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Malaysia: gov't will continue to support search of MH370
马来西亚将继续搜索MH370
On Sunday, it will be exactly one year since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared with 239 people on board, shortly after take-off from the Kuala Lumpur, on its way to Beijing. No trace has been found of the Boeing 777 aircraft since then. Malaysia's Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai says the Malaysian government will continue to support the search for the plane.
"That means we have to go back to drawing boards, we need the expert to advise us how to move forward. I think we are confident with the expert group which comprise of the one I mention just now, sort of international group, and they will look into the data and come back to the government," Liow said.
International investigators are still trying to understand why the Boeing jet veered thousands of miles off course from its scheduled route before eventually plunging into the Indian Ocean.
According to the Joint Agency Coordination Centre in Australia, which coordinates information related to the search, the current search is expected to end in May. Liow said the search would continue after that. But Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss has said a decision would have to be taken soon as to whether to continue into the vast 1.1 million sq km area around the primary search zone if nothing is found.
Truss, who is also Australia's Transport Minister, said discussions had already begun between Australia, China and Malaysia about what to do if nothing is found, including the possibility that the search might be called off within weeks.
