Perth: A US Navy submersible will be taken past its recommended depth limit in hopes of locating missing flight MH370, Australian authorities said on Thursday, after Prime Minister Tony Abbott set a one-week deadline to spot wreckage.
Australian organisers of the MH370 search said the device, which aborted its first dive earlier this week after hitting a pre-programmed maximum depth of 4.5 kilometres, would be taken lower after its manufacturer advised there was an “acceptable” risk.
“This expansion of the operating parameters all-ows the Bluefin-21 to sea-rch the sea floor within the predicted limits of the current search area,” the Perth-based Joint Agency Coordination Centre said in a statement. It gave no details on the dive depth.
No stopping now!
l If we don’t find wreckage, we stop, we regroup, we reconsider. My determination for Australia is that we will do whatever we reasonably can to resolve the jet mystery, the Australian premier, Tony Abbott, said.
