KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Tuesday he is hopeful that missing Flight 370 will still be found as lawmakers observed a moment of silence in Parliament to mark the second anniversary of the plane’s disappearance.
Najib said the wing part found on France’s Reunion Island last July was evidence the flight tragically ended in the southern Indian Ocean. An ongoing search is expected to be completed later this year and he said Malaysia “remains hopeful” that the plane will be found.
If the search turns up nothing, he said, Malaysia, Australia and China will hold a meeting to determine the way forward.
“The search has been the most challenging in aviation history,” Najib said in a statement. “We remain committed to doing everything within our means to solving what is an agonizing mystery for the loved ones of those who were lost.”
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 jet vanished mysteriously with 239 people on board while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014. After two years, it remains one of the biggest mysteries in modern aviation.