Its been 24 days since Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared and the authorities now have about a week to find the phsyical evidence, especially the 'black box' as signals from the recorder will fade out soon.
The signals emitted from the black box is powered by batteries that will die out after 30 days, and it will be difficult for the search operation to trace it without a signal, especially in a vast area like the Indian Ocean.
The multi-national search operation has identified an area of 254,000 square kilometres in the Indian Ocean, about 1,850km west of Perth, Australia, as where the plane likely went down.
Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein today said ten including one civilian aircraft and 10 ships had travelled to the search area to find debris that may be related to the plane.
If they can locate the debris and confirm they were from the plane, it may help the search team to narrow the search area to find the black box.
However, with arrival of the vessel Ocean Shield, which is fitted with a towed pinger locator and a Bluefin 21 autonomous underwater vehicle on Thursday in the search area, it is hoped the ship can detect the black box.
Hishammuddin said in terms of sightings of potential objects, on Saturday, five objects were retrieved by the Australian navy's warship HMAS Success and Haixun, a ship from China.
"However, it was found that none of these objects were related to MH370," he told a media conference on the latest developments on the search mission for MH370 here Monday.
On March 24, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had announced that (the flight path of) Flight MH370 ended in a remote region of the southern Indian Ocean based on detailed analyses of satellite data.
Najib also will be visiting Perth, Australia this Wednesday to see first hand the search operation for the missing aircraft in the Indian Ocean.
"Our Prime Minister has decided to travel to Perth on Wednesday for a working visit to Pearce Air force base (in Perth), to see the operation first hand and also to thank the personnel involved in the multinational search effort, including the Malaysian personnel," Hishammuddin said.
Meanwhile, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) code share partner China Southern Airlines has agreed to cooperate with MAS in giving aid to families of passengers of the ill-fated flight , said MAS chief executive officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya.
He said MAS, however, shouldered a heavier burden because the missing aircraft belonged to the airline.
Flight MH370 was also marketed as Flight CZ748 by China Southern Airlines and there were passengers (on board) holding the Chinese airline company's tickets.
Flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers including 152 China nationals and 12 crew, left the KL International Airport at 12.41 am on March 8 and disappeared from radar screens about an hour later while over the South China Sea. It was to have landed in Beijing at 6.30 am on the same day.
A multinational search was mounted for the aircraft, first in the South China Sea and then, after it was learned that the plane had veered off course, along two corridors - the northern corridor stretching from the border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to northern Thailand and the southern corridor, from Indonesia to the southern Indian Ocean.
Following an unprecedented type of analysis of satellite data, United Kingdom satellit telecommunications company Inmarsat and the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) concluded that Flight MH370 flew along the southern corridor and that its last position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth, Australia.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak then announced on March 24, seventeen days after the disappearance of Boeing 777-200 aircraft, that Flight MH370 "ended in the southern Indian Ocean". The search continues there.
The signals emitted from the black box is powered by batteries that will die out after 30 days, and it will be difficult for the search operation to trace it without a signal, especially in a vast area like the Indian Ocean.
The multi-national search operation has identified an area of 254,000 square kilometres in the Indian Ocean, about 1,850km west of Perth, Australia, as where the plane likely went down.
Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein today said ten including one civilian aircraft and 10 ships had travelled to the search area to find debris that may be related to the plane.
If they can locate the debris and confirm they were from the plane, it may help the search team to narrow the search area to find the black box.
However, with arrival of the vessel Ocean Shield, which is fitted with a towed pinger locator and a Bluefin 21 autonomous underwater vehicle on Thursday in the search area, it is hoped the ship can detect the black box.
Hishammuddin said in terms of sightings of potential objects, on Saturday, five objects were retrieved by the Australian navy's warship HMAS Success and Haixun, a ship from China.
"However, it was found that none of these objects were related to MH370," he told a media conference on the latest developments on the search mission for MH370 here Monday.
On March 24, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had announced that (the flight path of) Flight MH370 ended in a remote region of the southern Indian Ocean based on detailed analyses of satellite data.
Najib also will be visiting Perth, Australia this Wednesday to see first hand the search operation for the missing aircraft in the Indian Ocean.
"Our Prime Minister has decided to travel to Perth on Wednesday for a working visit to Pearce Air force base (in Perth), to see the operation first hand and also to thank the personnel involved in the multinational search effort, including the Malaysian personnel," Hishammuddin said.
Meanwhile, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) code share partner China Southern Airlines has agreed to cooperate with MAS in giving aid to families of passengers of the ill-fated flight , said MAS chief executive officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya.
He said MAS, however, shouldered a heavier burden because the missing aircraft belonged to the airline.
Flight MH370 was also marketed as Flight CZ748 by China Southern Airlines and there were passengers (on board) holding the Chinese airline company's tickets.
Flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers including 152 China nationals and 12 crew, left the KL International Airport at 12.41 am on March 8 and disappeared from radar screens about an hour later while over the South China Sea. It was to have landed in Beijing at 6.30 am on the same day.
A multinational search was mounted for the aircraft, first in the South China Sea and then, after it was learned that the plane had veered off course, along two corridors - the northern corridor stretching from the border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to northern Thailand and the southern corridor, from Indonesia to the southern Indian Ocean.
Following an unprecedented type of analysis of satellite data, United Kingdom satellit telecommunications company Inmarsat and the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) concluded that Flight MH370 flew along the southern corridor and that its last position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth, Australia.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak then announced on March 24, seventeen days after the disappearance of Boeing 777-200 aircraft, that Flight MH370 "ended in the southern Indian Ocean". The search continues there.
