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Captain's Log 07.01.17: Liow calls time on MH370

Courtesy the AFP via the Oz: 

MH370 search ends in two weeks
12:00am
The hunt for missing flight MH370 will end in two weeks, Malaysia’s transport minister said yesterday.

The hunt for missing flight MH370 will end in two weeks, Malaysia’s Transport Minister said yesterday, as ­relatives of passengers demanded authorities push on with the search.

“We’re at the final lap within these two weeks,” the minister, Liow Tiong Lai, said. “We hope we can find the plane.”

Mr Liow did not specify a date but said that a tripartite meeting would be held after a final report is released once the 120,000sqkm search ended.

Authorities had previously said the search would end early this year. The final search vessel ­embarked on its last sweep across the southern Indian Ocean in December.

The Malaysian Airlines jet disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 passengers and crew.

It is believed the aircraft crashed into the Indian Ocean, but an ­extensive hunt in the ocean off ­Australia’s west coast has failed to find any debris that is unquestionably from MH370.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which has been leading the search mission, said in a report last month that the Boeing jet is almost certainly not in the current search zone and might be further north.

The report was based on a ­review of evidence by Australian and international experts.
Australia has said it did not view the report findings as credible. The governments of Australia, Malaysia and China, where most of the passengers were from, previously agreed to pull the plug on the operation once the current search area was fully scoured unless “credible new information” emerged.

“We cannot just base (a search) on assumptions. We need credible clues to look for the plane,” said Mr Liow when asked about the possibility of a search further north.
AFP

Hmm...interesting timing not sure if played for but isn't that end date pretty close to the PEOTUS inauguration -

The Liow 'end game' statement was met with mixed commentary on social media. Most met the news with disbelief, derision and condemnation. While others like MC welcome the news as a sign that now the real search can begin...

#MH370 Finally! Now let’s stop all the guessing and try to find it. https://twitter.com/ChannelNewsAsia/status/817472878425686016 …

Mike Chillit added,

Channel NewsAsia @ChannelNewsAsia

No suspicions of MH370 crew, passengers: French probe http://dlvr.it/N39p53

   
This has also prompted MC to put out a poll:

MH370 Opinion Polls January 6, 2017

by Mike Chillit

Should the search for MH370 continue?

• Yes
  
• No
  

Was Australia wise to search only 20% of the 7th Arc?

• No
  
• Yes
  

Who would you prefer conduct the next search for MH370?

• an international group, made up of experts from many countries, and to include a Boeing rep only to respond to questions about the structure of the plane, when necessary to the investigation* 41%, 12 votes
  
  12 votes 41%
  12 votes - 41% of all votes
  
• USA 31%, 9 votes
  
  9 votes 31%
  9 votes - 31% of all votes
  
• Mike Chillit* 10%, 3 votes
  
  3 votes 10%
  3 votes - 10% of all votes
  
• France* 10%, 3 votes
  
  3 votes 10%
  3 votes - 10% of all votes
  
• China 3%, 1 vote
  
  1 vote 3%
  1 vote - 3% of all votes
  
• Ask Robert Ballard and David Mearns for their suggestions. They may decline, but no one else has a clue.* 3%, 1 vote
  
  1 vote 3%
  1 vote - 3% of all votes
  
• Australia 0%, 0 votes
  
  0 votes
  0 votes - 0% of all votes
  
• Malaysia 0%, 0 votes
  
  0 votes
  0 votes - 0% of all votes
  

Total Votes: 29

January 6, 2017 

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MTF...P2


Ps In case you missed it 2 days ago Julie @nihonmama on twitter released the first two folders from the secret Malaysian police report into MH370.  Folder 1- Pilot & Folder 2 - Co-pilot