MH370: Dutch firm to conduct underwater search


SYDNEY: A Dutch firm will conduct a deep-water search in the Indian Ocean for missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 from September, Australia said on Wednesday, expressing "cautious optimism" that the plane will be found.

Fugro Survey will use its state-of-the-art vessel MV Fugro Equator and the Fugro Discovery to search a 60,000sq km zone in the southern Indian Ocean.

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