Missing MH370: Indonesia issues 49 flight clearances for foreign aircraft

JAKARTA: Indonesia has issued 49 flight clearances for aircraft from seven countries to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 after the focus of the operation shifted to the Indian Ocean.

“As the search for the missing MH370 plane has switched to the southern corridor, which includes Indonesian territory, we have so far given 49 flight clearances for foreign planes to pass our airspace,” the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement here yesterday.