Vietnam expands search Mission to find missing jet


Man on a mission: Vietnamese Air Force Deputy Commander General Do Minh Tuan returning from a search flight over southern waters off the Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc. - AFP

HANOI: Massive search for the missing Malaysian plane will be expanded to scour mountainous and forest areas, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) quoted Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, Lt Gen Vo Van Tuan as saying.

”We have informed units and localities on land, including Military Zones 5, 7 and 9, and localities in the western, southeastern and central regions to deploy forces to seek the plane,” Tuan said yesterday while instructing the operation.

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