China's training ship Jinggangshan participated in MH370 search mission, says Penang exco

GEORGE TOWN: One of the two training ships from China that docked at Penang Harbour last Saturday was involved in the search mission for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in 2014.

State tourism and creative economy committee chairman Wong Hon Wai said the training ship JinggangShan 999 had departed from the port of Zhanjiang, China on March 9, 2014 to the search area for the plane that went missing during the flight to Beijing.