Vietnam has not yet received any official information from Malaysia on a report that the Malaysian army has tracked signals of the lost plane over the Strait of Malacca, far from where it last contacted with the civilian air traffic control.
Regarding the official information, all the search and rescue work will continue, said deputy chief of the Office of the National Committee for Search and Rescue Col. Vu The Chien.
By 5pm on March 11, Vietnam had deployed nine aircraft, including three AN 26, three MI 171, two CASA and one DHC 6 seaplane that made 13 flights. Nine vessels of various kinds are continuing their hunt and expanding the search to the northwest of the last-known location.
Involved countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, China, the US and Thailand haddispatched 14 planes and 22 vessels to the hunt.
Security officials are intensifying their checks 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
