Missing Airliner: No Trace But Hope Sustains Search

CANBERRA: Search for a missing Malaysian airliner yielded no result even more than a fortnight after it disappeared but Australian acting Prime Minister Warren Truss Sunday said the hunt will continue as long as there is hope. Search continued in the southern Indian Ocean after sightings of debris believed to be from the plane.

In its latest update Sunday night after the conclusion of the day's search operation, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said there were no sightings of significance.

"The search area experienced early sea fog particularly in the western areas, however, conditions improved during the day," it said.

A total of eight aircraft and the Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Success supported Sunday's search effort in a cumulative 59,000 sq km search area across two search areas within the Australian Search and Rescue Region southwest of Perth.

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished mysteriously about an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur March 8.
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