International • Created May 2, 2014 04:00

Missing flight MH370: Relatives told to return home

It is closing the family assistance centres set up after the plane vanished on 8 March with 239 people on board.The airline promised to keep relatives up to date on the search operation.Meanwhile, a report by Malaysia’s transport ministry has recommended the introduction of real-time tracking of commercial air transport.The ministry’s air accident investigation bureau […]

Missing flight MH370: Relatives told to return home
Missing flight MH370: Relatives told to return home

It is closing the family assistance centres set up after the plane vanished on 8 March with 239 people on board.
The airline promised to keep relatives up to date on the search operation.
Meanwhile, a report by Malaysia’s transport ministry has recommended the introduction of real-time tracking of commercial air transport.
The ministry’s air accident investigation bureau said there had now been two occasions over the past five years when large passenger planes had gone missing and their last position was not accurately known – MH370 and Air France Flight 447 in 2009. “This uncertainty resulted in significant difficulty in locating the aircraft in a timely manner,” the report noted.

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