A man walks past a mural of missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane in a back-alley in Shah Alam, Malaysia (AFP Photo/MANAN VATSYAYANA) (File Photo)
KUALA LUMPUR: An international media outlet which claimed the search operation for the missing MH370 could resume next year was not true, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
He said his ministry had not finalised negotiations with US-based seabed exploration outfit ‘Ocean Infinity.’
“We need accurate data to confirm whether the search for MH370 needs to be continued.
“If we are convinced with the credible evidence, then only will we continue the search,” he told reporters at the handout of Flagbearer Education Association funds amounting to RM1.6 million to 40 children of the 23 cabin crew members of the MH370 and MH17 tragedies here yesterday.
The fund is an initiative by private companies Eu Yan Sang, Genting Malaysia Bhd, Hap Seng Plantations Holdings Bhd and Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd.
Flight MH370 disappeared while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014 with 239 passengers and crew members.
Australia, China and Malaysia suspended the search for MH370 when traces of the Boeing 777 could not be found in the 120,000 sq km search area in the southIndian Ocean.
Flight MH17, a Boeing 777-200 aircraft, was shot down in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2015 as it was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 298 passengers and crew. — Bernama