DCA: Next best bet in SAR operations is the Bay of Bengal


Looking for signs: Royal Australian Air Force personnel arriving at the RAAF base Pearce in Perth after completing a search mission. — EPA

PETALING JAYA: If the search in the Indian Ocean off Australia draws a blank, the next best bet is Sri Lanka or the Bay of Bengal, a high-level officer in the search and rescue operation for missing flight MH370 said.

A high ranking Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) official said working under the assumption that the plane was hijacked and deliberately flown off course towards the Indian Ocean, its remaining fuel would only allow it to travel as far as Sri Lanka or the Bay of Bengal.

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