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Malaysia forms group to process MH370-related issues

Malaysia’s Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said on January 23 that the country will create a group to process issues concerning the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
Malaysia forms group to process MH370-related issues ảnh 1Malaysia's transport minister Liow Tiong Lai (Photo: Reuters)

Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysia’s TransportMinister Liow Tiong Lai said on January 23 that the country will create a groupto process issues concerning the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.

Under the guidance of the Malaysian Civil Aviation Bureau, thegroup will work on any information related to the missing jet MH370 and beresponsible for any found debris which is suspected of belonging to the plane, theminister said.

He added that Australia and China have pledged toparticipate in the activity and all decision concerning MH370 will be assessedwith cooperation of three sides.

A group of experts will continue to analyse thoroughly datafrom the searching to obtain credible evidence for locating the jet, said theminister.

Flight MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014 en route to Beijingfrom the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, with 239 people on board.

Australia has coordinated a large-scale searching campaign on an areaof 120,000km2 in the southern Indian Ocean over the past two years. However, the fate of theplane remains unknown though several pieces of debris have been found. Theunderwater search for the aircraft has been suspended.-VNA

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