epa04171989 A handout picture made available by the Australian Department of Defense (DOD) on 19 April 2014 shows Boatswain's Mate, Able Seaman Morgan Macdonald (L) observing markers from a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P3K Orion at sea in the Southern Indian Ocean on 06 April 2014. An oil slick in the Indian Ocean is not from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, officials said on 18 April when insisting underwater search efforts would be 'pursued to their completion.' MH370 vanished on 08 March 2014 while en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing, China, with 239 people on board, mostly Chinese nationals. No trace of the Boeing 777 has been found despite probably the biggest and most expensive search in aviation history. The oil slick samples were collected by the Australian vessel Ocean Shield near the search site 2,170 km north-west of Perth on 15 April. The Bluefin-21, an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) launched from the Ocean Shield has trawled 90 square km of the ocean floor where
KUALA LUMPUR: The underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in a narrowed area has entered a crucial 48-hour period ending today, which could lead to a review of operations.
Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said: “It is at a crucial juncture as the Joint Agency Coordination Centre and all the experts have narrowed the search to what we are looking at today and tomorrow (Saturday and Sunday).
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