Malaysian, Chinese and Australian authorities said they want to see if there is other new information that could help them locate the missing aircraft.
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But he could not rule out the aircraft being within the 120,000 square kilometers (46,000 square miles) of seabed being searched southwest of Australia.
“Despite the best efforts of all involved, the likelihood of finding the aircraft is fading”, a joint statement from the three governments said. Less than 10,000 square kilometers of the high-priority area remaining to be searched, and the governments involved had agreed earlier to stop searching if the missing plane was not found in that area.
Yang said China is willing to extend the operation time of the sonar ship Dong Hai Jiu 101 after it offered 20 million Australian dollars past year to help maintain the search.
While several pieces of Boeing 777 debris have washed up along the east coast of Africa, nothing related to MH370 has been found in the area.
On July 29 past year, a flaperon was found on the shore of La Reunion Island, which was later confirmed to be part of the missing Boeing 777 aircraft. “I’m sorry for being so frank but you have the most at stake here”, she said at a news conference. More than 90 percent of the search area has already been covered.
In a mail, sent around 12 pm on Friday, they informed the families about the meeting held at Putrajaya, regarding the search, which comprised ministers from Australia, Malaysia and China.
Grace’s mother, Anne Daisy, was among the 239 people on the flight that disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China on March 8, 2014.
‘We will continue to analyse the data that we’ve collected.at the same time looking for new credible evidence, ‘ he said. Those discoveries, however, haven’t brought much clarity to the mystery of where the plane may be.
He said that search efforts and equipment have been hampered by recent poor weather and sea conditions. Friday Minister Liow of Malaysia said that 4 pieces tested by France “almost certainly” came from MH370. The most widely accepted theory behind the plane’s disappearance, presented by the official investigators, is that there was no one at the controls at the time of the impact.
But the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has previously said wreckage found on the southwestern shores of the Indian Ocean was consistent with the plane crashing in the expansive search area.
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Asked if the flaperon found on the shore of La Reunion Island had any indication of controlled ditching, Liow said there has not been any evidence to substantiate the claim.
