The next 48 hours in the search for missing flight MH370 will be crucial, Malaysia's Defence Minister said today - a warning that new plans would then have to be made.
Mr Hishammuddin Hussein, who is also the country's Acting Transport Minister, said it was his understanding 'that the search effort is entering a critical stage in the next 48 hours.
'Whatever happens in that period, we will then regroup and discuss our next move.'
Mr Hisammuddin was speaking in Kuala Lumpur as the underwater drone Bluefin-21 was sent on its seventh mission 1500 miles north west of Perth, Western Australia, to search for any sign of the wreckage of the Boeing 777 aircraft.
The Minister's reference to just 48 hours revealed less optimism than comments by Australia's Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, who had forecast that the search would continue at least until the end of next week.
In addition, officials co-ordinating the search also said today that the underwater search would continue for another five to seven days.
Despite the differences in the comments by Mr Hishamuddin and those of Australian officials, it became clear today that hopes of finding the wreckage of the aircraft at the bottom of the Indian Ocean were now fading fast.
The Joint Agency Co-ordination Centre which is overseeing the search from Perth said in a statement today that after almost two months without a sign of wreckage the current underwater search has been narrowed to a circular area with a radius of 6.2 miles.
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The area is located where one of four pings believed to have come from the plane's black box recorders was detected on April 8.
'Provided the weather is favourable for launch and recovery of the AUV (austomonmous underwater vessel) and we have a good run with the serviceability of the AUV, we should complete the search of the focused underwater area in five to seven days,' officials told Reuters in an email.
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The next 48 hours in the search for missing flight MH370 will be crucial, Malaysia's Defence Minister said today - a warning that new plans would then have to be made.
Mr Hishammuddin Hussein, who is also the country's Acting Transport Minister, said it was his understanding 'that the search effort is entering a critical stage in the next 48 hours.
'Whatever happens in that period, we will then regroup and discuss our next move.'
Mr Hisammuddin was speaking in Kuala Lumpur as the underwater drone Bluefin-21 was sent on its seventh mission 1500 miles north west of Perth, Western Australia, to search for any sign of the wreckage of the Boeing 777 aircraft.
The Minister's reference to just 48 hours revealed less optimism than comments by Australia's Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, who had forecast that the search would continue at least until the end of next week.
In addition, officials co-ordinating the search also said today that the underwater search would continue for another five to seven days.
Despite the differences in the comments by Mr Hishamuddin and those of Australian officials, it became clear today that hopes of finding the wreckage of the aircraft at the bottom of the Indian Ocean were now fading fast.
The Joint Agency Co-ordination Centre which is overseeing the search from Perth said in a statement today that after almost two months without a sign of wreckage the current underwater search has been narrowed to a circular area with a radius of 6.2 miles.
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