Malaysia forms group to process MH370-related issues

Malaysia's transport minister Liow Tiong Lai (Photo: Reuters)

Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – 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.

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

He added that Australia and China have pledged to participate in the activity and all decision concerning MH370 will be assessed with cooperation of three sides.

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

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

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