US, Chinese ships enter search area for missing plane
Mr. Doan Huu Gia, Deputy General Director of Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation - Commander of the Vietnam Aviation Search and Rescue Center, said that as of 9:00 a.m. on March 10, there are currently 4 aircraft and 7 ships of the Vietnamese Navy and Coast Guard actively searching in the area suspected of containing a strange object.
Mr. Doan Huu Gia, Deputy General Director of Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation - Commander of the Vietnam Aviation Search and Rescue Center, said that as of 9:00 a.m. on March 10, there are currently 4 aircraft and 7 ships of the Vietnamese Navy and Coast Guard actively searching in the area suspected of containing a strange object.
In addition, there is also a Singaporean plane participating in this search.
Currently, MI17 aircraft and CHD6 seaplane are actively searching the area where the suspected debris was found, 80km south of Tho Chu island.
Meanwhile, two AN26 planes flying at higher altitudes will continue to scan and expand the search area above Tho Chu Island and south of Tho Chu Island with a total search area of up to about 14,000 square kilometers.
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| Map of the search area for the missing Malaysian plane. (Photo: PV/Vietnam+) |
According to the National Search and Rescue Committee, out of the 7 ships currently searching at sea, 5 are searching around the suspected area, while the remaining 2 ships are continuing their journey towards this area.
In addition, three other US ships and two Chinese ships are also on their way to the search area and are likely to enter Vietnamese waters.
However, Mr. Gia also affirmed that currently, all of the above forces have not been able to find any debris suspected to be from the Malaysian plane.
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In addition, Mr. Gia added that currently, the South has also established a Command Center in Phu Quoc to directly manage search and rescue operations.
Regarding the incident yesterday afternoon (March 9), when a Vietnam Airlines plane caught an SOS signal while flying over Bao Loc district, Lam Dong, Mr. Gia said that after receiving the information, the Lam Dong Provincial Military Command sent people to the area where the signal was suspected to be emitted to verify, but could not find the source, nor was there any signal indicating that it was from the plane.
At a press conference on the morning of March 8, Malaysia Airlines Group CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said the plane lost contact with Subang air traffic control station at 2:40 a.m. on March 8 local time (6:40 p.m. on March 7 GMT).
On the evening of March 9, Singapore's Strait Times newspaper published an article commenting on five possible hypotheses in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the East Sea in the early morning of March 8, including terrorism, engine failure, explosion in the air, sudden loss of lift, and pilot error./.
According to VNA
