UK sending HMS Echo to assist in Malaysia plane search (original) (raw)
Search for missing flight MH370 'entering a new phase'
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said the search for missing flight MH370 is now "entering a new phase". He said the effort would now be "focussed on searching the ocean floor" over a "much larger area" than is currently being covered.
- 20 March 2014 at 10:49am
The UK is sending HMS Echo to assist in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.
The HMS Echo. Credit: Royal Navy.
The coastal survey vessel will help search in the southern corridor, as the multinational operation to find the flight which has been missing since March 8 continues.
Twenty-nine aircrafts, 18 ships and six ship-borne helicopters have been deployed to the northern and southern corridors.
Last updated Thu 1 May 2014