s many as 10 military aircraft and 11 ships are taking part in the search for the aircraft, which was carrying 239 people when it vanished on March 8 en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur.
Flight MH370 inexplicably diverted from its course and is thought to have crashed into the Indian Ocean.
No debris from the plane has been found despite an intensive air-and-sea search and hopes now centre on the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Bluefin-21 of finding wreckage on the Indian Ocean seabed.
"Bluefin-21 has searched approximately two-thirds of the focused underwater search area to date," the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC), which is managing the search, said in a statement.
"No contacts of interest have been found to date."
The torpedo-shaped sonar scanning device has so far made eight missions to the vast depths of the ocean with no result, despite exceeding its operating limit of 4,500 metres.
The Bluefin-21 commenced its ninth mission this morning.
Authorities believe acoustic signals picked up from the seabed far off the West Australian coast by specialist US equipment - known as a towed "pinger" locator - are the best lead so far in solving the mystery.
21/04/14 ABC News
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Flight MH370 inexplicably diverted from its course and is thought to have crashed into the Indian Ocean.
No debris from the plane has been found despite an intensive air-and-sea search and hopes now centre on the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Bluefin-21 of finding wreckage on the Indian Ocean seabed.
"Bluefin-21 has searched approximately two-thirds of the focused underwater search area to date," the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC), which is managing the search, said in a statement.
"No contacts of interest have been found to date."
The torpedo-shaped sonar scanning device has so far made eight missions to the vast depths of the ocean with no result, despite exceeding its operating limit of 4,500 metres.
The Bluefin-21 commenced its ninth mission this morning.
Authorities believe acoustic signals picked up from the seabed far off the West Australian coast by specialist US equipment - known as a towed "pinger" locator - are the best lead so far in solving the mystery.
21/04/14 ABC News
