Thai navy calls off search for missing MH370 airplane, says paper
The Thai navy has called off its search operation for missing flight MH370, after Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced that search would expand to areas beyond Thailand.
The Bangkok Post reported that Royal Thai Navy Admiral Narong Pipattanasai had ordered for a cease of the search today after the announcement, which said that the search would no longer focus on the South China Sea.
However, the navy was quoted as saying that it will still standby to offer any assistance if the Malaysian government needed help for another search around the area.
According to The Bangkok post, the navy launched its operation to find the missing aircraft on Monday at the request of Putrajaya.
Najib said today that the search for the missing MH370 flight would be expanded to areas beyond Thailand – to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in the north, and beyond Indonesia in the south.
The decision to widen the search came after satellite date showed that the plane’s last point of contact was at 8.11am, north of the Strait of Malacca.
Najib said satellite data placed the Boeing 777-200ER (9M-MRO) aircraft in one of two corridors: at the north stretching from northern Thailand to Kazakhstan, or at the south, from Indonesia to southern Indian Ocean. – March 15, 2014.
