Bangladesh is set to start search operation in the Bay of Bengal from today to look for the missing Malaysian plane, joining an ongoing international effort by several countries.
Mahbubul Hoque Shakil, special assistant to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, told the Dhaka Tribune that the prime minister had issued directives to begin the search operation.
“Two frigates and two patrol aircraft will conduct search operation in the Bay of Bengal,” he said. Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared last Saturday (March 8) with 239 people on board.
Bangladesh will join the search at a time when the search area had been expanded following reports that the plane had been “deliberately flown across” the Malay peninsula towards the Andaman Islands. The disappearance of the airliner remains a “mystery” as there is still no trace of its wreckage.