Mystery over Malaysian plane continues

The Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared carrying 239 passengers and crew five months ago and it's more than two weeks that flight MH17 was shot out of the sky in which 298 people on board were killed.

This all happened on March 8 when the flight MH370 went missing after it took off from Kuala Lumpur.The flight lost contacts within one hour after takeoff without showing any distress signals. According to the records, it is sure that the transponder of the flight was shut down and plane was diverted from its path. It is considered that plane might havecrashed over the Indian Ocean. But still the plane remains a mystery.

Another flight MH17 was en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down in rebel-held territory in Ukraine on July 17.

There has been no sign of flight MH370 after the international search efforts. This week the Australian government has given a contract of $52 million to Dutch company Fugro.Company will continue the search. This search will focus in the southern Indian Ocean, off the coast of Western Australia.

The Malaysia Airlines has been losing $2 million in a day and bookings were also reduced because of the tragedy. Malaysia Airlines declared on Friday that it would delist from the share market.
State-owned investment company Khazanah Nasional which already owns 70% will purchase the left 30% in a bid.

Family and friends are still searching for the answers. The tribute was paid to West Australia's Maslin family who lost their three children by Prime Minister Tony Abbott.


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