Malaysia considers tip that MH370 may be in Bay of Bengal

[jakeXT]

Source: CNN

Beijing (CNN) -- Days after authorities dismissed the idea that MH370 may be in the Bay of Bengal, a top Malaysian official said Friday he is considering the possibility of sending a ship there.

Acting Transportation Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the tip could only be confirmed by sending vessels to the area, which is thousands of kilometers away from the official search area in the southern Indian ocean.

"But I just want to stress that by doing that, we are distracting ourselves from the main search," Hussein said Friday. "And in the event that the result from the search is negative, who is going to be responsible for that loss of time?"


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Families told to go home

After nearly two months of waiting inside Beijing's Lido Hotel, relatives of Chinese passengers said Friday they've been told to leave.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/02/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane/

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. This plane is turning into a Where's Waldo scenario.

Pretty intriguing mystery.

[marions ghost]

2. So if these scientists

have located another plane, not flight 370...then why don't they go down south off Perth and use their technology there where the main search is?