The undersea hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will now focus on the southern part of the Indian Ocean after a new clue suggested that the jetliner may have turned south earlier than previously believed, Australia announced on Thursday.
A failed satellite phone call to the crew of the Boeing 777 plane with 239 people, including five Indians and one Indian-origin Canadian, on board on March 8 after it disappeared from radar suggests the jet may have turned south slightly earlier than previously thought during its enigmatic journey, Australia’s Deputy Prime minister Warren Truss said. Australia, which is responsible for search and rescue operations described by officials as the largest in history, has been looking for the plane in southern Indian Ocean, an area about 1,800 km off its west coast.
A failed satellite phone call to the crew of the Boeing 777 plane with 239 people, including five Indians and one Indian-origin Canadian, on board on March 8 after it disappeared from radar suggests the jet may have turned south slightly earlier than previously thought during its enigmatic journey, Australia’s Deputy Prime minister Warren Truss said. Australia, which is responsible for search and rescue operations described by officials as the largest in history, has been looking for the plane in southern Indian Ocean, an area about 1,800 km off its west coast.