“Australia coordinated one of the largest search operations of its kind in history related to the disappearance of the aircraft, searching an area of more than 3 million square meters.
km above water and more than 120,000 sq.
km under water,” Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Transport Minister Catherine King said in a statement.
They added that the Australian government is ready to support all practical efforts aimed at finding the aircraft.
As The Guardian recalls, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced the country's readiness to resume the investigation into the disappearance of MH370 if new evidence about it appears.
According to Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke, the country is in negotiations with the American marine robotics company Ocean Infinity to discuss a new search operation.
On March 8, 2014, a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 took off from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
He was heading along route MH370.
There was an experienced crew on board, each pilot having flown several thousand hours.
At 01:19 local time, the flight wished the ground services good night.
These words became the last message on the air from flight MH370; the crew did not make contact again.
All 239 people on board were declared dead.
Among them is a Russian citizen, businessman from Irkutsk Nikolai Brodsky.