Vietnam has not yet received any official information from Malaysia on areport that the Malaysian army has tracked signals of the lost planeover the Strait of Malacca, far from where it last contacted with thecivilian air traffic control.
Regarding the officialinformation, all the search and rescue work will continue, said deputychief of the Office of the National Committee for Search and Rescue Col.Vu The Chien.
By 5pm on March 11, Vietnam had deployed nineaircraft, including three AN 26, three MI 171, two CASA and one DHC 6seaplane that made 13 flights. Nine vessels of various kinds arecontinuing their hunt and expanding the search to the northwest of thelast-known location.
Involved countries such as Malaysia,Singapore, China, the US and Thailand haddispatched 14 planes and 22vessels to the hunt.
Security officials are intensifying theirchecks inside and around the Hanoi-based Noi Bai international airport,so as to ensure safety and order at the country’s major border gate.-VNA
