Wild weather delays completion of MH370 search

Sydney / AFP

Giant waves and high winds have prevented any search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 for the past month with the hunt now not expected to be complete until August, authorities said on Wednesday. Australia is leading the painstaking search for MH370 in the remote Indian Ocean, but the wild weather has not allowed the three ships involved to make any progress in recent weeks.
“Recent poor weather conditions have severely impacted search operations. The last four weeks saw no search operations undertaken,” the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said in an update. “It is now anticipated it may take until around August to complete the 120,000 square kilometres, but this will be influenced by weather conditions over the coming months, which may worsen.”