapeared on 8 March shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur on a scheduled flight to Beijing, could take up to a year, according to the tender documents, which have been released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).
05/06/14 New Zealand Herald
