Hunt for plane ends

SYDNEY: The deep-sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 ended yesterday without any trace being found of the plane that vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board, the three countries involved in the search said.

The location of Flight MH370 has become one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries since the plane, a Boeing 777, disappeared en route to Beijing from the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.

Despite every effort using the best science available the search had not been able to locate the aircraft, Malaysian, Australian and Chinese authorities said in a statement.