SYDNEY: The plight of a missing AirAsia jet lost over the Java Sea cannot be equated with Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 which vanished without a trace in March, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Monday.
Australia is leading the search for MH370 which was on a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it disappeared off radars on March 8 with 239 people onboard.
“I think it would be a big mistake to equate what has happened here with MH370,” Abbott told Sydney radio station 2GB after budget airline AirAsia said a flight carrying 162 people was missing.
“MH370, as things stand, …read more
Source: Free Malaysia Today
