THE government has not determined the overall cost of the search and recovery operation for the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 which went missing on March 8, the Dewan Negara was informed here yesterday.
Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Ab Aziz Kaprawi said the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) required every country to provide search and rescue services within their jurisdiction under Annex 12 of the Chicago Convention 1994.
This meant that the SAR cost would be shared by all the countries involved, he replied to a question from Senator Rohani Abdullah on the cost of the operation so far.
“So far 26 countries, 89 aircraft, 80 ships, several satellites, a submarine and an autonomous underwater vehicle have been involved in the operation,” he added.
The search is now focused at the southern Indian Ocean, south west of Perth, Australia. — Bernama