MH370 Update: Almost 50% Has Been Searched With No Wreckage Have Been Found While Underwater Search Could End In May

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The latest MH370 update shows that almost 50 percent of the priority search area in the southern Indian Ocean has been searched but no wreckage has been found and the search will be completed in May.

The IBT reported that the leading underwater search for the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 - the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) - disclosed on Wednesday that the search team has not yet found any wreckage of the plane.

Furthermore, the International Business Times India edition reported that according to operation search update that was released on Wednesday, the Australian government said that the current underwater search which is in a remote part of the Indian Ocean will be completed in May.

The search for the MH370 might be delayed if there are any significant delays with equipment, vessels as well as the weather condition.

Recently, the Australian government is planning to close the search for the MH370 and they said that the plane is at the bottom of the Indian Ocean.

However, a military aviation technology expert Andre Milne slammed the government and cited the government have lack of radar data to prove the said theory. He also added the teams has not yet find any physical evidence of the plane being in the ocean.

The MH370 research is funded by the Malaysia and Australia government with a budget of A$120 million. Earlier this month, it has been reported that both governments are also planning to develop a technology that can detect and track an aircraft to avoid any plane crash.

Also, Prime Minister Tony Abbott of Australia has said during the one year disappearance of MH370 that they remain hopeful that they will find the plane and said that they will not end searching until the areas comes up empty.

The flight MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 people on board.

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