MH370 crash: Search intensity and magnitude of operations increasing, says Australian PM Abbott

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (L) meets members of Malaysia's Air Force currently based at RAAF Base Pearce at Bullsbrook, Western Australia on March 31, 2014. All evidence pointed to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 370 being lost in the Indian Ocean, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said, backing his Malaysian counterpart's view that the plane had crashed. - AFP

SYDNEY: There is no time limit on the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, missing for more than three weeks in the Indian Ocean with 239 people on board, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Monday.

"I'm certainly not putting a time limit on it," Abbott told reporters at Pearce airbase in Perth.