19 Mar 2014 8:21 pm MYT
Here are the key points to emerge from the press briefing:
- Malaysia has dismissed reports of a possible sighting of the plane in the Maldives. The authorities in the Maldives have told Malaysia the reports are “not true”, according to acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein.
- Hishammuddin said he “fully understands” the frustration of relatives of the missing passengers after they tried to storm the press conference. He said Malaysia would send a high-level delegation to Beijing to liaise with the families. Earlier Malaysia Airlines promised more support and information updates to relatives.
- Investigators are trying to recover deleted files on the home-made flight simulator recovered from the home of the pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah. But the authorities have stressed that the passengers and crew on the flight are innocent unless proven others, and urged the media to avoid “unnecessary speculation”.
- Malaysia has again appealed to other countries to volunteer more satellite and radar data about the fight, after Thailand released radar data 11 days after the flight disappeared. The Thai radar data backs up Malaysia conviction that the plane took a deliberate westerly turn.
- Other countries are taking a lead role in the search operation over their territories. No major breakthrough has been reported in narrowing the search area from the two long flight corridors currently being examined.
Source: The Guardian
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