澳官员:失踪客机搜寻行动可能会旷日持久 Official Says Search for Malaysian Plane 'Could Drag On'

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一名澳大利亚官员说,搜寻马航失踪客机的行动“可能会旷日持久”,目前有关人员正在继续努力寻找有关这架客机的线索。这架客机失踪已经超过三星期。
 
新成立的联合搜寻协调中心负责人、前澳大利亚国防部长安格斯·休斯顿说,10架军用飞机星期二在印度洋海域执行搜寻任务,搜寻面积相当于爱尔兰。休斯顿表示,失踪客机的最后确知位置距离这架客机可能坠毁地点看来很远,因此搜寻难度很大。
 
休斯顿说,这是他所知道的最棘手的搜寻行动,到目前为止,尚未发现任何与失踪客机有关的东西。这架载有239人的客机于3月8日失踪。
 
星期三,马来西亚总理纳吉布将前往澳大利亚。
 
An Australian official has warned that the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane "could drag on for a long time" as crews continue to try to find any trace of the aircraft more than three weeks after it vanished.

Former defense chief Angus Houston, who is leading a new joint coordination agency, said 10 military aircraft are working Tuesday searching an area in the Indian Ocean described as the size of Ireland.  He said the task has been difficult because the last known location of the plane is far from where it appears to have gone.

He said the search was the most challenging he has seen, and that so far search crews have not found anything connected to the plane that went missing March 8 with 239 people on board.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is due to travel to Australia on Wednesday.