Missing Flight 370 Update: Progress Made in Search for Malaysia Airlines Plane

Missing Flight 370 Update: Progress Made in Search for Malaysia Airlines Plane
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Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Officials in charge of the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 said progress has been made in finding the airliner.

The Joint Agency Coordination Centre issued an update on Wednesday regarding the search for the missing Boeing plane in the southern Indian Ocean.

“The current bathymetric survey work was completed on 26 October and all data has now been analyzed with a total area mapped of over 160,000 square kilometers,” the report said.

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It said the GO Phoenix, the vessel used by Malaysia, “commenced underwater search operations on 4 November.” And meanwhile, more than “3,000 square kilometres of the ocean floor have been searched to date.”

The GO Phoenix went back to Fremantle, Australia, to resupply before starting its underwater search on Tuesday, reported 9 News in Australia on Wednesday.

Last week, the Dutch Fugro Discovery searched the area, but it suspended operations over bad weather conditions. The operations started up again when conditions improved. The Dutch Fugro Equator went back to Fremantle on Friday and will depart next week.

The Bluefin 21 autonomous sub is hoisted back on board the Australian Defense Vessel Ocean Shield after successful buoyancy testing in the Indian Ocean, as search efforts continue for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, April 1, 2014. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Blair, File)
The Bluefin 21 autonomous sub is hoisted back on board the Australian Defense Vessel Ocean Shield after successful buoyancy testing in the Indian Ocean, as search efforts continue for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, April 1, 2014. AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Blair, File
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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