Too soon to launch undersea search for MH370: French investigators
Tuesday, 25 March 2014 00:31
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AFP: French investigators said on Monday it was too soon to consider launching undersea searches for the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines jet that officials said went down in the Indian Ocean.
France’s BEA accident investigation service, which had sent three investigators to Kuala Lumpur, said the “vast area (involved) does not, at present, make it feasible to conduct undersea searches”.
“An undersea phase to localise the aeroplane from flight MH370 could be launched only if the operations under way today enable a more limited search area to be defined than the current search areas,” the BEA said in a statement.
It said its investigators, who had returned from Kuala Lumpur at the weekend, had discussed possible techniques for undersea searches with the Malaysian authorities.
