HMS Tireless able to operate in harsh maritime environments

The British nuclear submarine HMS Tireless approaches the port of Gibraltar. The protracted search for missing Flight MH370 was boosted on April 2, 2014 with the arrival of British nuclear submarine HMS Tireless in the Indian Ocean, ahead of a visit to Australia by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. AFP PHOTO

HONOLULU: British submarine HMS Tireless has joined the search in the southern Indian Ocean for the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said this was confirmed by his British counterpart Philip Hammond in a telephone conversation on Tuesday morning. Hawaii is 18 hours behind Malaysia.