'Charlie' scours Andaman Sea


SUBANG: The mission was to scour 180 sq nautical miles of the Andaman Sea because of the possibility that the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had turned back towards Kuala Lumpur.

I and 13 other members of the media joined the search team aboard an RMAF Lockheed C-130 Hercules, affectionately known as “Charlie” in military circles.

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