Nearly three years after Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 disappeared over the Indian Ocean, Australia, China and Malaysia on Tuesday called off the underwater search, saying “no new information has been discovered” to solve what has become one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. The Australian government rejected that recommendation, saying the findings were not precise enough to warrant moving the search. Australia, China and Malaysia, which have funded the search, said last year that the operation would be called off once all of the 46,000-mile zone had been investigated. The hunt took search vessels from Australia, China, the United States and other countries into some of the stormiest, loneliest waters on Earth, rocked by 30-foot waves 1,000 miles off Australia’s west coast. Without locating the flight-data recorders in the plane’s wreckage, investigators have not been able to rule out any potential cause of the crash, including a mechanical failure, fire in the cockpit, pilot error or terrorism.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 17, 2017 13:10 UTC