MH370 recap: Team searching for missing plane admit it could have LANDED somewhere instead of crashing into ocean

Sources within the International Investigation Team admitted they may have to start the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane again from scratch

 By Anthony Bond

 

10:16 pm

It is not yet known if tomorrow's search will resume.
Today's air search was suspended because of poor weather as a result of Tropical Cyclone Jack.
Up to 10 military aircraft and 10 ships were ready to join the day's search before it was called off.
We will bring you news of tomorrow's search as soon as we get it.

9:15 pm

US President Barack Obama will become the first American president to visit Malaysia in almost half a century this week.
No doubt relatives of those missing passengers from Flight MH370 hope it could lead to some further developments.
It is not yet known if Obama will raise the issue of the missing flight.

8:17 pm

Despite the concerns that investigators are looking in the wrong place, the search teams have vowed they will continue scouring the Indian Ocean.
The Joint Agency Coordination Centre said today: "The search will continue.
"We are currently consulting very closely with our international partners on the best way to affect this for the future.”

7:17 pm

Some of the relatives of those onboard Flight MH370 have told how they could to get new information by taking legal action.
Speaking to CNN, Sarah Bajc, whose partner Philip Wood was on the Malaysia Airlines plane, said: "We don't feel we have a whole lot of other choices because we're certainly not getting any answers without (legal action)."
Last night authorities announced they would soon be issuing death certificates.

6:16 pm

Here is a bit more on the theories that the plane actually landed somewhere rather than crash into the ocean.
As reported by Mail Online, sources from the search team said: "The thought of it landing somewhere else is not impossible, as we have not found a single debris that could be linked to MH370.
"However, the possibility of a specific country hiding the plane when more than 20 nations are searching for it, seems absurd."
You can read more on this story here.

5:22 pm

The remote-controlled submarine searching for missing Flight MH370 has now covered 80 per cent of its search area.
Still not a sign of the plane has been found.
The air search was today called off because of a tropical cyclone.

4:24 pm

The international team searching for the missing jet are now considering whether the plane LANDED somewhere instead of crashing into the Indian Ocean.        
A complex underwater search involving a remote controlled mini-submarine is currently underway. But it has so far found nothing.
Today, sources within the International Investigation Team admitted that the search may have to start again from scratch.
Speaking to the New Straits Times, a source said: "We may have to regroup soon to look into this possibility if no positive results come back in the next few days."

8:54 am

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