By Jason Ng
Malaysia's defense minister said Tuesday the new search area for
the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 would be unveiled
Thursday.
Hishammuddin Hussein told reporters in Kuala Lumpur that
authorities of the three main nations involved in the
search--Australia, Malaysia and China--have been in discussion with
experts to determine where to look next for the Boeing 777. The jet
went missing March 8 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239
people aboard.
"It is an announcement that is going to be done with the
consensus of the three nations in the tripartite arrangement," said
Mr. Hishammuddin, who is also Malaysia's acting transport
minister.
Last week, Australia's Joint Agency Coordination Centre said new
analysis had made it clear that " the search zone will move."
Although authorities are yet to fix on a precise spot, any new
location will remain in the southern Indian Ocean.
Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that the
search area might be moved hundreds of miles to the southwest after
analysts looking at ping signals between the plane and an Inmarsat
PLC satellite decided the jet may have traveled faster than
previously thought and turned south later.
Write to Jason Ng at jason.ng@wsj.com
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