Search Area for MH370 to Be Doubled If Plane not Found

Malaysia said Thursday that the search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will be expanded by another 23,000 square miles in the Indian Ocean if the jetliner is not found by May.
Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai told reporters that Malaysia, Australia and China, which are leading the search for the Boeing 777 that went missing on March 8 last year, are "committed to the search."
He told reporters after meeting with his counterparts from the other two countries that so far 61% of the 23,000-square-mile search area has been scoured off Australia's west coast. The remaining area would have been searched by the end of May, he said.