MH370 search widens: The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 plane is still unfinished as an extended search area is still left to be examined. Crews reportedly failed to find any trace of the plane, and now the extended area prompts the continued search for the Malaysia Airlines plane and the MH370 search widens.
According to the Australian prime minister, it is 'highly unlikely' that debris from the missing flight MH370 will be found on the Indian ocean's surface, therefore it is only natural that the MH370 search widens.
According to Tony Abbott, the MH370 search widens to a larger area of the Indian Ocean floor, veering from ocean surface searches. As he explained it, there will no longer be plane debris floating on the ocean surface because the material from the plane would already have become waterlogged and sunk to the ocean floor. Planes and ships are to stop all visual searches and the MH370 search widens and goes underwater using sophisticated submarines and sensors.
Reports say the next phase of the search may take six to eight months to complete.
Steve Marshall, ONE News Australia Correspondent told on TV ONE's Breakfast that the news that the area of the MH370 search widens as it has been extended once again. He said this widening of the search area is a huge disappointment for the families of the missing passengers. He said, "Who knows how long this search will take and even if it does turn up anything now?"
Before the MH370 search widens, it previously took place in a 10-kilometre radius in the Southern India Ocean, just off the coast of Australia. This was after authorities heard electronic pings which they believed to be from the plane's black box on April 4. Despite the electronic pings and the hope that the plane could easily be found after that, an AUV, or an automated underwater vehicle which searched the area tirelessly could not distinguish the box's location.
Marshall said, "They've searched thoroughly within that radius and found absolutely nothing."
MH370 search widens and it will continue today. The search was reportedly called off yesterday due to bad weather. Abbott said in a press conference, "We will do everything we can humanly can, everything we reasonably can, to solve this mystery."
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