Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysiahas given the green light for private entities to join in the search for MalaysiaAirlines flight MH370, according to the New Straits Times.
Malaysian Deputy TransportMinister Abdul Aziz Kaprawi said on January 18 that private entities with theright expertise are free to contribute to the search, adding that they mustbear all expenses involved in their search and they must locate the aircraft’s fuselage.
The flight carrying 239passengers and crewmen from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China, lostcontact on March 8, 2014. In the past more than two years, Australia directedthe largest and most expensive search across nearly 120,000 sq.km in waters in thesouth of Indian Ocean, but the fate of the plane remains unknown though severaldebris have been found.
Earlier on January 17, thegovernments of Australia, Malaysia and China declared that the manhunt for themissing plane officially ended to no avail.
They emphasised that the end ofthe search, which was recommended by Malaysia at the beginning of this month,came as no new information was found to locate the plane.
However,they remain hopeful that new information will come to light and that at somepoint in the future the aircraft will be located./.
Two pieces of aircraft debris found in South Africa and Rodrigues Island of Mauritius last March have been identified as being "almost certainly" from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Malaysia announced on May 13 that the country will organise a tripartite meeting with China and Australia to work out plans for the search operation for the vanished Malaysian Airlines’ Flight MH370.
Australian investigators on June 22 said debris found on an island of the country earlier this month is not from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
Malaysia, Australia and China announced the suspension of the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 on July 22 after unsatisfactory searches in the designated areas.
Malaysia confirmed on October 7 that the aircraft piece found in Mauritius was of the MH370 flight of Malaysia Airlines that went missing in March 2014.
The Governments of Australia, Malaysia and China announced on January 17 that the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 ended after almost three-year efforts.
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Relative of a victim in Malaysia (Source: EPA/VNA Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysiahas given the green light for private entities to join in the search for MalaysiaAirlines flight MH370, according to the New Straits Times. 
Relative of a victim in Malaysia (Source: EPA/VNA 
