Time running out on hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines jet
23 Jul 2016 12:49:21
cbsnews.com
Officials expect to suspend the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 by year-end, transportation ministers from the countries involved announced Friday. Crews are nearly done scouring a 46,000 square mile swath of the South Indian Ocean, roughly the size of Greece, where experts believe the plane is located.
There are only 3,900 square miles left in the area West of Australia. But blistering weather in the Southern Hemisphere's winter, equipment damage, and the challenge of exploring never-before-charted parts of the deep ocean have caused delays.
In a Kuala Lumpur press conference Friday, the transportation ministers of Malaysia, China, and Australia said the search of the "priority area" should be complete between October and December.
Read full story: cbsnews.com
