HAMBURG, March 16 — Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has cautioned against high hopes of finding answers to the decade-long disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, after a modern robotics company said it could reopen the search.
A total of 239 people, including more than 150 Chinese and 50 Malaysians, were onboard the aircraft when it disappeared while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, in what is considered one of aviation’s most haunting mysteries.
Days before the 10th anniversary this month, Transport Minister Anthony Loke announced that US firm Ocean Infinity could launch a new search for the wreckage.
The German Press Agency (dpa) reported Anwar as saying a decision would likely be taken in the coming weeks, after reviewing the proposal by the Texas-based company. However, he warned that relatives of the missing should not expect any breakthroughs.
“I do not want to give them a false hope that we can secure an answer. But I want to convince them that we are doing everything possible,” he added – even if it ended up costing “substantial funds”,” he told dpa during a his six-day official visit to Germany.
The premier, who was leader of the Opposition in 2014, said he himself was mystified by the plane’s disappearance.
“I cannot understand, in this day and age, how a huge steel facility like that can just disappear,” Anwar said.
— Bernama
