Missing plane mystery deepens
- 10 years ago
More than 24 hours after the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH 370 the country's civil aviation chief said its fate was still a mystery.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION, AZHARUDDIN ABDUL RAHMAN SAYING,
"The rescue operations continued last night, until this morning. We have to report that we are not able to locate or see anything. Therefore, there is nothing new to report."
The Boeing aircraft carrying 239 passengers and crew lost contact on Saturday en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
It's emerged two Europeans named in the passenger manifest had both lost their passports in Thailand, one last year, the other two years previously.
The identities of two other passengers are also being investigated.
But there've been no reports of sabotage or claims of an attack.
Despite the mystery there appears little sign it's damaged the confidence of people travelling on other Malaysian Airlines flights
(SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION, AZHARUDDIN ABDUL RAHMAN SAYING,
"The rescue operations continued last night, until this morning. We have to report that we are not able to locate or see anything. Therefore, there is nothing new to report."
The Boeing aircraft carrying 239 passengers and crew lost contact on Saturday en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
It's emerged two Europeans named in the passenger manifest had both lost their passports in Thailand, one last year, the other two years previously.
The identities of two other passengers are also being investigated.
But there've been no reports of sabotage or claims of an attack.
Despite the mystery there appears little sign it's damaged the confidence of people travelling on other Malaysian Airlines flights