SEPANG: Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein today said there was no giving up on the search for the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which has been missing for the past two weeks.
"I will not give up hope and I will continue as from day one and I am giving more hope to get the closure to this by the support that we are receiving," he told reporters at the daily media briefing on the updates of missing MH370 here,
today.
Hishammuddin, who is also Defence Minister, said as more assets had been deployed and more countries came on board, it would give more hope to continue.
"But personally, I am not looking back," he stressed.
He also described the search and rescue (SAR) operation as the biggest in history as 26 countries were giving their support and assistance without even mentioning the costs involved.
"This is the best part. Nobody, not even Malaysia, not even our partners have talked about dollar and cents. It never cross our minds. The priority is to find the aircraft," he said.
Describing the challenges during the SAR in the southern Indian Ocean, he said the vessels that were deployed to the area would face possible strong current and rough seas.
He also said that the vessels had been warned of possible cyclone category one, which currently at Christmas Island area, heading towards the search area.
On Thursday, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott revealed satellite images of two objects about 2,500 km south west of Perth, which could possibly be linked to the missing aircraft with 239 people on board.
The Boeing 777-200ER was en route to Beijing when it vanished mysteriously from radar screens on March 8. It was scheduled to arrive in Beijing at 6.30 am the same day. - BERNAMA
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