Soon after the Royal Thai Navy’s announcement that it is mulling pulling out of the Search and Rescue (SAR) operations to locate missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Vietnamese authorities have similarly decided to freeze their SAR activities, after reports that the passenger jet was last spotted over the Straits of Malacca, away from Vietnam’s territorial waters.
Vietnam’s deputy transport minister Pham Quy Tieu also complained today of a Malaysian official with whom the Vietnamese authorities are liasing, was providing insufficient information concerning the investigation.
He did not identify the Malaysian official in question, however.
“We are temporarily suspending search and rescue activities, although there will still be a few planes going out,” Pham told reporters here today.
Photo: Choo Choy May
Story: The Malay Mail Online
