Crew members from the Royal Malaysian Air Force talk to each other onboard a Malaysian Air Force CN235 aircraft during a search and rescue (SAR) operation to find the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 plane over the Strait of Malacca on March 14, 2014. Malaysia confirmed on March 14 that the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane had been expanded into the Indian Ocean, but declined to comment on US reports that the jet had flown for hours after going missing. AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFAN
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday that airborne search for surface wreckage of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has been called off.
He said in Sydney that it was highly unlikely that searchers would find any debris on the ocean surface.
Abbott said this became imperative because the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 has entered its 52nd day without any result.
“None of our efforts have found any wreckage,’’ he said.
The Prime Minister said, however, that the underwater search for flight MH370 would continue. (dpa/NAN)
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