Joint agency chief says mission will take time because of distance and little certainty on location The head of Australias new joint agency overseeing the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 says it will review the conduct of the search if it continues to yield no results. Malaysian authorities said last week they believed the plane had been lost in the ocean, claiming the lives...
'Goodnight Malaysian 370' revealed as last sign-off Australian official says search 'most challenging' ever Spotter ships hit by high seas and poor visibility Malaysia expressed frustration with Boeing and Rolls-Royce Time running out to find black box US judge throws out legal action against Boeing Read the latest summary 12.08pm BST Here's a summary of the latest developments: 11.36am BST The full...
Orange objects turn out to be fishing equipment, but Tony Abbott says: 'We can keep searching for quite some time.' Orange objects spotted by a plane searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet have turned out to be nothing more than fishing equipment, and the Australia prime minister, Tony Abbott, has declared there's no time limit on the search for MH370. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority...
Malaysia says it will never give up on the search for missing flight MH370, as the hunt for debris enters a fourth week. Defence minister and acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein addresses a news conference in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Meanwhile families of missing relatives gathered at a hotel in Beijing to hold a candlelit vigil for their loved ones...
Malaysia's civil aviation authority say pilot's final words heard by air traffic control were 'goodnight Malaysian three seven zero' Malaysian authorities have released a new account of the final words spoken by one of the pilots of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The last words heard by air traffic control in Kuala Lumpur were "goodnight Malaysian three seven zero" not "all...
Najib Razak to visit Perth to see operation first hand with authorities yet to confirm debris sightings linked to missing plane Malaysia's prime minister will travel to Perth this week to see the search for the missing flight MH370 first hand and thank the international crews involved in the operation. The hunt for the Malaysia Airlines plane, now in its fourth week, spans 98,000 square miles (254,000...
Signals on black box flight recorders due to degrade soon Search aircraft draw another blank Malaysia still hopes for survivors, however remote British experts to brief families after refusing to do so Australian PM Tony Abbott praises international effort So far objects spotted and recovered not related to MH370 Relatives demand apology from Malaysia Read the latest summary 2.41pm BST Inmarsat, the...
Families of Chinese passengers criticise officials over handling of disaster, as search for missing plane enters fourth week Dozens of angry relatives of Chinese passengers aboard the missing flight MH370 have demanded that Malaysia apologise for its handling of the investigation as they arrived in Kuala Lumpur from Beijing on Sunday. About 50 more family members joined those who had earlier flown...
Two dozen family members fly into Kuala Lumpur to meet 'highest officials' as huge search continues to draw blanks More than two dozen Chinese relatives of passengers on Flight 370 arrived in Malaysia on Sunday to demand to meet top officials for more information about what happened to the airliner that has been missing for more than three weeks. Two-thirds of the 227 passengers aboard the Malaysia...
Chinese aircraft spots objects in newly targeted zone more than 1,000km north-east of area previously being searched A Chinese military plane searching for signs of debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 spotted several objects floating in the sea on Saturday, including two bearing colours of the missing jet. But it was not immediately clear whether the objects were related to the three-week-old...
Mercedes driver matches Jim Clark's British record of 33 poles Vettel second on grid, Rosberg third and Alonso fourth Lewis Hamilton won pole position for Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix in a reprise of his success in Australia two weeks ago. Hamilton, who was second in his first race at the Sepang International Circuit in 2007, produced a now familiar turnaround. His Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg...
Five aircraft have spotted 'multiple objects of various colours' after the air and sea search was moved 1,100 km north on Friday Fresh objects spotted by planes searching for a missing Malaysian passenger jet in a new area of the southern Indian Ocean have again raised hopes of unravelling the three-week-old mystery. Australian authorities coordinating the operation dramatically moved the air and...
Six ships travelling to zone 1,150 miles west of Perth in attempt to verify possible plane wreckage in Indian Ocean Follow the latest on our live blog A multinational fleet of planes and ships searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has raced to a fresh search zone after a "credible new lead" suggested the plane was flying faster than first thought before it plunged into...
Five aircraft spot 'multiple objects' in new search zone Photographs of objects being analysed New Zealand air crew report seeing 'debris field' New search area based on recalculation of plane's speed Revised zone increases search flight time Doubt over satellite images of potential debris further south Relatives to be offered flights to Perth if wreckage is found Read the latest summary 1.41pm GMT...
Malaysia Airlines plane was going faster than previously thought, meaning its tanks would have run dry sooner, say authorities The Australian-led search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has shifted 1,100km to the north-east after investigators calculated the plane was going faster and using more fuel when it disappeared than previously thought. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa)...
Thailand says 300 objects have been spotted near debris found earlier, but bad weather forces planes and ships to call off search Underwater scanners that will be used to try to locate the black box flight recorders from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have arrived at the search headquarters in Australia, as crews pin their hopes on new satellite images showing 300 pieces of possible debris...
People looking for the wreckage of flight MH370 must contend with the unpredictable nature of the Indian ocean search zone Now the missing Malaysian Airlines plane is 'lost', what next? Far out in the Indian ocean, 1,500 miles south-west of Australia, the people searching for wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will have to fight high winds, mercurial weather and strange currents just to...
Effort to find Malaysia Airlines plane will not be lightly abandoned, says Australian prime minister, as South Koreans send planes Tania Branigan ...
Australia's parliament observes one minute's silence in remembrance of the passengers from the lost Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, who are now presumed dead ...
Malaysia's transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein updates the media on Wednesday with the latest developments in the search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 ...