Kuala Lumpur: The search and recovery (SAR) operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 in the remote area of the Indian Ocean has covered over 24,000 square kilometres of the seafloor, which is around 40 per cent of the priority search area.
The Australian Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) said the current underwater search area may be largely completed around May, assuming there are no other significant delays with vessels, equipment or from the weather.
Two ships are currently conducting underwater search and recovery (SAR), and two more ships are on the way to assist in the SAR, it said in a statement today.
It said the Malaysian contracted vessel, Go Pheonix and Malaysia-Australia contracted vessel, Fugro Discovery are currently in the search area conducting underwater search operations.
Fugro Equator, which departed Fremantle for the search area on Feb 20, is expected to arrive in the search area tomorrow, Feb 26, and Fugro Supporter departed last Saturday and is expected to arrive in the search area on Sunday, it said.
25/02/15 New Straits Times
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The Australian Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) said the current underwater search area may be largely completed around May, assuming there are no other significant delays with vessels, equipment or from the weather.
Two ships are currently conducting underwater search and recovery (SAR), and two more ships are on the way to assist in the SAR, it said in a statement today.
It said the Malaysian contracted vessel, Go Pheonix and Malaysia-Australia contracted vessel, Fugro Discovery are currently in the search area conducting underwater search operations.
Fugro Equator, which departed Fremantle for the search area on Feb 20, is expected to arrive in the search area tomorrow, Feb 26, and Fugro Supporter departed last Saturday and is expected to arrive in the search area on Sunday, it said.
25/02/15 New Straits Times
