Missing MH370: Malaysian minister to fly to undisclosed location to verify possible sightings


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An unidentified search and rescue ship is seen through the window of of a Vietnam Air Force aircraft AN-26 during a mission to find the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, that disappeared from radar screens in the early hours of Saturday, off Con Dao island March 12, 2014.
Martin Carvalho and L. Suganya
The Star/Asia News Network
Thursday, Mar 13, 2014

KUALA LUMPUR - Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim confirmed that he will be flying to an undisclosed location late Thursday morning to verify possible sightings of the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370.

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"We will be passing whatever information we have to the Transport Ministry. You have to wait for the official announcement," he said.

Shahidan, who is in charge of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), did not want to elaborate on his flight, only saying that it was MMEA's responsibility to verify information of possible locations of the missing plane following any reports of sightings.

When asked if his trip to the undisclosed location was related to images from China's satellites which are alleged to have detected the missing plane, he said, "We will check on any information received on the possible sighting of the plane, be it from the public or any agencies."

On whether he had any message for family members of passengers aboard MH370 who were awaiting news, Shahidan said that it was out of his jurisdiction to make any official statement and that the families would have to wait for announcements by Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.

On whether the haze would hamper the multinational joint search and rescue operation, Shahidan said that it was a minor hindrance.

"However, we have high-tech equipment to help us in our search of the plane, which is our main priority," he said.

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[QUOTE=jameslee58;1447937]不知道，有人会在这爆料的啦[/QUOTE] Ok..probably 3pm or 4pm.....anyway will chk 1pm cna news, hopefully...they will announce the timing of the conference.
Posted by: hfourhappy at Thu Mar 13 12:27:30 MYT 2014
不知道，有人会在这爆料的啦 [quote=hfourhappy;1447933]noted...any ideas when is the media conference today?[/quote]
Posted by: jameslee58 at Thu Mar 13 12:23:35 MYT 2014
[QUOTE=jameslee58;1447927]there 's a lot of pictures to go through, to better put this in context, is like searching for something by looking through a straw try one day, travel by sea ....is huge, you will realize you are very small[/QUOTE] Noted...any ideas when is the media conference today?
Posted by: hfourhappy at Thu Mar 13 12:21:54 MYT 2014
there 's a lot of pictures to go through, to better put this in context, is like searching for something by looking through a straw try one day, travel by sea ....is huge, you will realize you are very small [QUOTE=hfourhappy;1447921]I am not sure i listen right or wrong. The debrics was detached last sun by chn satellite right? Why nvr release until now? China now started to take the lead. Imo..making mal auth incapable of handling such disaster.[/QUOTE]
Posted by: jameslee58 at Thu Mar 13 12:16:06 MYT 2014
I am not sure i listen right or wrong. The debrics was detached last sun by chn satellite right? Why nvr release until now? China now started to take the lead. Imo..making mal auth incapable of handling such disaster.
Posted by: hfourhappy at Thu Mar 13 12:05:43 MYT 2014
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