KUALA TERENGGANU: Malaysia will intensify its search for the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, here, today.
This is following the confirmation by French authorities yesterday that the wing part (flaperon) found on the La Reunion Island is indeed from the missing jetliner.
Liow said that the latest findings dispelled any doubt and meant for a very affirmative and certain decision to be taken by the three principle countries involved in the search – Malaysia, China and Australia.
“The latest news, where the French authorities in Toulouse have further verified the piece of evidence found, definitely confirms the need to continue the search in the interests of all at hand.
“We are very grateful to France for its initiative and effort in determining the authenticity of the debris found. They have done a good job to further analyse and assist in the search for the missing aircraft in the Indian Ocean.
“Likewise, the strategic working group of Malaysia, China and Australia will get into action to intensify the search with the hope of finding more evidence as to the cause of the likely crash and eventually find the missing jetliner, altogether,” he said at the Terengganu MCA, its Youth and Wanita convention at the Tanjung Vista Hotel in Jalan Sultan Zainal Abidin.
Liow, who is also MCA president, added that Malaysia would not relent in its effort to find the missing jetliner, more so now that conclusive evidence had surfaced.
“We have to take into account the very difficult times the next-of-kin of the missing passengers and crew are enduring. We, the people and government of Malaysia, are with them always and hope to bring to an end this prolonged agony,” he said.
A month ago, French authorities started investigations after debris from what was believed to be that of a Boeing 777 had washed up on the French island of Reunion, off the east African coast.
The flaperon is the first shred of evidence discovered after MH370 mysteriously vanished into thin air, while enroute to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, with 230 onboard in March last year.
-New Straits Times
