Debris discovered in Mozambique could come from a part of the tail section of missing plane MH370.
The latest report into missing flight MH370 has revealed no new information, but the team are reviewing eight areas.
THE first new report by MH370 investigators in 12-months has shed no further light on the baffling mystery surrounding the Boeing 777’s disappearance two years ago.
As Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak promised not to give up on the search, the International Air Accident Investigation Team provided a very brief overview of its work.
A three-page statement said a final report would be released “in the event wreckage of the aircraft is located or the search for the wreckage is terminated, whichever is the earlier”.
The priority search zone for MH370 is three-quarters complete. Picture: ATSBSource:Supplied
It went on to say the eight areas being reviewed by the team included the diversion from the filed flight plan route; Air Traffic Services operations; flight crew profile; airworthiness and maintenance and aircraft systems and satellite communications.
The team is also reviewing wreckage and impact information; organisation and management information from the Department of Civil Aviation, Malaysia and Malaysia Airlines and aircraft cargo consignment.
In a more empathetic statement Prime Minister Nazak said Malaysia remained hopeful MH370 would be found in the 120,000 square kilometre area under investigation.
“If it is not, then Malaysia, Australia and China will hold a tripartite meeting to determine the way forward,” he said.
“We remain committed to doing everything within our means to solving what is an agonising mystery for the loved ones of those who were lost.”
Australian Transport Safety Bureau Chief Commissioner Martin Dolan said the fact MH370 was yet to be found in the priority search only increased the chances it would be located in the remaining 30,000 square kilometres.
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“I reiterate to the families, we and all the search team are totally committed to the search and remain confident we will find it,” he said.
In another twist, the family of a US passenger on board, Philip Wood, filed a lawsuit against aircraft manufacturer Boeing.
The documents lodged in Chicago alleged the plane’s disappearance was due in part to the 777’s lack of “readily available and reasonable alternative technologies that would have permitted the Boeing aeroplane’s precise location to be tracked in real-time anywhere on the planet”.
The suit also claimed the failure so far to find a crash site indicated Boeing had equipped the jet’s black boxes with ”ineffectual underwater locator beacons”.
“A reasonable inference that can be drawn from all of the available evidence is that the disappearance of flight MH370 was the result of one or more defects in the manufacture and or design of the Boeing aeroplane,” said the complaint.
ATSB Chief Commissioner Martin Dolan says it’s increasingly likely MH370 will be found in remaining search area. Picture: Rod McGuirk/APSource:AP
Yesterday marked two-years since MH370 disappeared on a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.
Six Australians were among the passengers, and families spent the day in quiet reflection, remembering their loved ones and hoping for answers.
A range of theories have been put forward for MH370’s disappearance, including a catastrophic fire on board, rapid cabin decompression and an intentional act by the pilot or someone else on board with expert knowledge of a Boeing 777.
The aircraft was carrying 221kg of lithium ion batteries, which are no longer allowed to be carried in cargo holds because of the risk of fire.
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