Search for missing Malaysian plane continues

April 28, 2014 08:48

A remote-controlled mini-submarine deployed in the southern Indian Ocean to find the Malaysia Airlines plane today launched its 16th mission with still no sign of wreckage of the missing aircraft.

Autonomous underwater vehicle Bluefin 21, a US Navy probe equipped with side-scan sonar which is scouring the ocean floor for traces of the plane, has completed mission 15, the Joint Agency Coordination Centre said in a statement.

"Bluefin-21 concluded its mission 15 and was now on its next mission 16 this morning," it said, as the search entered its 52nd day.

Bluefin 21 has focused the search on an area in the southern Indian Ocean where four acoustic signals were detected that led authorities to believe that the plane's black box may be located there.

Hunt for the missing plane would continue today with up to nine military aircrafts and 12 ships planning to assist the search operations.

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